CELEX: 32020M9785
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15/05/2020 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9785 - EFL / DBK / HAMA POLSKA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 15.05.2020
                                                                C(2020) 3315 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M.9785 — EFL/DBK/Hama Polska
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 21 April 2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the
        undertakings Europejski Fundusz Leasingowy S.A. (‘EFL’, Poland), belonging to the
        Crédit Agricole Group (France), and DBK Sp. z o. o. (‘DBK’, Poland) acquire within
        the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over
        the whole of Hama Polska Sp. z o. o. (‘Hama Polska’, Poland), currently solely
        controlled by DBK, by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              for EFL: providing financial solutions, including lease, factoring, loans and
                 long-term rental services. EFL is active only in Poland and is part of the Crédit
                 Agricole Group. The Crédit Agricole Group has global operations in banking
                 and financial services,
              for DBK: supplying products and services for the transport, shipping &
                 logistics industry, including financial support and after-sale sevices. The DBK
                 Group is active primarily in Poland and, to a lesser extent, in Lithuania,
              for Hama Polska: offering rental of trucks and trailers under the ‘DBK Rental’
                 brand in Poland.
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 138, 28.04.2020, p. 3.
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)
                                                  Olivier GUERSENT
                                                  Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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