CELEX: 32021M10403
Language: en
Date: 2021-09-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 01/09/2021 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10403 - SHV / ACTA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 1.9.2021
                                                                C(2021) 6560 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                SHV Holdings N.V.
                                                                Rijnkade 1
                                                                3511 LC Utrecht
                                                                Netherlands
Subject:        Case M.10403 – SHV / ACTA
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 9 August 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the
        undertaking SHV Holdings N.V. ("SHV", Netherlands) acquires within the meaning
        of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of ACTA*
        Holding B.V. ("ACTA", Netherlands), which it currently jointly controls, by way of
        purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             − for SHV: investment company active globally in a wide range of industries,
             − for ACTA: the parent holding company of Kiwa NV, an international quality
                 accreditation organization that specializes in testing, inspection and
                 certification services.
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 330, 17.8.2021, p. 6.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 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
   paragraphs 5(b) and (d) 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)
                                                  Olivier GUERSENT
                                                  Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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