CELEX: 32017M8570
Language: en
Date: 2017-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 01/09/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8570 - CTDI EU / REGENERSIS EMEA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 1.9.2017
                                                                C(2017) 6058 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying party:
Subject:        Case M.8570 – CTDI EU / REGENERSIS EMEA
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
                                1                                                                             2
                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 7 August 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking
        CTDI GmbH ('CTDI EU', Germany), jointly controlled by Communication Test Design,
        Inc. (United States) and by Deutsche Telekom AG (Germany), acquires within the
        meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the EMEA business of
        Regenersis (Depot) Services Ltd. (United Kingdom, 'Regenersis EMEA') by way of a
        purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        −     for CTDI EU: provision of repair and maintenance in relation to telecommunications
              network infrastructure equipment as well as other electronic products;
        −     for Regenersis EMEA: provision of repair and maintenance services with regard to
              electronic products, including mobile phones, smartphones, set-top-boxes as well as
              other media and entertainment devices, office devices such as laptops, electronic
              payment systems, industrial applications and medical devices.
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 268, 12.08.2017, 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)
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
                                                  2