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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 299/2

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/3419 — ADECCO/MANPOWER/VEDIORBIS/JV)

(2004/C 299/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 5 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/) free of charge. This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,
| |Brussels, 07/01/2005

SG-Greffe(2004) D/200141

To the notifying parties

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject : Case No. COMP/M. 3659 - Dresdner Bank/ Cetelem S.A./ JV Notification of 29.11.2004 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C304 of 08/12/2004, page4

1. On 29/11/2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings Dresdner Bank AG (“Dresdner” Germany), controlled by Allianz AG (“Allianz”, Germany) and Cetelem S.A.(“Cetelem S.A.”, France) controlled by BNP Paribas S.A (“BNP Paribas”, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Cetelem Bank GmbH (“Cetelem”, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

- for Dresdner : all areas of the banking business,

- for Cetelem S.A.: consumer credit services,

- for Cetelem : consumer credit services.

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c, of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

Neelie KROES Member of the Commission signed

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] Available on DG COMP website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.

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| |Brussels, 01/04/2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/201589/90

To the notifying parties

Dear Sir,

Subject : Case No COMP/M.3700 – EDP/LogicaCMG/Edinfor Notification of 23/02/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] . Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 055, 04/03/2005 Page 3

Date of notification : 23.02.2005

Legal Deadline : 04.04.2005

1. On 23.02.2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking LogicaCMG Corporate Holdings Ltd, controlled by LogicaCMG plc (“LogicaCMG”, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Edinfor – Sistemas Informáticos, S.A. (“Edinfor”, Portugal), currently solely controlled by the group EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. (“EDP”, Portugal), by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

3. for EDP: generation, distribution and supply of electricity, telecommunications, information technology, engineering, professional training and real estate;

4. for LogicaCMG: IT services;

5. for Edinfor: IT services.

6. After examination of the notification, the Commission finds that the notified transaction falls within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and of paragraph 5(c)(i) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[2].

7. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

(signed)Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p.1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.03.2005 p.32

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| |Brussels, 08.03.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/201017

To the notifying party

Dear Sirs,

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3714 – BRIDGEPOINT / ATTENDO Notification of 07/02/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C38, 15/02/2005, p. 12

1. On 07/02/2005, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the investment fund Bridgepoint Europe II (“BE II”), belonging to Bridgepoint Capital Group Limited (“Bridgepoint”, UK), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Attendo AB (“Attendo”, Sweden), by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

- for Bridgepoint : Management of private equity funds;

- for Attendo : Care services for elderly and disabled; social alarm and communication systems and response.

2. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c, of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No139/2004[2].

3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

signed Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] Available on DG COMP website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.

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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 99/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3716 — AS Watson/Marionnaud)

(2005/C 99/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 7 April 2005, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,
| |Brussels, 03.05.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/202052/3

To the notifying parties

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3736 - EQT / GSCP/ISS/JV Notification of 23.03.2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 84 of 06.04.2005, page 3.

1. On 29/03/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings EQT III and EQT IV, belonging to the EQT group of funds (“EQT”, Denmark) and ultimately controlled by Investor AB (Sweden), and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (“GSCP”, UK), belonging to the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking ISS A/S (“ISS”, Denmark), by way of public bid announced on 26.03.2005.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

- for EQT : private equity group

- for GSCP : equity investment funds

- for Goldman Sachs: investment banking, asset management and securities services

- for ISS: facility services, and services related to damage control, food hygiene and health care.

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph (b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission, signed

Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32..

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| |Brussels, 27.04.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/201964

To the notifying parties

Dear Sirs,

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3780 – ABN AMRO/Banca Antonveneta Notification of 30.03.2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 84, 06.04.2005, page 2.

1. On 30.03.2005 , the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (“ABN AMRO”, the Netherlands) controlled by ABN AMRO Holding N.V. (“ABN Holding”, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Banca Antoniana Popolare Veneta S.p.A. (“Banca Antonveneta”, Italy) by way of public bid announced on 30.03.2005.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

- for ABN AMRO: provision of financial services.

- for Banca Antonveneta: provision of banking and insurance services mainly in Italy

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

signed Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32

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| |Brussels, 21.06.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/202729/202730/202731

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To the notifying parties:

Dear Sirs,

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3826 - Trimoteur / NibCapital / Fortis / Sandd

Notification of 17/05/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] . Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 136 , 03/06/2005 , Page 35

1. On 17/05/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings Fortis Private Equity Holding Nederland B.V., controlled by Fortis Bank Nederland (Holding) B.V. (“Fortis”, The Netherlands) and NIBCapital Principal Investments B.V., controlled by NIBCapital Bank N.V. (“NIBCapital”, The Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Sandd B.V. (“Sandd”, The Netherlands) along with Trimoteur Distribution Services B.V. (“Trimoteur”, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares. Currently Sandd is solely controlled by Trimoteur.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

- for undertaking Fortis: private equity investment

- for undertaking NIBCapital: private equity investment

- for undertaking Trimoteur: investment, restructuring and management of enterprises

- for undertaking Sandd: postal (mail) delivery

2. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].

3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

signed Charlie MCCREEVY Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3622 — Valeo/Engel)

(2005/C 138/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 9 February 2005, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

- from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

- in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3622. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)

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| |Brussels, 30/06/2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/202873

To the notifying parties

Dear Sirs,

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3840-CVC/Cortefiel Notification of 31.05.2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 138, 07.06.2005, page 12.

1. On 31/05/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Coral Retail Industries, S.L., controlled by CVC Capital Partners Group Sàrl (“CVC”, Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Cortefiel, S.A. (“Cortefiel”, Spain) by way of public bid announced on 12/05/2005.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

- for CVC : investment fund

- for Cortefiel : manufacture and retail distribution of clothing and related merchandise, retail distribution of cosmetics.

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

signed Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32

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| |Brussels, 15.06.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/202659

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To the notifying party

Dear Sirs,

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3814 – RR Donnelley / Astron Notification of 10/05/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] . Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 126 , 25/05/2005 , Page 8

1. On 10/05/2005 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20041 by which RRD Inks Limited (“RRD Inks”, UK) controlled by RR Donnelley & Sons Company (“RRD”, US) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Astron Group Limited (“Astron”, UK) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

- for RRD: international printing services, printing of newspapers, magazines, catalogues, directories, books etc. in Europe.

- for Astron: outsourcing of document related processes, document and data storage, printing activities.

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5,(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

signed Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32

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| |Brussels, 06.07.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/202945

To the notifying party :

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3833 – 3i SGR / GIOCHI PREZIOSI

Notification of 01/06/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 140 , 9 June 2005, p. 3.

1. On 01.06.2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings 3i Group plc (“3i”, United Kingdom) and Fingiochi S.p.A. (”Fingiochi”, Italy), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Giochi Preziosi S.p.A. (“Giochi Preziosi”, Italy), currently controlled by Fingiochi, by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

- for undertaking 3i: private equity house and venture capital company;

- for undertaking Fingiochi: holding company of the Giochi Preziosi Group;

- for undertaking Giochi Preziosi: wholesale and retail sale of toys.

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission,

signed

Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32

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| |Brussels, 09.08.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/204383

To the notifying party

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3881 –– Phoenix / A&C Adivar-Comifar Notification of 6/7/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C-175, 15/07/2005, page 10.

1. On 6/7/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Comifar S.p.A. (“Comifar”, Italy), belonging to the Phoenix group (“Phoenix”, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking A&C Adivar-Comifar S.p.A. (“A&C”, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

- for Phoenix : wholesale of pharmaceuticals and connected services to pharmacies throughout Europe;

- for Comifar : wholesale of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products in Italy;

- for A&C Adivar-Comifar: wholesale of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products in Italy.

3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph (d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

(signed)Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32

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| |Brussels, 06.09.2005

SG-Greffe(2004) D/204908

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To the notifying parties

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3915 – Apax/ Versatel

Notification of 05.08.2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[1]

Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 197 of 12.08.2005,

page 9.

1. On 05.08.2005, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertaking Apax Europe VI (Apax, Guernsey), belonging to the Hirzell Trust, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole Versatel Deutschland Holding GmbH (Versatel, Germany), by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

For Apax: Private equity investment;

For Versatel: network operator in Germany providing the following services: fixed line telephony, Internet access, leased lines and carrier-to-carrier services.

2. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c, of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[2].

3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission(signed)Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1.

[2] Official Journal C 56, 05.03.2005, pages 32-35

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