CELEX: 32015M7694
Language: en
Date: 2015-08-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 06/08/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7694 - WORLD FUEL SERVICES / BP AVIATION FUEL DIVESTMENT BUSINESS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 06/08/2015
                                        C(2015) 5705 final

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|To the notifying party:                                                |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7694 – World Fuel Services/ BP Aviation Fuel Divestment Business
         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 14 July 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which World Fuel Services Corporation ("WFS", United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control
    of the whole of BP's plc. ("BP", UK) operations at the Copenhagen Kastrup airport, the Stockholm Arlanda airport, the Gothenburg  Landvetter
    airport and the Malmö airport (together: "BP Aviation Fuel Divestment Business") by way of purchase of assets and shares. [3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for WFS: the provision of aviation, marine and ground transport fuel products and related services worldwide;

      -     for BP Aviation Divestment Business: the provision of aviation  fuel  at  the  Copenhagen  Kastrup  airport,  the  Stockholm  Arlanda
           airport, the Gothenburg Landvetter airport and the Malmö airport.

 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 6 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)
                                        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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ("the EEA Agreement").

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 240, 22.07.2015, p. 6.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE