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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4979 — ACER/Packard Bell) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer, economic concentration, exchange of information, merger control, micro-computer

C 24/16

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

29.1.2008

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4979 — ACER/Packard Bell)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 24/10)

1.
On 23 January 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Acer Inc. (‘Acer’, Taiwan)
acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the under-
taking Packard Bell BV (‘Packard Bell’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for undertaking Acer: supplier of Personal Computers (PCs) and related products for business, govern-

ment, education and home users,

— for undertaking Packard Bell: supplier of desktops, notebooks and digital entertainment solutions for

home users.

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

3.
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under
reference number COMP/M.4979 — ACER/Packard Bell, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.