CELEX: 32017M8668
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 24/11/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8668 - DER TOURISTIK DEUTSCHLAND / EXIM) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                     
                  
               
               Brussels, 24.11.2017
            
            
               C(2017) 7975 final
            
            
               
                  PUBLIC VERSION
               
            
            
            
               To the notifying party
            
            
               Subject:Case M.8668 – DER TOURISTIK DEUTSCHLAND / EXIM
                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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                and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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               Dear Sir or Madam,
            
            
               1.On 27 October 2017, 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 DER Touristik Deutschland GmbH (‘DER Touristik’, Germany), a subsidiary of REWE Group (Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control over the whole of the undertaking EXIM Holding A.S. (‘EXIM’, Czech Republic) by way of purchase of shares.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            
            
               -for DER Touristik: forms part of the Travel & Tourism Division of REWE Group, which operates in the tourism sector as well as in the food and non-food retail sector via a separate branch,
            
            
               -for EXIM: a Czech joint stock company holding four subsidiaries active in the tourism sector in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.
            
            
               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 paragraphs 5(d) and 6 of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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               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
            
            
         
         
            
                  
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                        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.
                  
               
               
                  
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                        OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
               
               
                  
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                        Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 376, 08.11.2017, p. 2.
               
               
                  
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                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.