CELEX: 32001M2476
Language: en
Date: 2001-07-05 00:00:00
Title: COMMISSION DECISION of 05/07/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2476 - BLUE CIRCLE/MICHELIN/JV) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)

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COMMISSION DECISION of 05/07/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2476 - BLUE CIRCLE/MICHELIN/JV) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

Official Journal 284 , 10/10/2001 P. 0021 - 0021

COMMISSION DECISION of 05/07/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2476 - BLUE CIRCLE/MICHELIN/JV) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)Brussels, 05.07.2001 SG (2001) D/             To the notifying parties: Dear Madam/Sir,Subject: Case No. COMP/M.2476 - BLUE CIRCLE / MICHELIN / JV Notification of 5.6.2001 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1]  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C.170, 14.06.2001, page 12 [1]   OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.1. On 5.6.2001, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2] by which the undertakings, Blue Circle Industries PLC  ("Blue Circle") and Michelin Tyre PLC ("Michelin") acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of a newly-created UK joint venture company, Sapphire Energy Recovery Limited ("Sapphire") by way of purchase of shares.  [2]  OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13; Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p.  1, corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17).2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - Blue Circle : manufacture and sale of heavy building materials - Michelin : manufacture and sale of tyres and other rubber products - Sapphire : purchase and re-sale of used tyres for use as fuel in cement kilns3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [3].  [3]   OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89.For the Commission,Mario MONTI Member of the Commission