CELEX: 32005M3800
Language: en
Date: 2005-06-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 01/06/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.3800 - BC PARTNERS / DOMETIC) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 01/06/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3800 - BC PARTNERS / DOMETIC) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  


	| |Brussels, 01.06.2005SG-Greffe(2005) D/202407To the notifying party : |Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3800 - BC PARTNERS / DOMETIC Notification of 21/04/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 103 of 28/04/05, p. 221.  On 21/04/2005 , the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which funds managed by CIE Management II Ltd (‘CIEM’, UK), controlled by BC Partners Holdings Ltd (‘BCPH’) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Dometic International AB and Dometic Corporation (‘Dometic’, Sweden), by way of purchase of shares.2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :- CIEM : private equity investment;- Dometic : refrigerators, air conditioners, and other products for recreational vehicles, the marine industry, hotels, and other applications.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, subparagraph b, 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 CommissionsignedNeelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32PUBLIC VERSIONMERGER PROCEDUREARTICLE 6(1)(b)SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE