CELEX: 32016M7906
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11/03/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7906 - EQUISTONE PARTNERS EUROPE / MECAPLAST GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 11.03.2016
                                        C(2016) 1616 final

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|To the notifying party:                                                |                                                                       |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7906 - EQUISTONE PARTNERS EUROPE / MECAPLAST GROUP
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 16 February 2016, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the Equistone Partners Europe SAS ("EPE", France) controlled by Equistone  LLP  (UK)  acquires  within  the  meaning  of
    Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation control of the whole of Financière Mecaplast SAS (“Financière Mecaplast”,  France) and  indirectly
    of its 100% held subsidiary Mecaplast SAM (“Mecaplast”, France) and all of the latter’s subsidiaries, together the “Mecaplast Group” by  way
    of  purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

  – Mecaplast Group is active in the manufacture and supply of automotive component.

  – EPE is an investment firm mainly active in medium-sized companies, with a portfolio spanning in a number of industries.

 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.[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

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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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ("the EEA Agreement").

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 074, 26.02.2016, p. 23.

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

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