CELEX: 32015M7717
Language: en
Date: 2015-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21/09/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7717 - EQUISTONE PARTNERS EUROPE / TRISTYLE MODE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 21.9.2015
                                        C(2015) 6567 final

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|SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE                      |

                                        |                                                                       |To the notifying party                                                 |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7717 - EQUISTONE PARTNERS EUROPE/ TRISTYLE MODE
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 20 August 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation
    by which the undertaking Equistone Partners Europe Ltd. (‘Equistone’, UK), ultimately owned by  Equistone  LLP  (UK),  acquires  within  the
    meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking TriStyle Mode GmbH (‘TriStyle’, Germany) by
    way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – for Equistone: independent investment  mainly in medium-sized companies, with a portfolio spanning in a number of industries,

      – for TriStyle: multi-channel clothing and footwear retailer, with a focus on high quality women's apparel, selling its products mainly  in
        Germany under the domains ‘Peter Hahn’ and ‘Madeleine’.

 3. 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.[4]

 4. 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 and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

                                        For the Commission
                                        (Signed)
                                        Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                        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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ('the EEA Agreement').

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 282, 27.8.2015, p. 5.

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