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Kommissionen havde ved beslutning af' 20. november 1996 fastslået, at Keskos overtagelse af Tuko -begge er finske dagligvarckonccrncr - var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
It found that, while brand and product image were key factors influencing colaconsumption, price and taste were more important in the consumption of other carbonated soft drinks;most of the actors on the market (competitors and customers) were also of the view that a relevantmarket for colas could be defined.
Kommissionen fandt, at fusionen ville skabe en dominerende stilling i Finland på markedet for distribution af" dagligvarer i detailhandelen og i selvbetjenings-engrosforretninger.
Sales ofdistributors' own brands increased mainly at the expense of other colas, and not at the expense of othercarbonated soft drinks; the penetration of distributors' own-brand colas resulted in a substantialincrease in TCCC's cola advertising.
Transaktionen var uden fællesskabsdimension, men blev behandlet efter anmodning fra de finske konkurrencemyndigheder i henhold til fusionsforordningens artikel 22.
It emerged clearly from the investigations that cola demand wasrelatively inelastic, with distributors' own-brand colas needing more support in the form of reductionsin price and allocation of retailing space.
ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION
APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION channels and through its status as a "musl-stock" item in multiple grocers,wholesalers and cash-and-carries.A further element is CCBS's wide portfolio, which enables customers to obtain all or a very large part oftheir requirements from a single source and also allows considerable economies of scale in purchasing,production and distribution.
Eftersom transaktionen allerede var blevet gennemført, havde Kommissionen i sin endelige beslutning i sagen anfört, at den ville træffe de fornødne foranstaltninger i en særskilt beslutning vedtaget på grundlag af fusionsforordningens artikel 8, stk. 4. der giver den beføjelse til at påbyde foranstaltninger, der kan genoprette en effektiv konkurrence.
The Commission also found that a competitor such as Britvic, which bottles Pepsi, was unable to increase its market share significantly despite the application of considerableadvertising and promotion resources; moreover, the structural change undergone by the cola market(principally the multiple-retailer channel) with the introduction of premium own-brands of cola and theentry of Virgin Cola appeared to have stabilised and in fact Coca-Cola was regaining market shares;lastly, distributors' own-brand colas accounted for only 10% of the overall market in cola in Great Britainand did not seem able to exert countervailing pressure.
I begyndelsen af 1997 besluttede Kommissionen derfor at påbyde Kesko at afhænde Tukos aktiviteter inden for dagligvarehandelen til en rentabel konkurrent uden tilknytning til Kesko og inden for en forud fastsat frist.
Regarding the impact of the operation, the Commission concluded that, through CCE's acquisition of CCSB, TCCC would become completely vertically integrated and obtain a direct "route to market", i.e.access to customers in all distribution channels.
Dette påbud var baseret på et forslag fra Kesko om at afhænde Tukos aktiviteter i dagligvaresektoren til en kober med indgående erfaringer inden for den finske dagligvaresektor. En uafhængig person skulle desuden fore tilsyn med driften og administrationen al'de aktiver, der skulle afhændes.
Regarding vertical aspects, the acquisition of a directroute to market would give TCCC advantages such as marketing by the bottler and advertising carriedout by theovvrnerofthe brand, andthe ability to increase marketing expenditure andto target thatexpenditure.However, the Commission recognised that TCCC already exercised substantial influence, if not jointcontrol, over the marketing of its own products and over CCSB's overall commercial strategy.
Kommissionen fandt, at Keskos forslag kunne lose de konkurrenceproblemer, den havde påvist i sin beslutning fra 1996, og at de var noje afpassede efter det tilsigtede mål, nemlig at genoprette en effektiv konkurrence på det finske marked for detailsalg af dagligvarer og markedet for engrossalg i selvbetjeningsforretninger.
Regarding horizontal and conglomerate aspects, the Commission recognised that TCCC's acquisition ofcontrol of CCSB's complete portfolio would not form a significant change on the market since it hadalready had a good deal of access to the advantages deriving from CCSB's large portfolio.
Kommissionen besluttede at godkende, at det sydafrikanske konglomerat i minedriftssektoren.
Third parties, including competitors, raised concerns regarding the impact of the operation, some ofwhich related to practices coming under Articles 85 and/or 86.
Anglo American Corporation (AAC). opkobte aktier i det britiske handels- og mineselskab Lonrho, på betingelse af, at AAC derved kom til at besidde under 10% af Lonrhos kapital.
However, in all of those cases the Commission took account of undertakings given by CCE, which met some of the concerns expressed bythird parties.
Netop inden for de to produkter havde der i 1996 været planer om en fusion mellem Lonrho og den sydafrikanske virksomhed Gencor. Kommissionen havde fastslået, at denne fusion ville fore til skabelse af et dominerende duopol på verdensmarkedet for disse produkter, og denne fusion blev derfor erklæret uforenelig med fællesmarkedet ved en beslutning af'24. april 199684.
Thus, although the proposed operation would lead to a structural change which might also lead to achange in CCSB's market behaviour, the Commission considered that, given the very specific facts of thecase, there was not enough evidence to conclude with sufficient certainty that the proposed operationwould result in an appreciable strengthening of CCSB's dominant position in the cola market in Great Britain.
Den her omhandlede sag rejste også konkurrenceproblemer.
Licensing arrangements, forming part of the overall transaction, were scrutinised in parallel under Article85.
Ved en række transaktioner skulle AAC og selskaber associeret med AAC overtage mindst 27.5% af aktierne i Lonrho. hvilket i det konkrete tilfælde var tilstrækkeligt til at give AAC bestemmende indflydelse på den britiske virksomhed.
In order to ensure, on the one hand, that CCSB would have the ongoing right to produce, distribute,market and sell Cadbury Schweppes' branded soft drinks and, on the other, that CCE would becommitted to the future of Cadbury Schweppes' brands, the parties entered into long-term exclusivelicensing arrangements.
Kommissionen hæftede sig i særdeleshed ved, at de implicerede koncerner havde meget store markedsandele, at de rådede over betydelige reserver, der kunne udnyttes med få omkostninger, og at udviklingen på markedet måtte venles at sætte dem i stand til inden længe at kontrollere produktionen og priserne.
The agreements are for an initial period of 15 years, extendable by a further tenyears unless either party gives notice of termination.
Kommissionens undersøgelser viste, at Lonrho og AAC ville være de eneste udbydere på markedet med gode vækstudsigter i en overskuelig fremtid, og at de tilsammen ville kunne få over 60% af platinmarkedet, samtidig med at deres største konkurrent, en russisk producent, måtte antages i løbet affa år at matte nedskære sine aktiviteter til det halve i en situation med en fortsat stigende samlet efterspørgsel efter disse produkter.
The agreements were approved, since the parties, following discussions with the Commission's Directorate-General for Competition, agreed to alter some of the terms in the agreements and, inparticular, CCE agreed to give an undertaking relating to the future behaviour of CCSB.The parties have,nevertheless, been informed that the agreements will be re-examined in the light of any newcircumstances and, in any event, after a period of seven years.
Kommissionen fandt derfor, at AAC burde reducere sin andel af Lonrho til under 10%. således at den sydafrikanske koncern ikke blev i stand til at øve bestemmende indflydelse i Lonrho.
(a) exclusivity provisions: provisions that oblige a customer not to purchase other cola-flavouredbeverages or provisions that grant the customer a rebate or other advantage on condition that thecustomer does not purchase such beverages;
Den 24. november 1997 anmodede AAC i overensstemmelse med betingelserne i denne beslutning Kommissionen om at godkende AAC's afhændelse af sine aktier i Lonrho til en sydafrikansk virksomhed Johannesburgh Consolidated Investment Limited.
(b) target rebates: provisions making the availability or size of rebates granted to a customer conditionalon reaching purchase targets for products individually set for the customer for periods exceeding threeconsecutive months;
Kommissionen modsatte sig ikke denne afhændelse, men stillede dog visse betingelser for at sikre den fuldstændige uafhængighed mellem AAC og Johannesburgh Consolidated Investment Limited.
(c) combined target rebates: provisions under which a target rebate (to the extent permitted under (b)above) is paid if the customer reaches specific total aggregate purchases of both products and any otherbeverages;
For det andet var det første gang, at Kommissionen gjorde godkendelsen af'en fusion betinget af afhændelse af aktier i et børsnoteret selskab med det formål at eliminere de påviste konkurrenceproblemer.
(d) tying provisions: provisions making the supply of products or the availability or size of rebates orother advantages conditional on a customer purchasing one or more additional beverages and purchasingone or more products.
Kommissionen godkendte fusionen mellem British Telecommunications pic (BT) og MCI Communications Corporation (MCI) i telesektoren på betingelse af, at en række tilsagn afgivet af parterne blev opfyldt.
On 20 November 1996 the Commission decided that Kesko's acquisition of Tuko, both Finnish companiesoperatinginthedailyconsumergoodssectorinFinland,wasincompatiblewiththecommonmarket.
De tjenester og produkter.
It concluded that the operation would create a dominant position in Finland in the market in dailyconsumer goods at retail and wholesale levels.
BT udbyder, drejer sig primært om lokale og mellembys telefonlinjer til privatog erhvervskunder, internationale opkald til og fra Det Forenede Kongerige samt levering af' teleudstyr.
The operation, which has no Community dimension, wasexamined at the request of the Finnish Competition Office pursuant to Article 22 of the Merger Regulation.
Kommissionens undersøgelser viste, at transaktionen kunne skabe eller styrke en dominerende stilling på markedet for internationale taletelefonitjenester mellem Det Forenede Kongerige og USA samt på markedet for audiokonferencer i Det Forenede Kongerige.
In so far as the merger had already been implemented, the Commission indicated in the final paragraph ofthe statement of reasons on which its decision was based that it would take appropriate steps in a separatedecision under Article 85(4) of the Regulation, which empowers it to order the taking of any action thatmay be appropriate in order to restore conditions of effective competition.
På det forste af disse markeder hang denne risiko sammen med den relative mangel på transmissionsmidier på atlantforbindelserne mellem Det Forenede Kongerige og USA, hvor der kan konstateres en kraftig vækst i efterspørgslen, og risikoen for, at der opstod flaskehalse her.
Consequently, at the beginning of 1997 the Commission decided to order Kesko to divest itself of the Tuko daily consumer goods business in favour of a viable competitor independent of the Kesko group inaccordance with a specific procedure and timetable.
Sammenkoblingen mellem de to nationale net foregår i dag ved brug af transmissionskapacitet på de internationale infrastrukturer, der findes mellem de to lande, bl.a. kabler over Atlanterhavet. Af tekniske grunde passer kabel og satellit imidlertid ikke sammen, når det drejer sig om at levere internationale taletelefonitjenester.
The order was based on Tesko's proposal to transfer Tuko's business in this area to a purchaser with indepth experience of the daily consumer goods businessin Finland.
BT og MCI har stor kapacitet inden for transatlantiske kabler, navnlig i den østlige del af denne internationale forbindelse, og ville have fået deres kapacitet øget via den gensidige korrespondent funktion, som fusionen ville have sat dem i stand til at etablere.
The Commission considered that Kesko's proposal was sufficient to overcome the competition difficultiesidentified in the 1996 decision and proportionate to the objective sought, i.e. to re-establish effectivecompetition on the Finnish markets in daily consumer goods at retail level and at the level ofcash-and-carry sales to business customers.
Den anmeldte fusion ville i kraft af en sammenlægning af BT's og MCl's kapacitet have sat de to selskaber i stand til at formidle deres atlanttrafik på linjer, som de ejede i hver ende.
The Commission decided to approve the acquisition by Anglo American Corporation (AAC), a South African mining group, of shares in Lonrho, a trading and mining company established in the United Kingdom, on condition that the holding was reduced to less than 10%.
1 det mindste på kort eller mellemlang sigt ville ingen anden aktør på forbindelsen mellem Det Forenede Kongerige og USA have hali tilsvarende fordele.
In 1996 Lonrho and the South African enterprise Gencor put forward a first proposal for a Community-scale merger concerningthose two products.
I betragtning af BT's og MCI's kombinerede kapacitet og BT's stilling inden for trafikken fra Det Forenede Kongerige ville den fusionerede enhed have laet en position, som satte den i stand til at udkonkurrere andre operatorer med ret til at benytte infrastrukturen i Det Forenede Kongerige.
The Commission considered that it would lead to the creation of a duopolydominating the world market for the products and declared it incompatible with the common market bydecision of 24 April 1996.84
Kommissionens undersøgelser viste desuden, at de begrænsede investeringer, der skulle til for at etablere en audiokonferencetjeneste, og den meget hurtige udvikling på markedet for audiokonferencetjenester dog ikke betyder, at der er let adgang til dette marked.
By a series of transactions, AAC and itsassociated companies were to acquire at least 27.5% of the shares in Lonrho, sufficient in itself to give itdecisive influence.
Udviklingen på markedet er hovedsagelig til gavn for de allerede etablerede udbydere, som efterspørgselsstigningen tilfalder, frem for udbydere, som endnu ikke har bevist deres værd.
After examining the matter in depth, the Commission concluded that theamalgamation of the two groups, both very significant operators of platinum mines, would create adominant position on the world markets in platinum and rhodium seriously impairing effectivecompetition in the common market.
Det gør det vanskeligere for en nytilkommen udbyder at tage konkurrencen op med de etablerede, der kan trække på deres omdømme og erfaringer og skalle sig en del al'kunderne, og det udgør en ikke ubetydelig adgangsbarriere i en sektor, der afhænger mere af udviklingen inden for programmel og tjenester end udviklingen inden for materiel og teknologi. Den anmeldte fusion kunne derfor også skabe eller styrke en dominerende stilling på markedet for audiokonferencetjenester i Det Forenede Kongerige.
In particular, it was guided by the following factors: the currentmarket shares held by the two groups; the groups' holdings of significant and easily exploitable reserves;and the foreseeable development of the market, which would shortly enable the groups to controlproduction and prices in that market.
For det forste tilbod parterne, at al den nuværende og fremtidige kapacitet i transatlantkablerne (TAT 12/13), hvor der efter fusionen vil være overlapning, vil blive tilbudt nye internationale operatører til en ikke-diskriminerende pris.
For those reasons the Commission considered it appropriate that AAC should reduce its proposed holdingin Lonrho to below 10% so that the South African group would be prevented from exercising decisiveinfluence over Lonrho.
For det andet afgav de tilsagn om at konvertere de lejede internationale kredsløb mellem Det Forenede Kongerige og USA til uigenkaldelige brugsrettigheder for operatører, der udbyder simpelt gensalg.
AAC was allowed time to negotiate the disposal of its shares; however, pendingdisposal the shares would be held by a trustee who would only be able to exercise voting rights carried bythese shares subject to the prior authorisation of the Commission.
Endelig afgav parterne tilsagn om omgående og på hestemie vilkår at sælge de matchede halve kredslob i den ostlige ende, som BT for øjeblikket ejer, og som hidtil blev brugt til fælles tilrådighedsstillelse af en automatisk tjeneste og leje af" internationale linjer, til andre operatører, der anmoder herom.
On 24 November, in accordance with the terms of the decision, AAC applied to the Commission forapproval of the planned sale of its Lonrho shares to a South African business, Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Limited.
For at imødegå Kommissionens indsigelser angående del britiske marked for audiokonferencer gik parterne desuden med til at tage skridt til, at MCI's audiøkonferenceakliviteter i Det Forenede Kongerige blev afhændet under Kommissionens tilsyn, uden at driften heraf blev afbrudt.
The Commission did not object to the proposed transfer provided certainundertakings were given to ensure that AAC and Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Limited wouldbe completely independent.
Kommissionen fandt, at parternes tilsagn - forudsat at de opfyldes til punkt og prikke - kunne eliminere den tvivl, der bestod med hensyn til fusionens forenelighed med fællesmarkedet.
The Commission's decision is of special importance for at least two principal reasons. First, it confirmsthe Commission's view that a person with only a minority shareholding can have exclusive control of anenterprise.
Kommissionen fastslog ved en beslutning, at Blokkers overtagelse af' de nederlandske Toys »R« US-butikker i februar 1997 forte til en styrkelse af Blokkers dominerende stilling på det nederlandske marked for salg af legetøj i specialforretninger og derfor var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
In this case AAC, with 27.5% of Lonrho's shares, was far and away the biggest shareholder,able to control the majority of the votes in shareholders' general meetings.
Kommissionen påbød Blokker at afhænde Toys »R« US-butikkerne til en uafhængig tredjemand uden tilknytning til Blokkergruppen.
Furthermore, it was the onlysignificant mining enterprise holding shares in Lonrho.
Kommissionen havde taget denne sag. som var uden fællesskabsdimension, til behandling efter anmodning fra den nederlandske regering efter fusionsforordningens artikel 22.
The Commission also took account of the pastbehaviour of other Lonrho shareholders, particularly that they had always followed the recommendationsof the principal shareholder.
Eftersom transaktionen allerede var blevet gennemført, måtte Kommissionen gøre brug al" bestemmelserne i forordningens
Second, the decision is of considerable importance in the Commission's
189 artikel 8, stk. 4, som giver den beføjelse til at påbyde frasalg af de overtagne virksomheder eller aktiver eller enhver anden foranstaltning, der kan genoprette den effektive konkurrence.
189 implementation of its merger control policy. This is the first time it has made authorisation of a mergerconditional on the transfer of shares in a quoted company in order to remedy competition problems.
Dens nederlandske datterselskab havde 9 legetøjsstorbutikker i Nederlandene, hvoraf" de 6 skulle overtages permanent af Blokker, medens de resterende 3 midlertidigt skulle videreføres og derefter nedlægges.
The Commission authorised the planned merger between British Telecommunications pic (BT) and MCICommunications Corporation (MCI) in the telecommunications field subject to compliance by the partieswith proposed commitments.
Kommissionen fandt, at det relevante marked i denne sag var legetøjsbutikker, dvs. specialiserede legetøjsbutikker og forretninger med lcgetojsafdclingcr, som forer et stort legetøjssortiment hele året rundt i Nederlandene.
BT's main services and products concern local and long-distance telephone lines for individuals andbusinesses, international telephone calls to and from the United Kingdom and the supply oftelecommunications equipment.
Kommissionen fandt, at Blokker indtog en dominerende stilling på dette marked på baggrund af Blokkers store markedsandel, den store spredning blandt gruppens konkurrenter og betydningen af legetøjsartikler, der sælges uden mærke eller under forhandlerens mærke.
MCI is a US-based company with diversified interests incommunications, offering its customers a portfolio of integrated services, including long-distance calls,radiotelephony, local calls, paging, messaging, the Internet and advanced global communications.
Overtagelsen af Toys »R« US resulterede ganske vist kun i en ret beskeden markedsandelsforøgelse, men indlemningen af'disse butikker i Blokker-gruppen ville give den et meget stort markedspotentiale.
Regarding the UK-US market, that risk followed from the relative shortage of transmission facilities onthe UK-US link, then experiencing a sharp rise in demand, and the danger of a bottleneck forming.
Når Blokker ud over sine hidtidige butikskoncepter også kom til at råde over Toys »R« US-konceptet, ville det give gruppen adgang til det markedssegment, der består af storbutikker beliggende i udkanten af store byområder, som er et segment, hvor Toys »R« US hidtil havde været enerådende.
Atpresent the two countries' networks are interconnected via the existing international transmissioninfrastructures between these countries, particularly the transatlantic cables.
Desuden ville fusionen føre til øgede adgangsbarrierer på det nederlandske marked for detailsalg af legetøj.
For technical reasons cableand satellite cannot be treated as substitutable for the supply of international voice-telephony services.BT and MCI hold high-usage capacities on the transatlantic cables in service, particularly at the westernend, and their power would be increased since the merger would enable them to operate as reciprocalcorrespondents.
På grundlag af de tilsagn, som Blokker tilbod at afgive, og en række supplerende foranstaltninger påbød Kommissionen Blokker at afhænde storsteparten af sine aktier i Toys »R« US' nederlandske division til en uafhængig tredjemand uden tilknytning til Blokker-gruppen, som ville være i stand til at videreføre og videreudvikle de nederlandske Toys »R« US-butikker.
They would therefore be able tointernalise payments previously made through settlement of international accounts for all traffic andwould also be able to benefit from more effective exploitation of their transmission capacity because ofthe time difference between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Det blev anerkendt, at Blokker kunne beholde en minoritetsaktiepost i Toys »R« US, men Blokker skulle efter et vist tidsrum trække sig helt ud af'virksomheden og give den valgte køber option på at kobe Blokkers andel - den pågældende skulle i øvrigt have mulighed for omgående at overtage hele Toys »R« US's nederlandske division, hvis han ønskede det.
At least in the short-to-mediumterm these cost advantages would not be available to any other competitor on the UK-US route.Furthermore, given the combination of BT's and MCI's cable capacities and BT's position in the initiationof traffic from the United Kingdom, the enterprise created by the merger would allow the companies toimpede competition by other enterprises holding facilities-operation rights in the United Kingdom.
Med disse foranstaltninger kunne Kommissionen genoprette den effektive konkurrence på legetøjsmarkedet i Nederlandene og samtidig skabe de bedst mulige forudsætninger for, at Toys »R« US-butikkerne fortsat ville bestå i Nederlandene.
On the audioconferencing services market, BT and MCI, formerly competitors in the United Kingdom,would be able to obtain a combined market share exceeding 80%..