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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  21.12.2018  
C(2018 ) 9212 final  
  
  
  
 
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9187 - AUTOLAUNCH / BEIJING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CO / JVs  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) 
No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 23 November 2018 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Autolaunch Ltd 
(‘Auto launch’) (Ireland), controlled by Magna International Inc. (‘Magna’) and Beijing 
Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd (‘BJEV’) (China) belonging to the Beijing Automotive Group 
Co., Ltd (‘BAIC Group’) acquire , within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the 
Merger Regulation , joint control of Magna Blue Sky NEV Technology (Zhenjiang) Co., 
Ltd (‘Tech -JV’) and Blue Sky NEV Manufacturing Co., Ltd (‘CM -JV’).3 The 
concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.  
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 Autolaunch is active in the production of tooling and related services. It is a 100 % 
owned subsidiary of Cosma Tooling Ireland Unlimited which is directly held by 
Magna, a global automotive supplier.  
 BJEV is mainly active in the fields of v ehicle system integration and matching, 
production and development of vehicle control systems, electric drive systems and 
pure electric passenger systems. BJEV is a wholly -owned subsidiary of BAIC Group.  
 Tech -JV will be active in providing engineering serv ices for blade electric passenger 
vehicles and CM -JV will be active in manufacturing and supplying blade electric 
passenger vehicles in China.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the 'Merger Regulation '). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on the 
Functioning of the European Union ( 'TFEU ') has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of 
'Community ' by 'Union ' and 'common market ' by 'internal market '. The terminology of the TFEU will be used 
throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p . 3 (the 'EEA Agreement '). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 441, 07.12.2018 , p. 31. 
PUBLIC VERSION  
 
2 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the 
notified operation falls wi thin the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of paragraph 5 (a) of 
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations 
under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified proce dure, the European Commission 
has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the 
internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of 
Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article  57 of the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Johannes LAITENBERGER  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .