CELEX: 32014M7116
Language: en
Date: 2014-01-15 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 15/01/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7116 - SIXTH AP FUND / NORDSTJERNAN / SALCOMP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 15.01.2014
                                        C(2014)257

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

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7116 - SIXTH AP FUND/ NORDSTJERNAN/ SALCOMP
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 9 December 2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation
    by which the undertakings Sixth AP Fund ("AP6", Sweden) and Nordstjernan AB ("Nordstjernan", Sweden) acquire, within the meaning  of  article
    3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of the undertaking Salcomp Oyj ("Salcomp", Finland) by way of purchase of shares[2].

    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     For AP 6: Swedish national pension fund;
      -     For Nordstjernan: Swedish private equity fund.
      -     For Salcomp: manufacture of chargers for mobile phones, tablets and other mobile devices.

 2. 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].

 3. 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 C372 , 19.12.2013.

[3]   OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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