CELEX: 32021M10465
Language: en
Date: 2021-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13/12/2021 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10465 - ADECCO / AKKA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 13.12.2021
                                                                C(2021) 9536 final
                                                                                PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                Adecco Group AG
                                                                Bellerivestrasse 30
                                                                8008 Zurich
                                                                Switzerland
Subject:        Case M.10465 – ADECCO / AKKA
                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 16 November 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Adecco
        Group AG (“Adecco”, Switzerland) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of
        the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of AKKA Technologies SE
        (“AKKA”, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        −     for Adecco: provision of human capital solutions including flexible placement,
              permanent placement, career transition, HR outsourcing, consulting, training, and
              other HR services on a global basis. Through its subsidiary Modis, Adecco is also
              active in the provision of IT and digital-engineering services,
        −     for AKKA: provision of engineering and research and development consulting
              services. AKKA undertakes its activities mainly in the EEA, however has been
              expanding on a global basis, in particular in North America.
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 472, 23.11.2021, p.14.
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
   paragraph 5(c) 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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