CELEX: 32016M8218
Language: en
Date: 2016-11-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/11/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8218 - EGERIA INDUSTRIALS / CLONDALKIN) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                     
                  
               
               Brussels, 30.11.2016
            
            
               C(2016) 8093 final
            
            
                     
                        PUBLIC VERSION
                     
                  
               
               To the notifying party
               
            
               Subject:Case M.8218 – Egeria Industrials/Clondalkin
                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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                and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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               Dear Sir or Madam,
            
            
               1.On 8 November 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of the Merger Regulation by which Egeria Industrials AG ('Egeria', Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Clondalkin Group Holdings B.V. ('Clondalkin', The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            
            
               -for Egeria: private equity investment, longhold portfolio investments and real estate investments,
            
            
               -for Clondalkin: manufacture of flexible packaging products including barrier films, biodegradable films, bundle wrapping, capping foils and lidding films, cereal liners, confectionary packaging, flower sleeves packaging, frozen food film, home & personal care films and laminates, lids, shrink sleeves, skin packaging, stand up pouches and tobacco inner liners, laminate food packaging and other similar products.
            
            
               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.
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               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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                        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.
                  
               
               
                  
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                        OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
               
               
                  
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                        Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 420, 15.11.2016, p. 13.
               
               
                  
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                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.