CELEX: 32014M7131
Language: en
Date: 2014-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/01/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7131 - COMPAL ELECTRONICS / TOSHIBA TELEVISION CENTRAL EUROPE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 22.01.2014
                                        C(2014)394

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Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case No COMP/ M.7131 - COMPAL ELECTRONICS / TOSHIBA TELEVISION CENTRAL EUROPE
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 13 December 2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation
    by which the undertaking Compal Electronics, Inc. (‘Compal’, Taiwan),  intends to acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger
    Regulation sole control of Toshiba Television Central Europe sp. z o.o. (‘TTCE’, Poland) by way of purchase of shares[2].

 1. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     For Compal: the manufacture of notebooks, tablets, smart phones
            and TV products for sale on an Original Design Manufacturer (“ODM”) basis;

      -     For TTCE: the manufacture of TVs.

 2. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger
    Regulation and of paragraph 5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of  certain  concentrations  under  Council
    Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[3].

 3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and
    to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article  6(1)(b)  of
    the Merger Regulation.

                                        For the Commission

                                        Signed
                                        Alexander ITALIANER
                                        Director General
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[1]   OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ("the Merger Regulation"). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the  European  Union
      ("TFEU") has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of "Community" by "Union" and "common market" by  "internal  market".  The
      terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.
[2]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C372 , 19.12.2013.

[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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