CELEX: 32014M7287
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 08/07/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7287 - CD&R FUND IX / MAUSER) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 8.7.2014
                                        C(2014) 4945 final

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

Subject:    Case M.7287 - CD&R FUND IX/ MAUSER
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

   1. On 5 June 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
      which the undertaking Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund IX, L.P. (“CD&R Fund IX”, USA) intends to acquire within the meaning of Art. 3(1)(b) of
      the Merger Regulation Regulation sole control of the undertaking Mauser Holding GmbH (“Mauser”, Germany), by way of purchase of shares[2].

2.    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -  for CD&R Fund IX: private equity investment;

      - for Mauser: mainly active in the production and sale of rigid industrial packaging products.

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(b) 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 186, 18.6.2014, p. 11.

[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.