CELEX: 32021M10479
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 04/11/2021 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10479 - TELENET / WILLEMEN GROEP / LIVIT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 4.11.2021
                                                                C(2021) 7996 final
                                                                                PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                Telenet BV
                                                                Liersesteenweg 4
                                                                2800 – Mechelen
                                                                Belgium
                                                                Willemen Groep NV
                                                                Boerenkrijgstraat 133
                                                                2800 – Mechelen
                                                                Belgium
Subject:        Case M.10479 – TELENET / WILLEMEN GROEP / LIVIT
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 8 October 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Telenet BV
        (“Telenet”, Belgium), belonging to Liberty Global Group and Willemen Groep NV
        (“Willemen”, Belgium) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the
        Merger Regulation joint control of Livit BV (“Livit”, Belgium). 3 The concentration is
        accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a
        joint venture.
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        −     for Telenet: retail audiovisual services and fixed and mobile communication
              services,
        −     for Willemen: construction and real estate project development services
              concerning various types of buildings, including residential housing units,
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 421, 18.10.2021, p. 6.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak---    −   for Livit: rental of furnished living units and related services.
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) 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)
                                                     Olivier GUERSENT
                                                     Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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