CELEX: 32015M7486
Language: en
Date: 2015-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28/01/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7486 - INGRAM MICRO / ANOV EXPANSION) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 28.01.2015
                                        C(2015) 540 final

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Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7486 – INGRAM MICRO/ ANOV EXPANSION
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 22.12.2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  by
    which the undertaking Ingram Micro (UK) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc. (USA)  ('Ingram  Micro')  acquires  within  the
    meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation control  of  the  whole  of  the  undertaking  ANOV  Expansion  SAS  (France)  and  its
    subsidiaries, except its Spanish subsidiaries ('Anovo'), by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

  – for Ingram Micro: distribution and logistics services for IT and other electronic products,

  – for Anovo: logistics services for mobility products, consumer electronic products and other electronic products.

 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(c)i, c(ii) and 6 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)
                                        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]       OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.3 ("the EEA Agreement").

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 2, 07.01.2015, p. 2.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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