CELEX: 32018M9048
Language: en
Date: 2018-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24/10/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9048 - Delta Electronics, Inc. / Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public Company Ltd) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 24.10.2018
                                                                C(2018) 7205 final
                                                                            PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying party:
Subject:        Case M.9048 – Delta Electronics/Delta Electronics Thailand
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 1 October 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking
        Delta Electronics, Inc. ("DEI", Taiwan) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
        the Merger Regulation control over the whole of the undertaking Delta Electronics
        (Thailand) Public Company Ltd. ("DET", Thailand) by way of public bid announced on 31
        July 2018.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             for DEI : DEI is primarily active in power and thermal management solutions but also
              present in the manufacturing and sale of industrial automation products, digital display
              products, telecommunication products, components for consumer electronics products,
              building automation solutions, renewable energy technology solutions, etc.;
             for DET: DET is an electronics manufacturing company focused on the production of
              power supplies, fan and thermal management, power systems, automotive electronics
              and related products. The products are used in applications for automotive, medical,
              telecommunications, IT, and more.
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 362, 08.10.2018, p. 14.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 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 139/2004.4
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
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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