Source: EURLEX
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20.4.2002 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 96/7

**Prior notification of a concentration**

**(Case COMP/M.2723 — RTL/Prosiebensat.1/VG Media)**

(2002/C 96/06)

**(Text with EEA relevance)**

1. On 12 April 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 RTL Group SA (RTL), belonging to the Bertelsmann group, and Prosiebensat.1
Media AG (Prosiebensat.1), belonging to the Kirch group, acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
the Regulation, joint control of the undertaking VG Media Gesellschaft zur Verwertung der Urheber- und
Leistungsschutzrechte für Medienunternehmen mbH (VG Media) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— RTL: Free TV broadcasting,

— Prosiebensat.1: Free TV broadcasting,

— VG Media: Management of copyrights.

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.

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.2723 — RTL/Prosiebensat.1/VG Media, 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.