CELEX: 32002M2949
Language: en
Date: 2002-10-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/10/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.2949 - FINMECCANICA / TELESPAZIO) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the Italian text is authentic)

8.11.2002         EN                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              C 272/7
                                               Prior notification of a concentration
                                          (Case COMP/M.2898 — Leroy Merlin/Brico)
                                                           (2002/C 272/06)
                                                       (Text with EEA relevance)
          1.    On 30 October 2002 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
          Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
          by which the undertaking Leroy Merlin Participation (Leroy Merlin, France), controlled by the Mulliez
          family (the Mulliez family also control the company Auchan), acquires, within the meaning of Article
          3(1)(b) of the Regulation, control of the whole of the undertakings Obi SA (France), Aki Bricolage SA
          (Spain), Probat Iberica SL (Spain), Bricogal SA (Portugal), Brimogal SA (Portugal), Bricodis — Distribuição
          de Bricolage SA (Portugal) and Leiribri — Sociedade Imobiliaria Lda (Portugal) (together ‘Brico’) by way of
          purchase of shares.
          2.    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
          — Leroy Merlin: retailing of repair, maintenance and improvement products for the home, mainly in
              France, but also in Spain, Italy and Belgium,
          — Brico: retailing of repair, maintenance and improvement products for the home, in France, Spain and
              Portugal.
          3.    On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
          the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
          4.    The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the
          proposed operation.
          Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
          Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
          COMP/M.2898 — Leroy Merlin/Brico, to:
          European Commission,
          Directorate-General for Competition,
          Directorate B — Merger Task Force,
          J-70,
          B-1049 Brussels.
          (1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
          (2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.