CELEX: 32016M8039
Language: en
Date: 2016-06-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/06/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8039 - FREUDENBERG / VIBRACOUSTIC) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 22.6.2016
                                        C(2016) 3985 final

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                                        To the notifying Party

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.8039 - FREUDENBERG / VIBRACOUSTIC
         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 30 May 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
    which Freudenberg & Co KG ("Freudenberg", Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole  control  of
    Vibracoustic GmbH ("Vibracoustic", Germany) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     Freudenberg is active in seals and vibration control technology, nonwovens and filtration, household  products  and  specialties  and
         others. It mainly supplies intermediate products for further processing or for the manufacture of final goods.

      -     Vibracoustic is active in the field of  automotive  vibration  control  technology.  It  supplies  passenger  vehicle  manufacturers,
         commercial vehicle manufacturers and tier 1 suppliers with components that aim at the reduction of noise and vibrations.

 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.[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 199, 4.6.2016, p. 14.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE