CELEX: 32006M4252
Language: en
Date: 2006-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18/07/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.4252 - SCA FOREST / JčTLAMELL INDUSTRI) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 18/07/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.4252 - SCA FOREST / JčTLAMELL INDUSTRI) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  


		Brussels, 18.07.2006SG-Greffe(2006) D/204039To the notifying partyDear Sirs,Subject: Case No COMP/M.4252– SCA Forest Products AB / Jämtlamell Industri ABNotification of 14 June 2006 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1]Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 147, 23/06/2006, p. 91. On 14 June 2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking SCA Forest Products AB (“SCA Forest”, Sweden) belonging to the group Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA (publ) (“SCA”, Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Jämtlamell Industri AB (“Jämtlamell”, Sweden) by way of purchase of assets.2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:- for SCA Forest: production and sale of publication papers, pulp, sawn timber and forest based biofuel;- for SCA: production and sale of forest products, and personal care, tissue and packaging products;- for Jämtlamell: production and sale of sawn timber and forest based biofuel.2. 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 c 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)Philip LOWEDirector General[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005, p. 32.--------------------------------------------------