CELEX: 32014M7062
Language: en
Date: 2014-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10/02/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7062 - RUDUS EAST / LUJABETONI / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 10.2.2014
                                        C(2014) 946 final

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Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7062-RUDUS EAST / LUJABETONI / JV
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 3 January 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation
    by which Rudus East Oy ("Rudus East", Finland), belonging to CRH Group, and Lujabetoni Oy ("Lujabetoni", Finland), belonging to  Luja  Group,
    acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation joint control in a newly created company constituting a joint venture
    ("JV", Russia) by way of purchase of shares[2].

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     Rudus East: manufacture and sale of building materials;

      -     Lujabetoni: manufacture of concrete and related construction products, installation and consulting;

      -     the JV: manufacture and sale of ready-mixed concrete in Russia.

 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[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 21, 24.1.2014, p. 6.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE