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Der blev indført en ordning, som skulle sikre, at disse afhændelser blev gennemført hurtigt under tilsyn af" Kommissionen og en særligt udpeget befuldmægtiget.
Arrangements were made for these divestments to take placerapidly, under the Commission's supervision and through an agent appointed for the purpose.
Kommissionen kunne således godkende denne fusion allerede efter første undersøgelsesfase.
For thesereasons, the Commission cleared the merger at the end of the first stage of the investigation.
Kommissionen har behandlet to sager angående operatører af analoge og numeriske mobiltelefonnet. Den godkendte, at STET Mobile Holding, der tilhører den italienske STET-koncern, gik ind som medejer af det østrigske mobiltelefonselskab Mobilkom Austria S.A..
The Commission handled two cases involving operators of analog and digital mobile telephone networks.It authorised STET Mobile Holding, of the Italian group STET, to acquire a stake in the Austrian mobiletelephone company Mobilkom Austria.
Post und Telekom Austria havde hidtil været eneejer af Mobilkom, der efter fusionen blev til et joint venture mellem det nationale teleselskab og STET. Kommissionen godkendte desuden en transaktion, hvorved Société Française du Radiotéléphone (SFR), som kontrolleres af Cégétel, der tilhører den franske koncern Compagnie Générale des Eaux, blev til et joint venture mellem Cégétel og den britiske virksomhed Vodafone.
Post und Telekom Austria had hitherto been the only shareholderin Mobilkom, which, after the merger, became a joint venture under the combined control of the nationalcompany and STET.
Disse to fusionsanmeldelser gav Kommissionen anledning til at undersøge situationen på markedet for drift af mobiltelefonnet og dertil knyttede ydelser i Europa og bestemte medlemsstater som Østrig og Frankrig.
Both these two merger proposals gave the Commission the opportunity to examine the market situationfor the operation of mobile telephony networks and associated services in Europe and in certain Member States such as Austria and France.
Da ingen af de to fusioner rejste alvorlige konkurrenceproblemer, uanset hvilken markedsafgrænsning man lagde til grund, behøvede Kommissionen ikke tage stilling til, om der ved definitionen af produktmarkedet burde sondres mellem analog og numerisk mobiltelefoni, og om det geografiske marked var et europæisk eller et nationalt marked.
Since neither of these cases raised serious doubts, irrespective of themarket definition employed, the Commission did not have to consider the need to distinguish on theproducts market between analog and digital mobile telephony or to define the geographic market at European or national level.
I sin beslutning i sagen erindrede den dog om de betragtninger, den havde anlagt i 1995 i Omnitel-sagetr'\ nemlig at der kunne konstateres en stigende tendens til et europæisk marked for numeriske GSM-tjcnester, fordi der i Europa fandtes en vis
The Commission's investigations showed that mobile telephony networks were markets in a phase ofstrong expansion throughout Europe in general, and in particular in the two Member States more directly
ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION grad af substitution mellem de forskellige abonnementer, der kan tegnes i forskellige lande, og på grund af udviklingsperspektiverne på mellemlang sigt.
APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION concerned by these two cases.
Denne vækst, som navnlig gjorde sig gældende inden for numerisk telefonteknologi, er kommet til udtryk i en kraftig stigning i antallet af netoperatører, en samtidig udbygning af'nettene og en overordentlig stor stigning i antallet af abonnenter.
This growth, particularly in digital technology telephony, is reflected in theconsiderable increase in the number of network operators, the corresponding expansion of the networksand the considerable rise in the number of subscribers.
I denne situation består der hård konkurrence mellem operatorerne, hvilket ¡folge Kommissionens undersøgelser f.eks. for Frankrigs vedkommende har givet sig udslag i et varieret tjenesteudbud og lavere abonnementspriser.
In this context, the market is driven by intensecompetition between operators resulting, as the Commission found for instance in the case of France, inthe supply of varied services, promotions and falls in the cost of subscriptions.
Kommissionen fastslog, at ingen af de to fusioner ville fore til nogen - eller i hvert fald ikke nogen større - markedsandelssammenlægning i den berørte medlemsstat, at parterne på europæisk plan stod over for adskillige lige så stærke konkurrenter, og at storreisen al" deres markedsandele ikke ville rejse problemer i relation til dominerende stilling.
The Commission noted,for each of the proposed mergers, that the operation involved aggregating zero or marginal market sharesin the Member State concerned and that, at European level, the parties had comparable numbers ofcompetitors without their market shares giving rise to doubts about the creation of a dominant position.
Disse tre sager fortjener at blive nævnt, fordi de illustrerer den ogede konkurrence på de nationale telemarkeder, der er ved at blive liberaliseret, eller hvor de nationale operatorer tidligere var dominerende.
These three cases should be mentioned together because they are typical of the growing spread ofcompetition in national telecommunications markets in the process of liberalisation or where thepresence of national operators was predominant.
De to første sager drejede sig om samme medlemsstat, nemlig Spanien, medens den tredje drejede sig om Italien.
The first two mergers concerned the same Member State, Spain, while the third concerned Italy.
Kommissionen godkendte, at Bank of America og General Electric i fællesskab overtog den spanske virksomhed, Cableuropa, der har specialiseret sig i levering af teletjenester baseret på lv-kabelnettene (»CATV«) eller knyttet hertil, og som har ansøgt om autorisation til drift af CATV-net og teletjenester i Spanien. Kommissionen fastslog, at de relevante markeder i Spanien var præget af stærke, etablerede virksomheder, specielt Telefonica i telesektoren og Sogecable inden for betalings-tv.
The Commission authorised the acquisition by Bank of America and General Electric of joint control ofthe Spanish firm Cableuropa, a company which specialised in the supply of telecommunications servicesusing cable television networks ("CATV") or relating to such networks and which had applied for thenecessary authorisations to introduce and operate CATV and telecommunications services networks in Spain.The Commission noted that in Spain the markets in question were distinguished by firms with a verystrong presence, in particular Telefonica in telecommunications and Sogecable on the pay-TV market.
Den konkluderede, at Cableuropas indtog på markedet ville betyde, at der kom en ny konkurrent til, som havde den tekniske kapacitet, der var nødvendig for at kunne tilbyde et komplet udbud af tele- og tv-tjenestcr, og de økonomiske ressourcer, der skulle til for at forblive konkurrencedygtig også på længere sigt.
Itconcluded that the arrival of Cableuropa on the Spanish market will bring a new competitor into play, onewhich will have the necessary technical capacity to supply a complete range of telecommunications andtelevision services and will have considerable financial resources that will enable it to remain competitivebeyond the short term.
I øvrigt godkendte Kommissionen en fusion gående ud på, at den italienske telekoncern STET og de spanske elselskaber Endesa og Union Fenosa i fællesskab overtog Retevision som led i den privatisering af virksomheden, som den spanske regering havde besluttet at foretage ved at udbyde den til salg. Før privatiseringen var Retevision 100% ejet af Ente Publico de la Red Tecnica Española de Televisión.
The Commission also authorised the merger whereby the Italian telecommunications group STET andthe Spanish electricity groups Endesa and Union Fenosa acquired joint control of Retevision as part ofthe privatisation of that company by public tender, decided on by the Spanish Government.
Retevision opererede på det spanske marked for faste telefonanlæg, hvor Telefónica de España hidtil praktisk taget havde haft en monopolstilling.
Retevisionwill operate on the Spanish fixed telephony market, where Telefonica de Espana hitherto had a virtuallymonopoly.
Den gradvise liberalisering af dette marked skal afsluttes i løbet af 1998. Kommissionen konkluderede, at fusionen ville resultere i. at der på dette marked ville dukke en ny uafhængig aktør op. der ville råde over de fornødne tekniske og økonomiske ressourcer og kunne tage konkurrencen op med Telefónica.
The phased liberalisation of this market will be completed in 1998.
ENI kom dermed til at kontrollere Albacom sammen med BT og den italienske tv-koncern Mediaset, som havde været aktionær i Albacom siden 1996.
ENl's holding will enable it to exercise joint control of Albacom with BT and the Italian television group Mediaset, which has been a shareholder since 1996.
Kommissionen vurderede denne transaktion i lyset af den igangværende liberalisering af telesektoren i Italien.
The Commission examined the operation in the context of the liberalisation of the Italiantelecommunications sector.
Den fastslog, at Albacom ville blive en ny aktør på markedet for taletelefonitjenester og havde som mål at profilere sig som en fremtidig offentlig teleoperatør.
It found that Albacom was a new entrant in the voice telephony servicessector and intended to become a future public telecommunications operator.
På baggrund heraf fandt Kommissionen, at fusionen kunne virke fremmende for konkurrencen.
It therefore considered thatthe operation was pro-competitive.
Da Albacom i 1995 gik ind på det italienske telemarked, skete det ved at udbyde tjenester på et nationalt datanet til store virksomheder med en betydelig eksport og store teleudgifter.
Albacom's entry into the Italian telecommunications market in 1995 had been based on the supply ofservices over a national data network to large firms carrying out substantial export operations andincurring considerable telecommunications expenses.
Albacom skulle efter fusionen desuden varetage ENI's aktiviteter i telesektoren, nærmere betegnet inden for transmissionsudstyr, tale- og datatransmissionsnet og mikrobølgekommunikation ved brug af SNAM's teleinfrastruktur.
Through this operation, Albacom would alsoincorporate the telecommunications activities of ENI, which comprised transmission equipment, voiceand data transmission networks, microwave telecommunications and the use of the telecommunicationsinfrastructure of SNAM.
SNAM. som er det datterselskab af ENI, er aktiv inden for distribution af naturgas via gasrorledninger, langs hvilke der er lagt telekommunikationskabler baseret på optiske fibre.
The latter, which is a subsidiary of ENI, distributes natural gas through anetwork of pipelines along which optic fibre telecommunications cables were laid.
Kommissionen tog hensyn til, at den omstændighed, at SNAM har givet Albacom ret til at bruge sin infrastruktur, ikke er til hinder for, at andre kan nedlægge deres egne telekommunikationskabler i tilslutning til gasrørledningerne.
The Commission tookinto account that the granting by SNAM of the right to use its telecommunications infrastructure will notprevent third parties from laying their own telecommunications cables in places next to the pipelines.
I øvrigt bemærkede Kommissionen, at der var dukket andre aktører op på det liberaliserede italienske telemarked, og at de største på det liberaliserede marked var det statslige Telecom Italia, som havde monopol på offentlig taletelefoni. Eftersom dette monopol skulle ophæves pr. 1. januar 1998, ville fusionen blive gennemfort i en kontekst præget af'en oget konkurrence på dette marked.
The Commission also noted that other operators had entered the liberalised telecommunications market in Italy and that the leading competitor on the liberalised market was Telecom Italia, a national firm with amonopoly of public voice telephony; since this monopoly was due to end on 1 January 1998, theoperation should take place against the background of opening up the market to competition.
Bertelsmann og Springer havde hidtil i fællesskab drevet en online informationsservice på sundhedsområdet, medens Burda havde haft sin egen on line-tjeneste på området. Disse informationstjenester blev lagt sammen i et joint venture, Health Online Service Multimedica (HOS-MM), som skulle kontrolleres af de tre virksomheder i fællesskab.
Bertelsmann and Springer used tooperate an online medical information service, while Burda owned its own online service in the samefield.
HOS-MM skulle levere information på sundhedsområdet til sine abonnenter, som hovedsagelig er professionelle brugere som læger, hospitaler, apoteker og medicinstuderende.
HOS-MM supplies a medical informationservice to paying subscribers, which is intended for professional users such as doctors, hospitals,pharmacists and medical students.
Eftersom der var tale om et endnu forholdsvis uopdyrket marked, og parterne kom til at stå over for mange etablerede eller potentielle nye konkurrenter, kunne fusionen ikke antages at ville skabe nogen dominerende stilling.
Since the market is not very developed as yet, and given the presenceof competitors and potential entrants, the merger was not likely to lead to the creation of a dominantposition.
Bertelsmann og Burda oprettede desuden et andet joint venture, HOS Lifeline, hvortil Bertelsmann overforte sin on line-informationsservice rettet mod den brede offentlighed.
Bertelsmann and Burda also set up a second joint venture, HOS Lifeline, to which the first firmcontributed its online medical information services activity, which is intended for the general public.
Der er tale om en gratis service, som finansieres af' indtægterne af reklamer i Bertelsmanns udgivelser. I betragtning af den ubetydelige markedsandel, HOS Lifeline ville få på markedet for Internet-reklamer, der er præget af kraftig vækst, og under hensyn til, at denne fusion ikke kunne antages at ville fore til en samordning mellem parternes øvrige
Theservice, which is free of charge, is financed by the income from letting advertising space on its pages.Given HOS Lifeline's small share of the market for advertising space on the Internet, which is growingrapidly, and given the improbability that the merger will make it possible to coordinate the other serviceactivities on Internet operated by the parties, the Commission also authorised this second joint venture.However, it intends to keep a close eye on the rapid development of online services markets, so as to
ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION
APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION prevent anticompetitive situations from arising which could slow down the expansion of computerisedtelecommunications.
I konkurrenceberetningen for 1996 havde Kommissionen angående Rewe/Billa-sagen anfört, at den ville følge udviklingen i koncentrationen inden for detailsektoren meget nøje. især hvad angår udviklingen i virksomhedernes markedsstyrke som indkøbere. Det fik Kommissionen lejlighed til at vurdere nærmere i forbindelse med den store detailkoncern Promodés' planer om at overtage Casino, der også opererer i detailsektoren i Frankrig, eftersom spørgsmålet om. hvorvidt de deltagende virksomheder eller fusionen kom til at stå stærkere som indkøbere over for deres leverandører, havde særlig betydning i denne sag. da der var tale om en fusion mellem to af'de ti störste detailkoncerner i Frankrig.
In its summary of the Rewe/Billa case in the 1996 report, the Commission had said that it would followmerger developments in the distribution sector closely, in particular by monitoring firms' purchasing power.The takeover bid launched by the large-scale retailing group Promodes for the Casino group, whichoperates in the same sector in France, gave the Commission the opportunity to do this, since the increase inthe purchasing power of the firms involved vis-a-vis their suppliers was particularly large in this case: if itcame about, the merger would result in the combining of two of the top ten distributors in France.
Den beholdt dog selv behandlingen af den del af den, der ikke blev henvist, bl.a. hvad angår de store detailkoncerners forsyninger, dvs. relationerne mellem de store detailkoncerner og leverandører/producenter af dagligvarer.
This included the sector supplying the large-scale distributors, i.e. thepre-retailing level comprising the links between the large-scale distributors and thesuppliers/manufacturers of everyday consumer goods.
Kommissionens vurdering af, hvilken indkøbsstyrke fusionen mellem de to koncerner vil give dem i Frankrig, blev foretaget på basis af flere analysekriteriet·.
The Commission used various analytical criteria to assess, as far as France was concerned, the degree ofpurchasing power resulting from the combination of the two groups.
Den fandt, at analysen i denne sag burde foretages på nationalt plan på baggrund af den aktuelle markedssituation, under hensyn til den konstaterede indkøbspolitik og indkøbenes værdi og volumen samt den kendsgerning, at forhandlinger og indkøb kun i ringe udstrækning foregår på internationalt eller på lokalt plan. Den fandt i øvrigt, al de store detailkoncerners indkøbsstyrke måtte vurderes under hensyn til deres markedsandel i indkøbsleddet, eftersom størrelsen af de mængder, de aftager, har stor betydning for deres relationer til leverandørerne/producenterne.
It considered that, in this particularcase, given the present state of the market, the analysis should be conducted in a national context onaccount of the purchasing policies established, the value and volume of the products concerned by thosepolicies and the limited nature of the negotiations and/or purchases at European and, conversely, local level.It also felt that, in order to assess the purchasing power of the large-scale distributors, their market shareshould also be taken into account downstream of the retailing level, since the volumes they buy from theirsuppliers are linked to their downstream market shares and since their positions play a decisive role intheir dealings with the suppliers/manufacturers.
Kommissionen fandt desuden, at den fremtrædende rolle, de store og mellemstore detailbutikker (stormarkeder og supermarkeder) spiller i Frankrig, og den store omsætning mange producenter har med disse butikker, som er et meget vigtigt afsætningsmarked for dem, bevirkede, at man måtte lægge særlig vægt på de store detailkoncerners markedsandele på dette markedssegment.
The Commission also felt that since the commerceconducted only by the large and medium-sized stores in France (hypermarkets and supermarkets) washighly developed, and given the size of the turnover generated by many manufacturers from these typesof store, which were an essential outlet for them, special attention should be paid to the market sharesattained by the large-scale distributors in these retailing segments.
Kommissionen mente endvidere, at man måtte tage hensyn til markedsstyrken hos de indkøbscentraler, der findes, og som leverandører/producenter ikke kan komme udenom, når det drejetsig om at forhandle salgsvilkår.
The Commission considered thataccount should be taken of the weight of the large-scale distributors' joint purchasing agencies andcooperation agencies, which are the suppliers'/manufacturers' indispensable partners when it comes tonegotiating terms of sale.
Disse indkøbscentraler kan ofte stå langt stærkere, end detailhandlernes markedsandele lader formode, eftersom de blandt deres medlemmer også ofte tæller uafhængige detailhandlere og mindre detailgrupper. Tilsammen ville Promodés og Casino således få en markedsandel på ca. 20% inden for den franske dagligvaredetailhandel, men deres indkøbscentraler anslås al tegne sig for 25% på basis af deres medlemmer. Disse tal gav dog ikke anledning til at antage, at parterne ville komme til at fã en dominerende stilling i forsyningsleddet. og Kommissionen godkendte derfor denne del af transaktionen.
Such agencies can have a larger market share than that of the distributors atretail level suggests, since they accept as affiliates independent firms or small-scale distribution groups.Thus Promodes and Casino, taken together, would have held about 20% of the large-scale distributionmarket in France, but their purchasing agencies would have had a share of 25% on account of theiraffiliated partners.
Denne konklusion blev i øvrigt også underbygget af, at en stor del af deres leverandører var store virksomheder, der opererede i national eller international målestok, der solgte kendte og populære mærkevarer, som detailhandlerne var nødt til at føre. og desuden havde andre store kunder blandt detailhandlere og indkøbscentraler.
Its conclusion was supported by the finding that many of the largegroups' suppliers were firms of significant national or international size; the latter supplied productsunder known and reputable brands, which it was in the distributors' interest to offer on the shelves, andhad other distributors or purchasing agencies as important customers.
Denne sag var navnlig interessant, fordi der var tale om en fusion mellem to detailkoncerner fra to forskellige lande, og ingen af" dem var aktiv i den anden parts land.
This case was remarkable in particular for being a combination of two distribution groups of differentnationality, each established in its country of origin without being present in the country of the other.
1TN Enterprises opererer primært i Frankrig og er ikke aktiv i Tyskland, medens SPAR, som blev overtaget af" ITM Enterprises, udelukkende er aktiv i Tyskland.
The ITMEntreprises group basically operates in France and carries on no business in Germany, whereas SPAR, controlof which was acquired by ITM Entreprises, operates only in that country.
Kommissionen fastslog derfor, at fusionen ikke ville give anledning til nogen sammenlægning af aktiviteter i hverken Frankrig eller Tyskland taget som helhed.
The Commission noted as a resultthat the merger did not give rise to any overlap of activities in each State as a whole (France and Germanyrespectively).
Den så imidlertid nærmere på konkurrenceforholdene i grænseområderne mellem de to lande, idet visse af dem eventuelt kunne udgøre relevante geografiske markeder, eftersom forbrugerne uden vanskeligheder kunne krydse grænsen, og i betragtning af det forhåndenværende udbud.
However, it examined the competitive situation in the regions along the Franco-German border,since some of these might possibly form relevant geographic markets, given the opportunities for consumersand the existing supply base to move.
Fusionen blev imidlertid godkendt, bl.a. fordi der ikke var tale om nogen nævneværdig sammenlægning mellem parternes aktiviteter i disse grænseområder.
That there was no significant combination of the parties' activities inthese cross-border areas was one of the reasons for authorising the proposed merger.
Ud over de fusioner inden for mærkevare-fødevarer, som Kommissionen har behandlet i årets løb, og som er omtalt andetsteds i denne beretning, har Kommissionen også haft lejlighed til at behandle et forbrugsvaremarked, som aldrig tidligere har været behandlet, nemlig markedet for tændstikker.
Apart from the cases dealing with mergers in branded food products which were the subject ofproceedings and were commented on under that heading, the Commission had the opportunity toexamine a consumer goods market never discussed before, namely matches.
Der var tale om en fusion i form af et joint venture mellem Swedish Match og tændstikfabrikanten KAV, som er et datterselskab i den største tyrkiske industrikoncern (Koç-koncernen), og som eksporterer til EØS-området.
The merger here consisted ofthe creation of a joint venture between Swedish Match and the match manufacturer KAV, a subsidiary ofthe leading Turkish industrial group Koc and an exporter to the EEA.