CELEX: 32014M7308
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31/07/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7308 - ATOS / BULL) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 31/07/2014
                                        C(2014) 5600

|To the notifying party:                                                                                                                   |                                                                   |

Dear Madams and Sir,

Subject:    Case M.7308 ATOS / BULL
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

1. On 03/07/2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of  the  Merger  Regulation  by
   which the undertaking Atos S.E. ("Atos", France), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of  the
   whole of the undertaking Bull S.A. ("Bull", France) by way of public bid announced on 26 May 2014.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for Atos: IT services.

      -     for Bull: IT services and hardware[2].

 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) (i) and (ii) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure  for  treatment  of  certain  concentrations
    under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[3].

 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
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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]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 222, 12.07.2014, p. 10.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE