CELEX: 32016M8162
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24/10/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8162 - DAIMLER / ATHLON CAR LEASE INTERNATIONAL) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 24.10.2016
                                        C(2016) 6940 final

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                                        To the notifying party:

Dear Sir,

Subject:    Case M.8162 - DAIMLER / ATHLON CAR LEASE INTERNATIONAL
         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 29 September 2016, the European Commission received notification of a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Nederland B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz Nederland B.V., which is  in
    turn a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler AG ("Daimler" of Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation
    control of the whole of Athlon Car Lease International B.V. ("Athlon" of The Netherlands), by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – for Daimler: development, manufacturing and sale of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, as well as provision of automotive  financial
        services, including financing, leasing, insurance and fleet management;

      – for Athlon: car leasing and mobility services.

 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)
                                        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 370, 08.10.2016, p. 15.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE