CELEX: 32015M7661
Language: en
Date: 2015-08-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25/08/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7661 - ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY / EASTSTARCH) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 25.08.2015
                                        C(2015) 6053 final

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Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7661 - ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY/ EASTSTARCH
         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 28 July 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which the undertaking Archer Daniel Midlands Company ("ADM") of the United States acquires within the meaning  of  Article  3(1)(b)  of  the
    Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Eaststarch C.V. ("Eaststarch") of the Netherlands by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – for ADM: the processing of oilseeds, corn, wheat, cocoa and other agricultural commodities, and manufacturing of protein meal,  vegetable
        oil, corn sweeteners, flour, biodiesel, ethanol, and other value-added food and feed ingredients,

      – for Eaststarch: the manufacturing and sale of corn-based starches, liquid  sweeteners,  other  food  ingredients,  corn  co-products  and
        agricultural alcohols.

 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(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)

                                        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 255, 4.8.2015, p. 6.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE