CELEX: 32014M7188
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 03/07/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7188 - REMONDIS NEDERLAND / SITA RECYCLING SERVICES / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 3.7.2014
                                        C(2014) 4669 final

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Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case M.7188- REMONDIS NEDERLAND / SITA RECYCLING SERVICES / JV
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 04.06.2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation  by
    which Remondis Nederland B.V. (the Netherlands), owned by Remondis AG & Co ("Remondis Group", Germany) and ultimately controlled by  Rethmann
    AG & Co. KG (Germany), and SITA Recycling Services B.V., (“SITA”, the Netherlands), ultimately controlled by Suez  Environnement  Company  SA
    (France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation joint control over a newly created joint venture  ("NewCo",
    the Netherlands).

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for Remondis Group: an international water and environmental service company active, among others, in  the  collection,  sorting  and
           recycling of plastic waste;

      -     for SITA: active in the Netherlands within the fields of the collection, transportation and processing of industrial  waste,  special
           waste, household waste as well as sewer maintenance and soil sanitation;

      -     for NewCo: will be active in the sorting of Dutch household plastic waste[2].

 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) 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 178, 12.06.2014, p. 35.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE