CELEX: 32002M2757
Language: en
Date: 2002-03-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27/03/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.2757 - BC PARTNERS / GALBANI) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 27/03/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2757 - BC PARTNERS / GALBANI) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

Official Journal 091 , 17/04/2002 P. 0007 - 0007

Commission Decision of 27/03/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2757 - BC PARTNERS / GALBANI) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)Brussels, 27/03/2002SG (2001) D/229175 To the notifying partyDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject: Case No. COMP/M. 2757-BC Partners/Galbani  Notification of 27th February 2002 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 59 of 06/03/2002, Page 27[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 27.02.2002, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2] by which the British undertaking BC Partners Holdings Ltd ("BC Partners") via CIE Management II Ltd, fully owned subsidiary, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the Italian undertaking Galbani ("Galbani"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the French Danone group S.A., by way of purchase of shares.[2]  OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p.  1, corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17).2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - CIE Management II: management of BC Partners' investment funds - Galbani: manufacturing and marketing of dairy products and processed meat products 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, subparagraph b of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [3].  [3]   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         (signed)