CELEX: 32018M9187
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21/12/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9187 - Autolaunch / Beijing Automotive Group Co.) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 21.12.2018
                                                                C(2018) 9212 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M.9187 - AUTOLAUNCH / BEIJING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CO / JVs
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 23 November 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Autolaunch Ltd
        (‘Autolaunch’) (Ireland), controlled by Magna International Inc. (‘Magna’) and Beijing
        Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd (‘BJEV’) (China) belonging to the Beijing Automotive Group
        Co., Ltd (‘BAIC Group’) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the
        Merger Regulation, joint control of Magna Blue Sky NEV Technology (Zhenjiang) Co.,
        Ltd (‘Tech-JV’) and Blue Sky NEV Manufacturing Co., Ltd (‘CM-JV’).3 The
        concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             Autolaunch is active in the production of tooling and related services. It is a 100 %
              owned subsidiary of Cosma Tooling Ireland Unlimited which is directly held by
              Magna, a global automotive supplier.
             BJEV is mainly active in the fields of vehicle system integration and matching,
              production and development of vehicle control systems, electric drive systems and
              pure electric passenger systems. BJEV is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BAIC Group.
             Tech-JV will be active in providing engineering services for blade electric passenger
              vehicles and CM-JV will be active in manufacturing and supplying blade electric
              passenger vehicles in China.
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 441, 07.12.2018, p. 31.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 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 139/2004.4
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)
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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