CELEX: 32014M7381
Language: en
Date: 2014-12-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 08/12/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7381 - AIRBUS / SINGAPORE AIRLINES / AATC) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                                                                           Case No COMP/M.7381 - AIRBUS/ SINGAPORE AIRLINES/ AATC

                                                                                                Only the English text is available and authentic.

                                                                                                                      REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004
                                                                                                                                 MERGER PROCEDURE

                                                                                                                   Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION
                                                                                                                                 Date: 08/12/2014

                                                                       In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32014M7381

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                                        Brussels, 08.12.2014
                                        C(2014) 9564 final

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

Subject:    Case M.7381 – AIRBUS SERVICES ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD./ SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED/ AIRBUS ASIA TRAINING CENTRE
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 10.11.2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  by
    which the undertakings Airbus Services Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. ("Airbus Asia", Singapore) controlled by Airbus S.A.S. ("Airbus", France)  and
    Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA", Singapore), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control  of  the
    undertaking Airbus Asia Training Centre ("AATC", Singapore) by way of purchase of shares.[2]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

  – for Airbus Asia: management and performance of services on aircraft and wharehousing activities related to aircraft spare parts.

  – for SIA: aviation services.

  – for AATC: pilot training services to airlines, mainly in the Asia Pacific region.

 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(a) 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 412, 19.11.2014, p.2.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE