CELEX: 32016M7928
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11/03/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7928 - RPC GROUP / GCS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 11.03.2016
                                        C(2016) 1615 final

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                                        To the notifying party:

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7928 - RPC GROUP / GCS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 11 February 2016, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertaking RPC Group PLC ("RPC", United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning  of  Article  3(1)(b)  of  the  Merger
    Regulation control of the whole of the Global Closure Systems group of companies ("GCS", Luxembourg),  which  is  100%  held  by  Financière
    Daunou 1 S.A. (Luxembourg), by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – for RPC: plastic products design and engineering for the packaging and non-packaging sectors;

      – for GCS: manufacturing of closures and dispensing systems for consumer products.

 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 6 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

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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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ("the EEA Agreement").

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 61, 17.02.2016, p. 25.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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