CELEX: 32001M2651
Language: en
Date: 2001-12-17 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 17/12/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2651 - AT&T/CONCERT) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)

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COMMISSION DECISION of 17/12/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2651 - AT&T/CONCERT) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

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COMMISSION DECISION of 17/12/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2651 - AT&T/CONCERT) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)Brussels, 17/12/2001SG (2001) D/292851To the notifying partyDear Sir,Subject: Case No. COMP/M.2651 - AT&T/Concert Notification of 15 November 2001 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 328, of 23 November 2001, page 9[1]   OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.1. On 15 November, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the US-based undertaking AT&T Corp. ("AT&T") acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of  the Dutch-based undertaking Concert BV ("Concert"), jointly controlled by AT&T and the UK-based undertaking British Telecommunications plc ("BT") by way of  purchase of assets.2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - for AT&T : provision of telecommunications services; - for Concert : provision of telecommunications services.3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4 (c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2].[2]   OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement.  This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89.For the CommissionMario MONTI Member of the Commission