CELEX: 32013M7076
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27/11/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7076 - APAX PARTNERS / RHIAG) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 27.11.2013
                                        C(2013) 8599 final

                                        To the notifying party

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

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7076 - APAX PARTNERS/ RHIAG
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

   1. On 25.10.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
      which the undertaking Apax Partners LLP ("Apax Partners", United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of  Article  3(1)(b)  of  the  Merger
      Regulation control of the whole of Rhiag-Inter Auto Parts Italia S.p.A. ("Rhiag", Italy) by way of purchase of shares[2].

   2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for Apax Partners: active in investment management of and investement advisory services to private equity funds  investing  primarily
           in Europe in a range of industry sectors.

      -     for Rhiag: active in the wholesale trade of motor vehicles spare parts in the aftermarket, mainly in Italy  but  also  in  the  Czech
           Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Switzerland and Ukraine.

   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(b) 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 320, 06.11.2013, p.5

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE