CELEX: 32022M10608
Language: en
Date: 2022-02-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25/02/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10608 - CMA CGM / CLS BUSINESS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                 Brussels, 25.2.2022
                                                                 C(2022)1321 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                 CMA CGM
                                                                 Boulevard Jacques Saadé 4, Quai
                                                                 d’Arenc
                                                                 13002 Marseille
                                                                 France
Subject:        Case M.10608 – CMA CGM / CLS BUSINESS
                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 1 February 2022, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4                of the Merger Regulation by which the
        undertakings CMA CGM S.A. (“CMA CGM”, France) acquires within the meaning of
        Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the whole of the
        undertaking CLS Business, controlled by Ingram Micro Inc (“Ingram”, United States)
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        by way of purchase of shares and assets.
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—       CMA CGM offers a range of services related to sea transportation, including container
        liner shipping and port terminal services. CMA CGM is also active within freight
        forwarding and contract logistics services through its subsidiary CEVA Logistics,
—       CLS Business comprises the contract logistics business of Ingram, currently operated
        by Ingram’s division Commerce & Lifecycle Services. CLS Business offers a range of
        services within contract logistics mainly in North America and Europe, notably
        forward logistics and reverse logistics.
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 68, 9.2.2022, 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--- 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)
                                                  Olivier GUERSENT
                                                  Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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