CELEX: 32019M9226
Language: en
Date: 2019-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/02/2019 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9226 - COMMSCOPE HOLDING COMPANY, INC / ARRIS INTERNATIONAL PLC) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels,22.02.2019
                                                                C(2019) 1659 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying party:
Subject:        Case M.9226 – COMMSCOPE / ARRIS
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 31 January 2019, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking
        CommScope Holding Company ("CommScope", USA), Inc. acquires within the meaning
        of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of ARRIS
        International plc ("ARRIS", USA) by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             CommScope is a global provider of infrastructure solutions for the core, access and
              edge layers of communications networks, with products such as wireless network
              infrastructure and fiber optic and copper connectivity solutions.
             ARRIS provides entertainment, communications, and networking technology products
              for service providers to deliver media, voice and IP data services to their subscribers.
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 049, 07.2.2019, p. 22.
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.
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