CELEX: 32014M7354
Language: en
Date: 2014-09-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19/09/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7354 - ADM / WILD FLAVORS / WDI) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 19.09.2014
                                        C(2014) 6826 final

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Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case M.7354 - ADM/ WILD FLAVORS/ WDI
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 26 August 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation
    by which the undertaking the Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, ('ADM', United States), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  of  the
    Merger Regulation sole control of the undertakings WILD Flavors GmbH, ('WILD Flavors' Switzerland) and WILD Dairy Ingredients GmbH,  ('WDI'.
    Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

            2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

       - for ADM: procession of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa, and other agricultural commodities and manufacture of protein meal, vegetable  oil,
      corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients,

       - for WILD Flavors: manufacture, trade and sale of ingredients for the food and beverage industry in the form of “flavour systems“,

       - for WDI: production of fruit preparations that provide complete solutions for use in dairy products, ice cream and bakery products.[2]

 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.[3]

 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.

                                             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]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 299, 5.9.2014, p. 18.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.