CELEX: 32014M7093
Language: en
Date: 2014-05-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23/05/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7093 - DLG / LANTMÄNNEN / HAGE POLSKA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 23.5.2014
                                        C(2014) 3580 final

To the notifying parties:

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

Subject:    Case M.7093 – DLG / LANTMÄNNEN / HAGE POLSKA
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 14 April 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which Lantmännen ekonomisk förening (“Lantmännen” of Sweden) and Dansk Landbrugs  Grovvareselskab  a.m.b.a.  (“DLG”  of  Denmark)  through  a
    subsidiary acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control by way of purchase of shares in  HaGe  Polska
    sp. z o.o. (“HaGe Polska” of Poland) [2].

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     Lantmännen: a Swedish farmers' cooperative active in agriculture, machinery, energy and food;

      -     DLG: a Danish farmers' cooperative operating in the agricultural sector offering products and services  to  farmers  in  Denmark  and
           other European countries;

      -     Hage Polska: engaged in the wholesale of agricultural commodities, including grains, seeds and fertilisers.

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

 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.

                                        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 125, 26.04.2014, p. 6.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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