CELEX: 32014M7310
Language: en
Date: 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18/08/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7310 - ROLLS-ROYCE / ROLLS-ROYCE POWER SYSTEMS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 18.8.2014
                                        C(2014) 6019 final

                                        |To the notifying party:                                            |                                                                   |

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

Subject:    Case M.7310 - ROLLS-ROYCE / ROLLS-ROYCE POWER SYSTEMS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

1. On 22 July 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  by
   which the undertaking Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc ("Rolls-Royce", United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  of  the  Merger
   Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Rolls-Royce Power System Holding GmbH (Germany), the holding company for Rolls-Royce  Power
   Systems AG ("RRPS") by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    - for Rolls-Royce: development and manufacture of aircraft engines and power systems for aerospace and marine,

    - for RRPS: development, manufacture and sale of medium and high speed diesel and gas reciprocating engines for off-highway applications.[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 (d) 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 246, 29.7.2014, p. 8.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE