CELEX: 32014M7170
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 08/04/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7170 - DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS / EUROSPORT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 08/04/2014
                                        C(2014) 2486 final

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

Subject:    Case M. 7170 - Discovery Communications / Eurosport
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 04 March 2014, 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 the undertaking Discovery France Holdings SAS (France),  controlled  by  Discovery
    Communications, Inc. (United States of America), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of  the
    whole of the undertaking Eurosport SAS (France) by way of purchase of shares[2].

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for Discovery Communications : Global non-fiction media entertainment company;

      -     for Eurosport : European sports television channel provider;

 1. 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 6 of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure  for  treatment  of  certain  concentrations  under  Council
    Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[3].

 2. 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 72, 11.03.2014, p. 9.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE