CELEX: 32014M7201
Language: en
Date: 2014-04-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 03/04/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7201 - CARLYLE / INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 3.4.2014
                                        C(2014) 2346 final

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Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7201 - CARLYLE/ INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING GROUP
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 7 March 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
    which the Carlyle Group ("Carlyle", USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control  of  Industrial
    Packaging Group ("IPG", USA) by way of purchase of shares.[2]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

1 for Carlyle: global alternative asset management,

2 for IPG: manufacture and supply of industrial packaging and related equipment.

 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(b) 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 79, 18.3.2014, p. 5.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE