CELEX: 32012M6536
Language: en
Date: 2012-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/04/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6536 - CVC / AHLSELL) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32012M6536

Commission Decision of 30/04/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6536 - CVC / AHLSELL) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION     |
             Brussels, 30.04.2012
             C(2012) 3039 final
             PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
             |To the notifying party: |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.6536 - CVC/ AHLSELL Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  
            1.  On 21.03.2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Norrmalm 3 AB (Sweden) controlled by CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. ('CVC', Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Nybrojarl New 1 AB (Sweden), the holding company for Ahlsell AB (publ) ('Ahlsell', Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.
             The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              - for CVC: investment advice and investment fund management;
              - for Ahlsell: wholesale and retail distribution of installation products including heating and plumbing, electrical, tools and machinery and refrigeration products and wholesale distribution of DIY products [2]  .
            2.  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)ii of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3]  .
            3.  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
            [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 95, 31.03.2012, p.52
            [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.