CELEX: 32018M8692
Language: en
Date: 2018-01-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23/01/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8692 - SAICA / EMIN LEYDIER) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                     
                  
               
               Brussels, 23.1.2018
            
            
               C(2018) 514 final
            
            
            
            
            
               To the Notifying Party
               
            
               Subject:Case M.8692 – SAICA / EMIN LEYDIER
                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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                and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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               Dear Sir or Madam,
            
            
               1.On 20 December 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking S.A. Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa (Spain), belonging to the group Saica ("SAICA", Spain), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control over the whole of the undertaking Emin Leydier S.A. ("Emin Leydier", France), by way of purchase of shares.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            
            
               -for SAICA: collection and supply of recovered paper, manufacturing of corrugated case material, manufacturing of recycled corrugated packaging and flexible packaging. SAICA is owned by Aragocias, a Spanish holding company, and operates in Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Turkey, Luxembourg and the Netherlands;
            
            
               -for Emin Leydier: manufacturing of recycled corrugated case material and corrugated packaging solutions. Emin Leydier is mainly active in France, but also throughout the EEA.
            
            
               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) and 6 of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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               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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                        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.
                  
               
               
                  
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                        OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
               
               
                  
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                        Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 001, 04.1.2018, p. 11.
               
               
                  
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                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.