CELEX: 32006M4086
Language: en
Date: 2006-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/01/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.4086 - CHARTERHOUSE / NOCIBɩ according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 30/01/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.4086 - CHARTERHOUSE / NOCIBɩ according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

| |Brussels, 30/01/2006SG-Greffe(2006) D/200388To the notifying partyDear Madam and Sirs,Subject : Case No. COMP/M.4086 CHARTERHOUSE/NOCIBÉ Notification of 16/12/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 329, 24/12/2005, p.00091.  On 16/12/2005 , the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertaking Charterhouse Capital Limited (“Charterhouse”, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Nocibé Group (“Nocibé”, France), by way of purchase of shares.2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :- for Charterhouse : provide equity capital and fund management services.- for Nocibé : retail of luxury perfumes, beauty products, cosmetics and parapharmacy products.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph (b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].3.  For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.For the Commission, signed, Neelie KROES Member of the Commission[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32MERGER PROCEDUREARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISIONSIMPLIFIED PROCEDUREPUBLIC VERSION