CELEX: 32016M7922
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 02/03/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7922 - NORDIC CAPITAL / GREENDELI INVESTMENT HOLDING) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 02.03.2016
                                        C(2016) 1428 final

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Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7922 – NORDIC CAPITAL / GREENDELI INVESTMENT HOLDING
         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 5 February 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation
    by which the undertaking Nordic Capital VIII Limited ('Nordic Capital', Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger
    Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Greendeli Investment Holding AB and its direct and  indirect  subsidiaries  ('Greendeli',
    Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – For Nordic Capital: investment in large and medium-sized companies based in the  Nordic  region  and  in  the  German-speaking  parts  of
        Europe, which are active in a wide range of sectors.

      – For Greendeli: import, distribution and processing of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables in Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

 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 53, 12.2.2016, p. 8.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE