CELEX: 32016M8011
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 07/07/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8011 - SIA GROUP / AIRBUS GROUP / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 7.7.2016
                                        C(2016) 4408 final

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                                       To the notifying parties

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.8011 - SIA GROUP / AIRBUS GROUP / JV
         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 8 June 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
    which the undertakings SIA Engineering Company Limited ('SIAEC', Singapore) belonging to the Singapore Airlines group  and  Airbus  Services
    Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. ('ASAP', Singapore) belonging to the Airbus group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation
    joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (the 'JV', Singapore) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

        – for Singapore Airlines : the provision of air passenger and cargo transportation services as well  as  engineering  services  such  as
          airframe maintenance and overhaul services, line maintenance, technical ground handling  services,  and  fleet  management  programme.
          Singapore Airlines also provides other services to third parties, including training of pilots, air charters, and tour wholesaling.

        – for Airbus : aeronautics, space and defense-related services.

        – for the JV: supply maintenance, repair and overhaul services (specifically, heavy maintenance and, indirectly,  line  maintenance)  to
          commercial airlines with their principal place of business in the Asia-Pacific region and that are operating Airbus A350 XWB, A380 and
          A330 aircraft.

 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) and (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 221, 18.06.2016, p. 6.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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