CELEX: 32011M5976
Language: en
Date: 2011-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17/02/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.5976 - LUFTHANSA TECHNIK / PANASONIC AVIONICS / IDAIR JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32011M5976

Commission Decision of 17/02/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.5976 - LUFTHANSA TECHNIK / PANASONIC AVIONICS / IDAIR JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION     |
            Brussels , 17/02/2011
             SG-Greffe(2011) D/2332/2333
             PUBLIC VERSION C(2011) 1118
             MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION
             SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE
             To the notifying parties
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.5976 – Lufthansa Technik/Panasonic Avionics/Idair JV  Notification of 18.01.2011 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 024, 26/01/2011, p.20
            1.  On 18 January 2011, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings Lufthansa Technik AG ("LHT", Germany) and Panasonic Avionics Corporation ("PAC", United States of America) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Idair GmbH ("Idair", Germany) 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 LHT: aircraft, engine and component maintenance, repair and overhaul. LHT's activities also include the development, design, manufacture and supply of cabin management and in-flight entertainment (CMS/IFE) systems and CMS/IFE components.
              - for PAC: CMS/IFE systems integrator; and 
              - for Idair: design, manufacture and supply of specialised aircraft cabin equipment.
            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 [2]  .  
            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
            [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 C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.