CELEX: 32014M7329
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24/07/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7329 - SARIA / TEEUWISSEN / JAGERO II) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 24.7.2014
                                        C(2014) 5411 final

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                                        |                                                                   |To the notifying parties:                                          |

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case M.7329 - SARIA/ TEEUWISSEN/ JAGERO II
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 1 July 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  by
    which the undertaking SARIA SE &  Co.  KG  ("SARIA",  Germany),  through  its  wholly  owned  subsidiary  SARIA  International  GmbH  ("SARIA
    International, Germany") - both belonging to the Rethmann SE & Co. KG ("Rethmann Group", Germany) - acquires within the  meaning  of  Article
    3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the undertakings Teeuwissen Holding B.V. ("Teeuwissen", The Netherlands) and Jagero  Holding
    II, S. L. ("Jagero", Spain), by way of purchase of shares.[2]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for SARIA: collection and processing of animal by-products into protein meals and fats as well as collection and processing  of  food
       leftovers to be used as input material for biogas production;

      -     for Teeuwissen: production of casings and purchasing and processing of abattoir by-products to be used by different industries;

      -     for Jagero: holding company owning companies active in the production of casings and the processing of  abattoir  by-products  to  be
       used by different industries.

 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(d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of  certain  concentrations  under  Council
    Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.[3]

 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.

                                        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]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 222, 12.7.2014, p. 9.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE