Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2665 — Johnson Professional Holdings/DiverseyLever) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-02-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, polishing and scouring preparations

7.2.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 34/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2665 (cid:151) Johnson Professional Holdings/DiverseyLever)

(2002/C 34/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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On 1 February 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
(Holdings), United States of America,
by which the undertaking Johnson Professional Holdings Inc.,
acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of DiverseyLever,
the Netherlands, by way of purchase of assets.

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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Holdings: holding company and a member of the Johnson Wax Professional Group, which is a

worldwide supplier of cleaning and hygiene produts and services,

(cid:151) DiverseyLever: worldwide supplier of cleaning and hygiene products and services.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

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the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

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proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2665 (cid:151) Johnson Professional Holdings/DiverseyLever, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B (cid:151) Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.1950 (cid:151) Toyoda Automatic Loom Works/BT Industries)

(2002/C 34/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 15 June 2000 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
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 300M1950. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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