CELEX: 32015M7513
Language: en
Date: 2015-03-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31/03/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7513 - AR PACKAGING GROUP / MWV EUROPEAN TOBACCO AND GENERAL PACKAGING FOLDING CARTON OPERATIONS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 31.3.2015
                                        C(2015) 2330 final

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Subject:    Case M.7513 – AR PACKAGING GROUP/ MWV EUROPEAN TOBACCO AND GENERAL PACKAGING FOLDING CARTON OPERATIONS
         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]

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

 1. On 06.03.2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article  4  and  following  a  referral
    pursuant to Article 4(5) of the Merger Regulation by which AR Packaging Group  AB  ("AR  Packaging",  Sweden)  acquires  sole  control  over
    MeadWestvaco Corporation ("MWV") European Tobacco and General Packaging Folding Carton Operations  ("the  Target",  Austria,  Poland,  Czech
    Republic and Russia) by way of purchase of shares[3].

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    -for AR Packaging: production and supply of folding carton packaging and flexible  packaging on a global level;

         -for the Target: folding carton operations business unit of MWV for Europe.

 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 088, 14.03.2015, p. 8.

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

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE