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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 28.11.2022  
C(2022 ) 8865 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Stora Enso Oyj  
Kanavaranta 1  
00160 Helsinki  
Finland  
Subject : Case M.10948 – STORA ENSO / DE JONG PAPIER HOLDING / DJV 
HOLDING  
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 3 November 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation , by which Stora Enso 
AB (“Stora Enso”), controlled by Stora Enso Oyj (both of Sweden), will acquire 
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over De 
Jong Papier Holding B.V. (“De Jong”) (the Netherlands), and DJV Holding B.V. 
(“DJV”) (the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned  are the following : 
 Stora Enso develops, produces and  offers wood and biomass -based solutions and 
services for a range of industries and applications globally and is, amongst other 
things, active in the production of both corrugated case materials and corrugated 
packaging, with several production plants thro ughout the EEA,  
 De Jong and DJV are mainly active in the production and supply of corrugated 
packaging in the Benelux, Germany and the UK, where they have production 
facilities. They have recently also started the production of recycled corrugated 
case materials, which they require for their downstream production of corrugated 
packaging . 
                                                 
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 437, 17.11.2022 , p. 5. 

2 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph s 5(c) and 6 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 procedure, 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)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .