CELEX: 32016M7835
Language: en
Date: 2016-01-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/01/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7835 - RANDSTAD / PROFFICE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Brussels, 22.01.2016
C(2016) 398 final

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|To the notifying party:                                                |                                                                       |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7835 - RANDSTAD / PROFFICE
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 18 December 2015, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertaking Randstad Holding N.V. (“Randstad”, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of  Article  3(1)(b)  of
    the  Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Proffice AB (publ) (“Proffice”, Sweden) by way of public bid announced on  30
    November 2015.

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – Randstad: an international provider of temporary employment services, permanent placement services  and  other  human  resources  related
        services.

      – Proffice: provider of temporary employment services, permanent placement services and other human resources related services in  Denmark,
        Finland, Sweden and Norway.[3]

 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) and 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)
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 437, 29.12.2015, p.8.

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

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