CELEX: 32006M4250
Language: en
Date: 2006-06-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26/06/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.4250 - INDUSTRI KAPITAL / MINIMAX) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32006M4250

Commission Decision of 26/06/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.4250 - INDUSTRI KAPITAL / MINIMAX) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  


		Brussels, 26.06.2006SG-Greffe(2006) D/203313To the notifying partyDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject: Case No. COMP/M.4250 – Industri Kapital/MinimaxNotification of 17.05.2006 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1]Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 124, 25.05.2006, p. 321. On 17.05.2006, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertaking Industri Kapital B.V. acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Minimax Beteiligungs GmbH (“Minimax”, Germany), controlled by MIMX B.V. (The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:- for Industri Kapital B.V.: European private equity investment firm;- for Minimax: manufacture and sale of fire protection systems.2. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [2].3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.For the Commission, signed,Philip LOWEDirector General[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32--------------------------------------------------