CELEX: 32016M7884
Language: en
Date: 2016-01-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11/01/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7884 - ATOS / UNIFY) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 11.1.2016
                                        C(2016) 127 final

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|                                                                       |To the notifying party:                                                |
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Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7884 - ATOS / UNIFY
         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 4 December 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation
  by which the undertaking Atos S.E. ("Atos", France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation  sole  control  of
  the whole of the undertaking Unify Holdings B.V. ("Unify", the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

   2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

        – for Atos: IT services and hardware;

        – for Unify: private branch exchanges ("PBXs"), communications terminal devices, call centres and unified communications solutions.

   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
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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 413, 12.12.2015, p. 12.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE