CELEX: 32006M4351
Language: en
Date: 2006-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 06/09/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.4351 - WOLSELEY / DT GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 06/09/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.4351 - WOLSELEY / DT GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

		Brussels, 06.09.2006SG-Greffe(2006) D/205011To the notifying partyDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject: COMP/M.4351 – Wolseley / DT GroupNotification of 04.08.2006 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1]1. On 04/08/2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertaking Wolseley plc (“Wolseley”) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the undertaking DT Group A/S (“DT Group”) by way of purchase of shares.2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:- Wolseley: distribution of plumbing and heating products and building materials;- DT Group: distribution of building materials in the Nordic region.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and the scope of paragraph 5, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [2].3. 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 (EC) No. 139/2004.For the CommissionSignedLowri Evans on behalf ofPhilip LoweDirector General[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32--------------------------------------------------