CELEX: 32002M2746
Language: en
Date: 2002-05-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/05/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.2746 - VOLKSWAGEN / SVENSKA VOLKSWAGEN) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 30/05/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2746 - VOLKSWAGEN / SVENSKA VOLKSWAGEN) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

Official Journal 137 , 08/06/2002 P. 0029 - 0029

Commission Decision of 30/05/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2746 - VOLKSWAGEN / SVENSKA VOLKSWAGEN) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 30/05/2002SG (2002) D/230010  To the notifying partyDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject: Case No. COMP/M.2746 - VOLKSWAGEN/SVENSKA VOLKSWAGEN  Notification of VOLKSWAGEN/SVENSKA VOLKSWAGEN pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1][1]   OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 106, 03/05/2002, page 21.1. On 24 April 2002, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 by which the undertaking Volkswagen AG ("VWAG"; Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Svenska Volkswagen AB ("SVW"; Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for undertaking VWAG: developing, manufacturing and marketing of passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and related spare parts and accessories. - for undertaking SVW: exclusive wholesale distributor for the Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda motor vehicles as well as Porsche motor vehicles in Sweden.  3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2].[2]   OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89.For the CommissionSigned by Mario MONTI Member of the Commission