CELEX: 32015M7664
Language: en
Date: 2015-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/07/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7664 - SCHIBSTED DISTRIBUSJON / AMEDIA DISTRIBUSJON / HELTHJEM) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 22/07/2015
                                        C(2015)5277 final

                                        [pic]

|To the notifying parties:                                              |                                                                       |

Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject:    Case M.7664 – SCHIBSTED DISTRIBUSJON/ AMEDIA DISTRIBUSJON/ HELTHJEM
         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 24 June 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which Amedia Distribusjon AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amedia AS (Norway), will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  and  3(4)
    of the Merger Regulation joint control together with Schibsted Distribusjon AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary  of  Schibsted  ASA  (Norway),  of
    Helthjem AS (Norway), a newly created company constituting a joint venture, by way of subscribing for shares in a share issue.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

  – Amedia Distribusjon AS distributes newspapers and other printed products for Amedia AS' newspaper titles as well as  third  parties.  Amedia
    AS is a Norwegian media group, controlled by Telenor ASA and Landsorganisasjonen i Norge (the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions);

  – Schibsted Distribusjon AS distributes newspapers and other printed products for Schibsted  ASA  and  third  parties.  Schibsted  ASA  is  an
    international media group;

  – Helthjem AS will offer delivery of parcels in Norway.

 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(a) and (c) 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

-----------------------
[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 220, 04.07.2015, p. 14.

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

-----------------------
                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE