CELEX: 32005M3881
Language: en
Date: 2005-08-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 09/08/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.3881 - PHOENIX / A&C ADIVAR-COMIFAR) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32005M3881

Commission Decision of 09/08/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3881 - PHOENIX / A&C ADIVAR-COMIFAR) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  


	| |Brussels, 09.08.2005SG-Greffe(2005) D/204383To the notifying partyDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3881 –– Phoenix / A&C Adivar-Comifar Notification of 6/7/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C-175, 15/07/2005, page 10.1.  On 6/7/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Comifar S.p.A. (“Comifar”, Italy), belonging to the Phoenix group (“Phoenix”, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking A&C Adivar-Comifar S.p.A. (“A&C”, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :- for Phoenix : wholesale of pharmaceuticals and connected services to pharmacies throughout Europe;- for Comifar : wholesale of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products in Italy;- for A&C Adivar-Comifar: wholesale of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products in Italy.3.  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 of paragraph 5, subparagraph (d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2].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 (EC) No. 139/2004.For the Commission(signed)Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32PUBLIC VERSIONMERGER PROCEDUREARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISIONSIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE