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C 286/18 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 22.11.2002

**Prior notification of a concentration**

**(Case COMP/M.2783 — Mediatrade/Endemol)**

**Candidate case for simplified procedure**

(2002/C 286/08)

**(Text with EEA relevance)**

1. On 14 November 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] ), by which the undertakings Endemol Italia SpA (Endemol), belonging to the Telefónica
group (Spain), and Mediatrade SpA (Mediatrade), belonging to the Mediaset group (Italy), acquire, within
the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint of a newly created company constituting a joint
venture.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Endemol: production of TV programmes,

— Mediatrade: production of TV programmes and TV contents, acquisition and management of TV rights,

— joint venture: production of TV contents, and in particular of soaps operas.

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.

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

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.2783 — Mediatrade/Endemol, 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.