Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2852 — Acea Distribuzione/BTicino/Ericsson/Siemens) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-07-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, economic concentration, electrical industry, electronics industry, energy production, exchange of information, merger control, research and development, telephone

11.7.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 165/35

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2852 — Acea Distribuzione/BTicino/Ericsson/Siemens)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2002/C 165/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 3 July 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the Italian undertakings Acea Distribuzione SpA (Acea Distribuzione), controlled via the holding
Acea SpA (Acea) by the ‘comune’ of Rome, BTicino SpA (BTicino), controlled by the French Legrand SA
(Legrand), Ericsson Telecomunicazioni SpA, controlled by the Swedish Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
(Ericsson), and Siemens SpA, controlled by the German Siemens AG (Siemens), acquire, within the
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation,
joint control of a newly created company constituting a
joint venture by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Acea: Production, transmission, distribution and trading of electricity, district heating and public

lighting,

— Legrand: Production and sale of low-voltage electrical equipment,

— Ericsson: Development, installation and sale of systems and products in the sector of public and private

fixed and mobile telecommunication,

— Siemens: Electrical and electronic products of any kind,

including in the field of information and

communication,

— The newly created joint venture: Study, development, manufacture and sale of an advanced system for

the management and control of low-voltage electrical distribution networks.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under
the procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
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.2852 — Acea Distribuzione/BTicino/Ericsson/Siemens, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — 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.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.