CELEX: 32015M7615
Language: en
Date: 2015-05-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/05/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7615 - DEPREZ HOLDING / GREENYARD FOODS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 22.5.2015
                                        C(2015) 3585 final

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|                                                                       |To the notifying party:                                                |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7615 – DEPREZ HOLDING / GREENYARD FOODS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 23 April 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation
    by which the undertaking Deprez Holding NV ("Deprez Holding", Belgium) acquires  within  the  meaning  of  Article  3(1)(b)  of  the  Merger
    Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Greenyard Foods NV ("Greenyard Foods", Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – Deprez Holding : active  through its subsidiary  Univeg Holding BV in the  areas of  fresh  fruit  and  vegetables  (including  fresh-cut
        produce), flowers and plants, as well as related transport and logistics,  and to some extent, in the horticultural  sector  through  its
        subsidiary;

      – Greenyard Foods: active in the processing and commercialization of vegetables and fruit and  ready-to-eat  food,  both  deep  frozen  and
        canned (under the divisions Pinguin and Noliko).

 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)
                                        Alexander ITALIANER
                                        Director-General

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[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 145, 1.5.2015, p. 13.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE