CELEX: 32014M7215
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17/07/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7215 - AMEC / FOSTER WHEELER) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 17.7.2014
                                        C(2014) 5190 final

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

Subject:    Case M.7215 – AMEC/ FOSTER WHEELER
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 24.06.2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation  by
    which the undertaking AMEC plc ('AMEC', of United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of
    the whole of the undertaking Foster Wheeler AG ('Foster Wheeler', of Switzerland) by way of public bid.

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     AMEC is a global supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to  customers  in  the  world’s  oil  and  gas,
           mining, clean energy and environment and infrastructure industry segments.

      -     Foster Wheeler is a global engineering, construction and project management contractor and power equipment  supplier  amongst  others
           in the oil and gas, chemicals, power, environment and pharmaceuticals segments.[2]

 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.[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 205, 02.07.2014,  p.13.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE