CELEX: 32002M2544
Language: fr
Date: 2002-02-15 00:00:00
Title: Décision de la Commission du 15/02/2002 déclarant la compatibilité avec le marché commun d'une concentration (Affaire N COMP/M.2544 - MASTERFOODS / ROYAL CANIN) sur base du Règlement (CEE) N 4064/89 du Conseil. (Le texte en langue anglaise est le seul faisant foi.)

C 79/10               FR                     Journal officiel des Communautés européennes                                      3.4.2002
42. The Commission considers that, according to Article                      Kingdom to submit its comments and to provide all
    3(2)(c) of the car framework, the cost benefit analysis                  such information as may help to assess the aid, within
    should in the present case be carried out comparing the                  one month of the date of receipt of this letter. Among
    chosen site of Bridgend with a hypothetical alternative site             other information, the Commission requests:
    within the EEA of CEECs. Such cost benefit analysis is
    required by the Commission if the intensity of the                       — the necessary information in order to assess the
    planned regional aid is higher than 10 % of the regional                     training aid measure under the training aid Regulation,
    ceiling.
43. The Commission also notes that the amount considered as                  — a CBA analysis comparing the costs of carrying out the
    eligible investment differs in the notification letter, where                project in the chosen site of Bridgend with the costs of
    GBP 213 million eligible investment is reported, and in                      carrying out an identical project in a hypothetical site
    the CBA, where reported eligible investment amounts to                       in the EEA of CEECs,
    GBP 271,6 million. The Commission doubts that only
    eligible costs were included in the CBA and for the calcu-               — a detailed account of the investment amount
    lation of the aid intensity, and therefore that the reported                 considered as eligible by the UK authorities, and of
    aid intensity of 5,37 % is correct. In order to clarify this                 the calculation of the net grant equivalent of the
    point, the Commission needs further clarification on the                     regional aid measure.
    exact amount and timing of eligible costs. The
    Commission would also ask the UK authorities to use                  45. The Commission requests your authorities to forward a
    the year 2000 for the calculation of the net present                     copy of this letter to the potential recipient of the aid
    value of the investment and aid streams.                                 immediately.
4. DECISION                                                              46. The Commission wishes to remind the United Kingdom
                                                                             that Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty has suspensory effect,
44. In the light of the foregoing considerations, the                        and would draw your attention to Article 14 of Council
    Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in                      Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, which provides that all
    Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty, requests the United                      unlawful aid may be recovered from the recipient.»
                                           Non-opposition à une concentration notifiée
                                       (Affaire COMP/M.2544 — Masterfoods/Royal Canin)
                                                              (2002/C 79/05)
                                                (Texte présentant de l'intérêt pour l'EEE)
              Le 15 février 2002, la Commission a décidé de ne pas s'opposer à la concentration notifiée susmentionnée
              et de la déclarer compatible avec le marché commun. Cette décision est basée sur l'article 6, paragraphe 2,
              du règlement (CEE) no 4064/89 du Conseil. Le texte intégral de la décision est disponible seulement en
              anglais et sera rendu public après suppression des secrets d'affaires qu'il peut contenir. Il sera disponible:
              — en support papier via les bureaux de vente de l'Office des publications officielles des Communautés
                  européennes (voir page 4 de couverture),
              — en support électronique dans la version «CEN» de la base de données CELEX sous le numéro de
                  document 302M2544. CELEX est le système de documentation automatisée du droit communautaire.
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