CELEX: 32015M7571
Language: en
Date: 2015-06-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/06/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7571 - DAWN MEATS / TERRENA / ELIVIA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 30.6.2015
                                        C(2015) 4601 final

|PUBLIC VERSION                                   |
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|SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE                      |

|                                                                       |To the notifying parties                                               |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7571 – DAWN MEATS / TERRENA / ELIVIA
         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 28 May 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
    which the undertakings QDB Holdings Group / Dawn Meats (‘Dawn Meats’, Ireland) and Terrena (France) acquire within the  meaning  of  Article
    3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control the undertaking Elivia (France), by way of purchase of shares. Elivia  is  currently  wholly-
    owned by Terrena.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – for Dawn meats: slaughtering of livestock, deboning and further processing of meat, including rendering  of  abattoir  by-products,  with
        main operations in the beef and lamb sectors;

      – for Terrena: various activities throughout the value chains  of  agricultural  products,  including  processing  and  marketing  of  meat
        products;

      – for Elivia: slaughtering of cattle, production and sale of fresh and processed beef products, including abattoir  by-products,  primarily
        in France.

 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 6 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)
                                        Alexander ITALIANER
                                        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 186, 5.6.2015, p. 8.

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