CELEX: 32016M7937
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/03/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7937 - COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION / XCHANGING) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 30.3.2016
                                        C(2016) 1969 final

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|                                                                       |To the notifying party:                                                |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7937 – COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION / XCHANGING
         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 29 February 2016, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertaking Computer Science Corporation ("CSC", USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of  the  Merger
    Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Xchanging plc ("Xchanging", UK) by way of public bid announced on 9 December 2015.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    - for CSC: provision on a global scale of IT services across a range  of  industries  covering  chemicals,  energy  and  natural  resources,
         financial services, healthcare, agriculture and manufacturing, public sector services and technology to customers  in  the  private  and
         public sectors;

    - for Xchanging: provision of business processing, technology and procurement services internationally for customers in the  accounting  and
         procurement, financial services and insurance sectors.

 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) 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)
                                                                Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                        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 89, 5.3.2016, p.11.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE