CELEX: 32005M3814
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15/06/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.3814 - RR DONNELLEY / ASTRON) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32005M3814

Commission Decision of 15/06/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3814 - RR DONNELLEY / ASTRON) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  


	| |Brussels, 15.06.2005SG-Greffe(2005) D/202659[pic]To the notifying partyDear Sirs,Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3814 – RR Donnelley / Astron Notification of 10/05/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] . Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 126 , 25/05/2005 , Page 81.  On 10/05/2005 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/20041 by which RRD Inks Limited (“RRD Inks”, UK) controlled by RR Donnelley & Sons Company (“RRD”, US) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Astron Group Limited (“Astron”, UK) by way of purchase of shares.2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :- for RRD: international printing services, printing of newspapers, magazines, catalogues, directories, books etc. in Europe.- for Astron: outsourcing of document related processes, document and data storage, printing activities.3.  After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 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[2].4.  For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.For the Commissionsigned Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32MERGER PROCEDUREARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISIONSIMPLIFIED PROCEDUREPUBLIC VERSION