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Transaktionen vedrørte den britiske koncern Zeneca Group Pies overtagelse af alle andele i den svenske virksomhed Astra AB (»Astra«).
The operation concerned the acquisition of all the shares in the Swedish company Astra AB (“Astra”)by the Zeneca Group Plc (UK).
Begge virksomheder er aktive i lægemiddelsektoren, og en lang række markeder var berørt af transaktionen.
Both companies are active in the pharmaceutical sector and severalaffected markets were identified.
Overlapningerne mellem parternes aktiviteter var hovedsagelig inden forbloktrykssænkende midler, be døvelsesmidler og astmamedicin.
The parties’activities overlapped mainly in anti-hypertension drugs, anaesthetics and anti-asthmatics.
Kommissionen fandt, at fusionen indebar alvorlige problemer med hensyn til monobetablokkere og kombinationsbetablokkere (blodtrykssænkende midler) og lokalbedøvelsesmidler, hvor parterne ville opnå markedsandele på over 50%.
The Commission found that the operation raised serious doubts with regard to plain and combined betablockers(anti-hypertension drugs) and local anaesthetics, where the parties would attain market shares of over 50%.In order to remove these serious doubts the parties gave commitments to grant a viable independent third party both the exclusive distribution rights for Zeneca’s plain betablocker in Sweden and Norway and Astra’sentire interests in dual combined betablockers throughout the EEA.
For at løse disse alvorlige problemer gav parterne tilsagn om at give en velfunderet og uafhængig tredjepart enedistributionsrettighederne til Zenecas monobetablokkere i Sverige og Norge og afstå alle Astras aktiviteter inden for kombinationsbetablokkere i hele EØS-området. Parterne afgav endvidere tilsagn om at afstå Zenecas aktiviteter med hen syn til lokalbedøvelsesmidler ved at bringe en eksisterende licensaftale med en tredjepart til ophør.
The parties also undertook to divest Zeneca’s local anaesthetics by terminating an existing licence agreement with a third party.
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Eftersom markedsandelene ikke var særlig store, og der fandtes andre stærke konkurrenter på dette marked, konkluderede Kommissionen, at der ikke var konkurrencemæssige problemer på dette marked.
Europe. The fact that market shares were not especially significant and the existence of other strongcompetitors in this market led the Commission to conclude that there were no competition concerns.
Gennem den planlagte fusion overtog den franske multinationale koncern Vivendi den samlede kontrol med den spanske koncern Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC).
Through the proposed operation Vivendi, the French multinational group, acquired joint control of the Spanish group Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas («FCC»).
Vivendi er aktiv inden for bygge- og anlægsvirksomhed, energi, vandforvaltning, affaldshåndtering, transport, telekommunikation og medier, mens FCC hovedsagelig er aktiv inden for bygge- og anlægsvirksomhed, cementproduktion, fast ejendom, vandforsyning og vandbehandling, affaldsbehandling og affaldshåndtering.
Vivendi is active in construction,energy, water management, waste management, transport, telecommunications and the media, while FCC is mainly active in construction, cement production, real estate business, water supply and watertreatment, waste treatment and waste management.
Den oprindeligt anmeldte fusionsplan gav anledning til konkurrenceproblemer, da den havde ført til skabelse eller styrkelse af en dominerende stilling på de spanske markeder for indsamling og bortskaffelse af husholdningsaffald og renholdelse i byer. For at overvinde Kommissionens betænkeligheder afgav Vivendi tilsagn om at frasælge sine aktiviteter på disse markeder til en rentabel konkurrent.
The operation as initially notified raised competition problems leading to the creation or strengtheningof a dominant position in the Spanish markets for urban waste collection, landfill disposal and streetcleaning.
Fusionen mellem det franske olieselskab Total og det belgiske olie- og petrokemiske selskab Petrofina blev godkendt af Kommissionen med tilsagn, mens en del af transaktionen blev henvist til de franske konkurrencemyndigheder.
The merger between the French oil company Total and the Belgian oil and petrochemical company Petrofina was cleared by the Commission, subject to undertakings, while part of the operation wasreferred to the French competition authorities.
De økonomiske sektorer, der er berørt af fusionen, er olie- og gassektoren, herunder det forudgående marked, dvs. prospektering, produktion, raffinering, logistik og distribution af raffinerede produkter til slutbrugere og videreforhandlere, hvor begge parter er aktive.
The economic sectors concerned by the operation are those of oil and gas, including the upstream market,that is the exploration, production, refining, logistics and distribution of refined products to end usersand resellers, where both parties are active.
Fusionen gav anledning til konkurrencemæssige betænkeligheder på markederne for »direkte salg« (dvs. salg til enten videreforhandlere eller store slutbrugere) af raffinerede olieprodukter (dvs. benzin, diesel, fyringsolie) i fem områder i det nordlige Frankrig (Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Aisne, Ardennes, Somme).
The operation raised competition concerns in the markets for“non-forecourt sales” (i.e. sales made to either resellers or large end users ) of refined petroleum products(i.e. petrol, diesel, heating oil) in five areas of northern France (i.e. Pas-de-Calais, Nord, Aisne, Ardennesand Somme).
For at afhjælpe denne situation tilbød den anmeldende part at afstå en del af sine kapitalandele i visse oliedepoter i området.
In order to remedy this situation, the notifying party undertook to divest part of its holdingsin certain petroleum storage depots in the area.
Med tilsagnene fik alternative leverandører øgede muligheder i dette område.
The effect of the undertakings was to enhance thepossibilities of alternative supplies in this area.
Den franske AXA-koncern, en af de førende forsikringskoncerner i Europa, overtager kontrol med det britiske forsikringsselskab Guardian Royal Exchange (GRE).
The transaction concerned the acquisition by the French AXAgroup, one of the leading insurance groupsin Europe, of control of the British insurer Guardian Royal Exchange («GRE»).
Fusionen vedrørte livs- og skadesforsikring, hvor parterne begge er aktive.
The merger concerned life and non-life insurance, where the parties are both active.
Kommissionens betænkeligheder var koncentreret om det luxembourgske marked, hvor fusionen vil medføre en væsentlig strukturel for bindelse mellem det største og det tredjestørste selskab inden for skadesforsikring.
The Commission’sconcerns focused on the Luxembourg market, where the merger would result in a significant structurallink between the largest and third-largest companies in non-life insurance.
Under ét vil de to aktørers markedsandele nå op på et kritisk niveau på en række markeder i sektoren for skadesforsikring, som er kendetegnet ved nogle få konkurrenter, hver med en betydelig markedsandel (hovedsagelig Le Foyer, La Luxembourgeoise og AXA).
Taken together, the marketshares of the two players attained a critical level on several markets in the non-life insurance sector,which is characterised by the small number of competitors, each with a significant market share(essentially Le Foyer, La Luxembourgeoise and AXA).
På grundlag af den oprindeligt anmeldte fusionsplan kunne det ikke udelukkes, at fusionen ville have skabt eller styrket en dominerende stilling i Luxembourg.
On the basis originally notified, it could not beruled out that the operation would not create or strengthen a dominant position in Luxembourg.
For at fjerne denne risiko har parterne tilbudt at ændre de strukturelle forbindelser mellem AXA og Le Foyer eller foretage passende investeringsafviklinger, således at der fortsat vil være det samme antal
In order to remove this risk, the parties undertook to modify the structural links between AXA and Le Foyer or take suitable disinvestment measures so that there would remain the same number of majorfirms offering effective competition as independent suppliers on the non-life insurance markets.
Rohms erhvervsaktiviteter udgøres af polymerer, specialkemikalier og kemikalier til brug i elektronikindustrien.
In the light of these commitments from the parties, the Commission authorised the operation at the endof the first phase of the investigation.
De relevante markeder i dette tilfælde vedrørte fremstilling og salg af tørfilm-fotoresister, som anvendes i forbindelse med fremstillingen af trykte kredsløbskort (eller printplader) til primær billeddannelse.
Rohm & Haas/Morton Rohm & Haas (“Rohm”) notified an operation whereby Rohm acquired sole control of US-based Morton International Inc. (“Morton”).The business activities of Rohm are performance polymers, speciality chemicalsand electronic materials. Morton is active in the manufacture and marketing of speciality chemicals and salt. The relevant markets in this case concerned the manufacture and sale of dry film photo resists, whichare used in the production of printed wiring boards (PWBs, PCBs) for primary imaging purposes.
Rohm er aktiv på dette marked via et joint venture (Elga Roñal) med en betydelig kapitalandel i TOK Italia (under selskabet TOK, der har hjemsted i Japan), eneforhandler af TOK Italias produkter i Europa. Dette marked er særdeles koncentreret med kun to konkurrenter, der har samme markedsandele som parternes (over 30%), ¡det de resterende konkurrenter er væsentligt mindre.
Rohm is active on this market through a joint venture (Elga Ronal) with a significant interest in TOKItalia (under the Japan-based company TOK), exclusive distributor for Europe of TOK Italia products.This market is highly concentrated with only two competitors with similar market shares to those of theparties (over 30%), the remaining competitors being considerably smaller.
Parterne havde endvidere store markedsandele tover 35%) i en række medlemsstater.
In addition, the parties holdlarge market shares (over 35%) in several Member States.
Denne situation rejste alvorlig tvivl med hensyn til transaktionens forenelighed med fællesmarkedet.
The situation raised serious doubts as to itscompatibility with the common market.
Imetal SA (»Imctal«) afgav et offentligt tilbud på hele English China Clays pics (»EEC«) udstedte kapital, [metals aktiviteter omfatter: byggematerialer, industrielle mineraler og metalforarbejdning.
Imetal’s operations include building materials, industrial minerals and metal processing.
EEC-koncerncn er hovedsagelig koncentreret om mineralske produkter, primært kaolin (porcelænsjord) og calciumcarbonater.
The EC C group is mainly focused on mineral products, primary kaolin (china clay) and calcium carbonates.
Markedsundersøgelsen påviste en række horisontalt berørte markeder, herunder smeltet silica, kaolin til papiranvendelser (specifikt belægningskaolin), kaolin til keramik samt ildfast 1er af høj kvalitet.
The market investigation revealed a number of horizontally affected markets, including fused silica,kaolin for paper applications (specifically coated kaolin), kaolin for ceramics, and high value refractoryclays.
Der blev konstateret betydelige overlapninger på alle disse markeder, hvor parterne afgav tilsagn om afhændelser: Imctal tilbød at afhænde EEC's aktiviteter inden for smeltet silica og en kaolinfabrik i USA (markedet for kaolin er verdensmarkedet).
Significant overlaps were found in all these markets, for which the parties submitted divestitureundertakings: Imetal proposed to divest ECC’s activities in fused silica and a kaolin plant in the US(kaolin being a worldwide market).
Navnlig på markedet for ildfast 1er ville fusionen have haft en klar negativ indvirkning på markedssegmentet for ildfast 1er af høj kvalitet, der anvendes inden for to områder med høj forarbejdningsgrad (præcisionsstøbninger og brændeovnsinventar), hvor Imetal på globalt plan indtager en stærk stilling i forbindelse med fremstillingen af denne 1er.
In particular in the refractory clays market, the concentration would have had a clear negative impact inone segment of high value refractory clays which are used in two value-added applications (investmentcastings and kiln furniture), where Imetal has a strong worldwide position in the production of theseclays.
Overtagelsen ville også have givet anledning til vertikale betænkeligheder.
Vertical concerns would also have arisen from the acquisition.
Kommissionen bemærkede, at Imetal efter denne overtagelse
The Commission noted that as aresult of the acquisition Imetal would have had a monopoly in the supply of a critical raw material forall kiln furniture manufacturers, while simultaneously being active as a competitor in this same industry.Structural remedies were proposed and accepted to resolve this concern.
190 ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION havde fået monopol på leveringen af et råmateriale, der er af afgørende betydning for alle producenter af brændeovnsinventar, og samtidig ville være aktiv som konkurrent inden for den samme branche. Strukturelle foranstaltninger blev tilbudt og accepteret med henblik på at løse dette problem.
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Det britiske selskab Vodafone Group plc (»Vodafone«) og det californiske selskab Air Touch Communications, Inc.(»Air Touch«) anmeldte deres fusionsplan.
The British company Vodafone Group plc (“Vodafone”) and the Californian company Air Touch Communications, Inc. (“Air Touch”) notified their intention to merge.
Begge parter er på verdensplan aktive inden for drift af mobilnet, tilrådighedsstillelse af global satellitkommunikation, personsøgnings- og personkommunikationstjenester og andre dertil knyttede teletjenester.
Both parties are active worldwidein the operation of mobile telecommunication networks, the provision of global satellite communication,paging and personal communications services and other related telecommunication services.
Kommissionen skulle afgøre, om begge parters hovedaktivitet, dvs. drift af mobilnet, havde et nationalt tilsnit.
The Commission had to decide whether the main activity of both parties, the operation of mobiletelecommunication networks, was national in scope.
Det fremgik af Kommissionens undersøgelse, at dette var tilfældet, da de yderligere omkostninger, som ville opstå for kunderne i forbindelse med en permanent roaming, dvs. hvis de var abonnent hos en operatør i et andet land, for øjeblikket ikke gjorde denne mulighed attraktiv.
The Commission’s investigation concluded that thiswas the case since the additional costs for customers to roam permanently, i.e. subscribe to an operatorof another country, currently rendered this option unattractive.
På grundlag af nationale markeder blev fusionen anset for hovedsagelig at have en komplementær karakter. Der var kun to medlemsstater, hvor der var tale om en overlapning, nemlig Tyskland og Sverige.
Based on national markets the merger wasfound to be largely complementary.
Mens parterne i Sverige havde kapitalandele i den samme operatør, ville de have fået fælles kontrol med to af de fire operatører på det tyske marked, D-2 og E-plus, som sammen råder over en betydelig andel af markedet.
While in Sweden the parties had stakes in the same operator,they would have had joint control of two of the four operators in the German market, D2 and E-plus,which together command a significant share of the market.
Vodafone afgav derfor et afhændelsestilsagn over for Kommissionen, hvorved selskabet gik med til at sælge sine kapitalandele i E-plus.
Vodafone accordingly submitted a divestment undertaking to the Commission whereby Vodafone agreedto sell its stake in E-plus.
Med salget af disse kapitalandele blev en eventuel overlapning på det tyske marked for mobilkommunikation mellem Vodafone og Air Touch fjernet.
With the sale of this stake any overlap in the German market for mobiletelecommunications between Vodafone and Air Touch was eliminated.
Rhodia/Donau Chemie/Albright & Wilson Den franske virksomhed Rhodia SA (»Rhodia«), et datterselskab i Rhône-Poulenc, overtog den britiske virksomhed Albright & Wilson plc (»A & W«). Begge parter er aktive i kemikaliesektoren. Kommissionen konkluderede, at det relevante geografiske marked for phosphater og overfladeaktive stoffer i det væsentlige var europæisk.
Rhodia/Donau Chemie/Albright & Wilson The French company Rhodia SA(“Rhodia”), a subsidiary of Rhône-Poulenc, acquired the Britishcompany Albright & Wilson plc (“A & W”). Both parties are active in the chemical business. The Commission concluded that the relevant geographic market for phosphate grades and surfactantswas essentially Europe-wide.
På grundlag af europæiske markeder gav fusionen anledning til konkurrencemæssige betænkeligheder på markederne for ingredienser, dvs. ammonium- og calciumphosphater, ildslukningspulvere, forgæringsprodukter, slibemidler til mundpleje og hævemidler.
Based on European markets the merger created competitive concerns inthe markets for ingredients (ammonium and calcium phosphates) of fire extinguisher powders,fermentation product agents, oral care abrasives, and leavening agents.
Rhodia gik ind på at fjerne overlapningen gennem en kombination af en produktionsaftale med en tredjepart, varemærkelicens, tilrådighedsstillelse af kundelister samt konkurrencebegrænsningsklausuler. Som følge heraf var Kommissionen i stand til at godkende fusionen.
Rhodia agreed to eliminate theoverlap through a combination of a toll manufacturing agreement with a third party, trade mark licensing,provision of customer lists and non-compete clauses.
AT & T er en teleoperatør med hjemsted i USA og udbyder indenlandske og internationale tale- og datakommunikationstjenester.
AT & Tis a US-based telecommunications carrier providing domestic and international voice anddata communications services.
Selskabet har endvidere kapitalandele i en række europæiske selskaber inden for telekommunikation, kabel- og internettjenester.
It also has interests in a number of European companies offering telecommunications, cable and Internet services.
MediaOne er et bredbåndskommunikationsselskab med
MediaOne is a US-based broadband communications companywith interests in the European Union in companies active in cable services and mobile telephony.
Hoechst AG og Rhône-Poulenc SA samt deres respektive datterselskaber er aktive inden for lægemidler, plantebeskyttelse og -produktion, kemikalier og dyresundhed.
Hoechst AG and Rhône-Poulenc SAtogether with their subsidiaries, are active in pharmaceuticals, plantprotection and production, chemicals and animal health.
De to parter blev enige om at slutte sig sammen til et nyt selskab, Aventis, som udtrykt i omsætning ville blive den næststørste virksomhed på verdensplan.
The two parties agreed to merge into a new entity,Aventis, which would rank second in terms of worldwide turnover.
Kommissionens undersøgelse viste visse konkurrencemæssige problemer, navnlig med hensyn til specifikke lægemidler og plantebeskyttelsesmidler.
The Commission’s investigation showedcertain competition concerns, notably in specific pharmaceutical and plant protection areas.
For så vidt angår lægemidler, gav fusionen anledning til problemer med hensyn til visse aktive stoffer, som anvendes til fremstilling af lægemidler, nemlig markedet for macrolider i Frankrig, markedet for to avancerede antitrombiske midler samt markedet for »cobalaminer«.
As regards pharmaceuticals, the operation raised concerns with respect to certain active substances usedto make pharmaceutical products, namely the market for macrolides in France; the market for twoadvanced anti-thrombotics, and the market for “cobalamines” active substance area.
Med hensyn til macrolider og antitrombiske midler gav parterne tilsagn om at overdrage licensen til hvert enkelt produkt til licensgiveren eller at finde en uafhængig og velfunderet konkurrent, som er i stand til at udvikle og markedsføre produktet.
For macrolides andanti-thrombotics the parties undertook to surrender the licence for each product respectively to thelicensor or to find an independent and viable competitor able to develop and market the product.
Med hensyn til »cobalaminer« tilbød parterne at give en tredjepart en licens på et af virksomhedernes hovedprodukter.
In the“cobalamines” active substance area, the parties proposed to grant a licence for one of the companies’main products to a third party.
Inden for plantebeskyttelse tilbød virksomhederne at afhænde deres aktiviteter inden for isoproturon og give en tredjepart en eksklusivlicens på et af deres insektbekæmpelsesmidler mod kakerlakker.
In plant protection the companies offered to divest the IPU business andto grant an exclusive licence for one of their cockroach insecticides to a third party.
For at løse eventuelle konkurrencemæssige problemer inden for kemikalier og dyresundhed gik virksomhederne desuden ind på at afhænde de fleste af deres respektive aktiviteter inden for kemikalier (Rhodia, Celanese rn.fi.) samt dyresundhed (Hoechst Roussel Veterinär GmbH).
In addition, in order to remove any anticompetitive concerns in the chemical and animal health areas,the companies agreed to divest most of their respective activities in chemicals ( Rhodia, Celanese andothers) and in animal health (Hoechst Roussel Veterinär GmbH)
Koninklijke Pakhoed NV (»Pakhoed«) og Koninklijke Van Ommeren NV (»Van Ommeren«) er internationale selskaber med hjemsted i Nederlandene, og de havde allerede indgivet deres fusionsplan til Kommissionen i 1998, men på daværende tidspunkt var de foreslåede afhændelsesforanstaltninger ikke tilstrækkelige til at løse de påviste konkurrenceproblemer, og fusionen blev aflyst.
Koninklijke Pakhoed NV(“Pakhoed”) and Koninklijke Van Ommeren NV(“Van Ommeren”) areinternational companies based in the Netherlands which had already notified the proposed merger to the Commission in 1998, but at that time the divestment proposals were not sufficient to remove thecompetition problems identified and the merger was called off.
Den anmeldte fusion var en fuldstændig fusion, hvorved der ville blive etableret et nyt selskab med arbejdsbetegnelsen VOPAK.
The notified transaction was a full mergergiving rise to a new company called Vopak.
Virksomhederne har aktiviteter inden for oplagring af råolie, mineralolieprodukter, kemikalier og planteolier, transport med tankskibe (indre vandveje, short sea og deep sea) samt andre tjenesteydelser på transportområdet (agenturer, spedition, stevedore, tørlasttransport).
The companies’business interests include tank storage for crude oil, petroleum products, chemicals andvegetable oils, tanker shipping (inland, short sea and deep sea) and other transport-related services(agencies, forwarding, stevedoring, dry cargo shipping).
Kommissionen analyserede fire markeder, dvs. markedet for oplagring af spiseolier og fedtstoffer, markedet for oplagring af kemikalier, markedet for oplagring af mineralolieprodukter og markedet for
The Commission analysed four markets, namely the market for the storage of edible oils and fats, themarket for the storage of chemicals, the market for the storage of petroleum products and the market forthe barging of chemicals in north-western Europe (Rhine delta, Germany and Switzerland).
192 ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION transport af kemikalier ad indre vandveje i det nordvestlige Europa (Rhin-deltaet, Tyskland og Schweiz).
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Joint ventureselskabet »EDF Trading« vil stå for indkøb, markedsføring og salg af produkter på energiområdet — elektricitet, naturgas, kul og olie —· uden for Frankrig.
The joint venture company, EDF Trading, will be involved in the purchase, marketing and sale of energyrelated products, i.e. electricity, natural gas, coal and oil, outside France.
Det vil endvidere bistå EDF med udformningen af strukturerede tilbud til privilegerede elektricitetskunder i Frankrig.
It will also assist EDF in theformulation of structured offers to eligible electricity customers in France.