CELEX: 32013M6986
Language: en
Date: 2013-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31/07/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6986 - BAIN CAPITAL / MAISONS DU MONDE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32013M6986

Commission Decision of 31/07/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6986 - BAIN CAPITAL / MAISONS DU MONDE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION  |
             Brussels, 31.7.2013
             C(2013) 5110 final
             PUBLIC VERSION
             SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
              |To the notifying party: |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.6986 - BAIN CAPITAL/ MAISONS DU MONDE Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1] 
            1.  On 28 June 2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Bain Capital Investors, LLC ("Bain Capital", USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the Maisons du Monde Group ("MDM Group", France) by way of purchase of securities.
            2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            –  for Bain Capital: private equity investment firm;
            –  for MDM Group: retail sale of decoration items and furniture. [2]  
            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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. [3]  
            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.
             For the Commission (signed)
             Alexander ITALIANER DirectorGeneral
            [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]  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 199, 11.7.2013, p. 15.
            [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.