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Rewe/Meinl (') var en vigtig sag i detailhandelsbranchen, hvor problemerne var koncentreret om forsyningsmarkedet.
In the proposed merger between Danish Crown and Vestjyske Slagterier the operation would have led to the creation of a duopolistically dominant position of the parties together with another large Danish cooperative slaughter house, Steff-Houlberg.
Den største østrig ske dagligvarekæde Rewe/Billas overtagelse af den fjerdestørste på markedet, Meinl, ville have skabt en dominerende stilling på det østrig ske dagligvaremarked og på ni regionale markeder for dagligvareforsyninger i Østrig.
The duopoly would have accounted for about 70 % of the market for fresh pork meat sold through supermarkets. In this market, competitive actions by competitors are very transparent due to the weekly pig price quo tation.
Kom missionen hæftede sig ved den nære forbindelse mellem detailhandelsmarkedet og forsyningssi-
In addition, there were a number of structural links and other similarities between the par ties and the number two competitor, Steff-Houlberg.
Inden for smøremidler til fly opnåede Kommissionen et tilsagn om afhændelse af Exxons aktiviteter, efter at parterne oprindeligt havde tilbudt at afhænde Mobils aktiviteter inden for smøremidler.
In order to eliminate the competitive concerns, BP Amoco undertook to divest certain pipeline and process ing interests, which had the effect that the merged entity's position remains similar to that of BP Amoco's beforehand.
Kommissionen fandt, at disse tilsagn ville gøre markedet mindre gennemsigtigt, åbne mulighed for afvigende omkostningsstrukturer, bryde forbindelserne mellem parterne og deres danske konkurrenter og give de danske supermarkeder et alternativ.
these remedies would make the market less trans parent, allow divergent cost structures, sever the links between the parties and their Danish competitors and provide an alternative to Danish supermarkets.
Efter en nærmere afvejning fandt Kommissionen disse tilsagn til strækkelige til at afhjælpe de konkurrenceproblemer, som denne fusion ville give anledning til.
On balance, the Commission found the remedies sufficient to remedy the competition problem created by this merger.
Kommissionen iværksatte tilbundsgående undersøgelser af fusionen mellem svenske Telia og norske Telenor (') og drog den konklusion, at fusionen, som oprindeligt anmeldt, ville have rejst alvorlige konkurrenceproblemer på en række markeder for telekommunikation og teletjenester i Sverige og Norge.
The Commission carried out an in-depth investigation into the merger between the Swedish Telia and the Norwegian Telenor ('), and concluded that the concentration as originally notified would have caused serious competition concerns in a number of telecommunica tions and related services markets in both Sweden and Norway.
Fusionen ville også have fået skadelige virkninger for konkurrencen på det irske mobiltelefonmarked, hvor parterne ville have fået kontrol med de to eneste aktive
The operation would also have led to adverse competition effects in the Irish mobile telephony market, where the merged entities would have had control over both of the only two operators active on the Irish market.
I Exxon/Mobil ville den anmeldte fusion have skabt eller styrket dominerende stillinger på et stort antal markeder.
In ExxonlMobil, the operation as notified would have created or strengthened dominant positions in a large number of markets.
Denne fusion rejste alvorlige konkurrenceproblemer, bl.a. på markederne for naturgastransmission på engrosplan i Nederlandene og Tyskland, detailsalg af motorbrændstoffer i flere medlemsstater, gruppe I-basisolier (som bruges til produktion af smøremidler) i hele EØS-området og smøremidler til fly i hele ver den.
Serious competition concerns arose, amongst others, on the markets for wholesale transmission of natural gas in the Netherlands and Germany, motor fuel retailing in several Member States, Group I base oils (an ingredient for the production of lubricants) in the EEA and aviation lubricants world wide.
For at afhjælpe disse problemer tilbød par terne, hvad der er den mest omfattende pakke af tilsagn, som hidtil er blevet accepteret efter fusionsforordningen.
In order to remedy these concerns, the par ties offered what is the most comprehensive remedy package accepted under the merger regulation to date.
Mange af disse tilsagn rejse imidlertid en række meget vanskelige spørgsmål.
Several of these remedies raised par ticularly difficult issues.
Kommissionen var imidlertid nødt til at foretage en afvejning mellem nødvendigheden af en hurtig løsning på
Most importantly, the decision sets out the Commission's approach to operations between incumbent operators in the EU.
Parterne afgav omfattende tilsagn om at give adgang til de lokale adgangsnet for telefontjenester samt afhænde Telias og Telenors respektive aktiviteter inden for kabel-tv og andre overlappende aktiviteter.
Airtours' principal remedy proposal consisted of an undertaking to divest certain tour operating assets, including brand names and existing bookings, to a suitable third party.
Telia og Telenor tilbød således bl.a. at afhænde alle overlappende aktiviteter inden for teletjenester.
This proposal was found to be inadequate.
De afgav desuden til sagn om at sælge den ene af parternes interesser i den ene af de to eksisterende irske mobiltelefonoperatører. Parterne tilbød endvidere at afhænde deres respektive interesser i kabel-tv-net i Sverige og Norge og træffe en række foranstaltninger, der ville skabe øget konkurrence i det sidste led mellem den lokale central og forbrugeren (abonnentlinjenettet) i begge lande.
In particular, it did not address the problem of access for the prospective buyer to a suitable channel of distribution for its holidays.
Det ville sætte parterne i stand til at afskære konkurrenterne fra at få adgang til markedet og dermed indskrænke de endelige brugeres valgmuligheder.
The number of prospective purchasers is reduced by the need to exclude, as a rule, the other oligopolists, although suitable acquirers may still be found.
I alle fremtidige anmeldelser af fusioner mellem nogle af de traditionelle operatører vil Kommissionen se meget nøje på adgangen til de lokale tele- og kabel-tv-net og vil i overensstemmelse med de retningslinjer, den har opstillet for telesektoren, eventuelt kræve afhændelse af kabel-tv-net og/eller fri adgang til abonnentlinjenet (således at andre infrastruktur udbydere får adgang til at tilbyde deres tjenester ved brug af deres egen infrastruktur, som leases af den traditionelle operatør) for at afhjælpe kon kurrenceproblemerne (se kapitel I.CL).
That will also, other things being equal, increase the scale of the divestment needed to resolve the competition problem, by comparison with cases of single-firm dominance, since the buyer's existing business is likely to be much smaller.
Kom missionens beslutning afspejler også, hvor fast besluttet Kommissionen er på at bevare og udvikle en fair og jævnbyrdig konkurrence på markeder med sammenfaldende teknologi, såsom teletjenester, tv og Internet.
Although this is not a problem confined to oligopoly cases, it may be difficult or impossible for the merging parties to sever a proportion ately sized, viable business, as opposed to a disparate collection of assets, from the whole.
På disse netbaserede markeder er det særlig vigtigt at sikre, at fusioner og andre private initiativer ikke kom mer til at afskære brugerne fra at få adgang til de øgede valgmuligheder, som den nye teknologi giver dem.
This is not as a rule problematic in many cases where, for example, concerns arise in areas which are largely peripheral to the parties"core' businesses.
Set ud fra et proceduremæssigt synspunkt rejste denne fusion i øvrigt en række spørgsmål angående fristerne for indsendelse af tilsagn (se boksen nedenfor).
In those cases the whole of the overlap can be divested without seriously prejudicing the commercial and economic rationale for the merger.
I særdeleshed afspejler denne beslutning Kommissionens holdning til fusioner mellem de traditionelle operatører i EU.
was therefore found that a merger between the two companies, even after the proposed divestiture of the nationally overlapping activities, would have strengthened their respective dominant positions.
Inden for teletjenester og tv-distribution kan analysen af konkurrenceforholdene ikke indskrænkes til en analyse af overlapninger mellem parterne, men må også omfatte en undersøgelse af de mulige virkninger for nettene og risikoen for markedsafskærmning. Et eksempel herpå er, at Kommissionen i denne beslutning fastslog, at Telia og Telenor var de nærmeste aktuelle og potentielle konkurrenter til hinanden i Norge og Sverige.
The finding that Telia and Telenor were each other's closest actual and potential competitor was based on past experience as well as on the fact that these two companies enjoyed a stronger degree of control over their respective network infrastructures than any competitor in the Nordic area.
Selv efter den til budte afhændelse af de overlappende aktiviteter ville en fusion mellem de to selskaber derfor have styrket deres respektive dominerende stillinger. Konstateringen af, at Telia og Telenor var hinandens nærmeste aktuelle og potentielle konkurren ter, var baseret på de hidtidige erfaringer samt på den kendsgerning, at disse to selskaber havde langt større kontrol med deres netinfrastrukturer end nogen af deres konkurrenter i Norden.
Following the merger, this constraint would have been removed, and the merged entity would have controlled a significant proportion of the transmission infrastructure, including access to all end-users in Norway and Sweden.
Den konkurrence, der bestod mellem Telia og Telenor forud for fusionen, blev anset for at være en væsentlig prisdæmpende faktor på det relevante marked, der også var til gavn forandre aktører, på grund af de bestemmelser om forbud mod diskrimination, der er indeholdt i den gældende telelovgivning.
In any future notifications of operations involving incumbent operators, the Commission will look very closely at access to local telecommunications and cable-TV net works and may require cable-TV network divestitures and/or local-loop unbundling (localloop unbundling enables other infrastructure providers to offer services over their own infrastructure leased from the incumbent operator) in order to resolve competition issues in line with its approach in the telecommunications sector (see Chapter I.C.I, above).
Efter fusionen ville denne faktor for svinde, og den fusionerede enhed ville have kon trol med en stor del af transmissionsinfrastrukturen og bl.a. have adgang til alle endelige brugere i Norge og Sverige.
The decision also illustrates the Commission's commitment to main taining and developing a level playing field in the converging technology markets, télécoms, TV and the Internet.
Airtours væsentligste tilbud gik ud på afhændelse af visse aktiver inden for rejsearrangørvirksomhed, her under bl.a. varemærker og allerede bookede rejser, til en egnet tredjepart.
A more straightforward remedy was found in the merger between Sanitec and Sphinx (') in the European bathroom products sector.
Dette tilbud blev ikke fundet tilstrækkeligt. Specielt løste det ikke problemerne omkring køberens adgang til en egnet distributionskanal for sine rejser. Det ville derfor ikke løse et af de største konkurrenceproblemer, som denne fusion rejste.
An in-depth inquiry into the transaction showed that the operation as notified would have led to adverse competition effects in ceramic sanitaryware and other bathroom products in the Nordic countries.
produktsortiment og tage konkurrencen op med Sanitec på det nordiske marked.
Sanitec subsequently offered a full divestiture of Sphinx's Gustavsberg business in the Nordic countries.
Antallet af mulige købere mindskes af, at det principielt er nødvendigt at udelukke de andre oligopolselskaber, selv om det dog stadig er muligt at finde en egnet køber. Det vil også alt andet lige indebære, at der må foretages mere omfattende afhændelser for at løse konkurrenceproblemerne, end når det er en enkelt virksomhed, der får en dominerende stilling, eftersom den pågældende køber må antages at være langt mindre.
This, together with the fact that complicated undertakings need careful monitoring on the Commission's part months, and even years, after the decision has been taken, means that the Commission is forced to devote more time and resources to the cases concerned.
Selv om dette er et problem, der ikke kun gør sig gældende i oligopolsituationer, kan det være vanskeligt eller umuligt for fusionsparter at udskille og afhænde et levedygtigt samlet virksomhedsområde af passende størrelse fremfor mere spredte afhændelser af aktiver.
Moreover, when the nature of competition problems becomes such that they require elaborate undertakings and mechanisms to remove the con cerns, the Commission has to carefully consider whether accepting complex undertakings will lead to a truly satisfactory result from the competition point of view or whether such transactions should instead be prohibited.
Men hvor overlapningen består inden for en kernevirksomhed, er det ikke altid muligt.
The number of decisions where first phase remedies were accepted clearly exceeded last year's total of 12 decisions.
I sådanne tilfælde kan det være nødvendigt at ned lægge forbud mod fusionen.
In 1999, 19 cases which would previously have been subject to second phase investigations were able to be cleared after six weeks with undertakings.
I Honeywell/AlliedSignal var Kommissionens undersøgelser koncentreret om markederne for flyelektronik til trafikfly (produkter, der normalt findes i flycockpits, f.eks. kommunikationsog navigationsudstyr).
In Honeywell·'AlliedSignal, the Commission's investigation focused on the markets for avionics for commercial applications (products generally found in aircraft cockpits, such as communication and navigation equipment).
På nogle markeder ville parterne tilsammen få en meget høj markedsandel, f.eks. hele 100 % inden for vejrradarer til civile helikoptere og terrænadvarselssystemer (Terrain Awareness Warning Systems — TAWS).
The combined market shares produced by the merger in some markets were as much as 100 % in weather radars for civil helicopters and terrain awareness warning systems (TAWS).
Den nye enhed ville få markedsandele på op til 74 % inden for flybårne kollisionsforebyggende systemer (Airborne Collision Avoidance Systems — ACAS) og ModeS Transponders, og der ville kun være en enkelt konkurrent tilbage på et marked præget af betydelige adgangsbarrierer.
The combined entity would have reached market shares of up to 74 % in airborne collision avoidance systems (ACAS) processors and modeS transponders and there would have been only one remain ing competitor in a market which exhibited high barriers to entry.
Desuden ville parternes stærke position på TAWS-markedet have ind virkninger på det fremtidige marked for integrerede risikoadvarselssystemer (Integrated Hazard Awareness Systems — IHAS), hvori TAWS ind går som et nøgleelement.
Furthermore, the parties' strong position in the market for TAWS would have had an effect on the future market for integrated haz ard awareness systems (IHAS), since the TAWS is a key part of this system.
For at imødekomme problemerne med dominerende stilling tilbød parterne at afhænde alle Honeywells ACAS-aktiviteter og AlliedSig-nals vejrradaraktiviteter.
As in cases where the Commission opened an in-depth investigation, cases where remedies were accepted in Phase I typically involve substantial and complex divestments.
Med hensyn til TAWS afgav de tilsagn om at levere åbne grænsefladestandarder på den nye enheds andre flyelektronikprodukter til tredjemand, således at nye udbydere bliver i stand til at installere deres produkter på fly udstyret med flyelektronik leveret af den nye enhed.
The most comprehensive undertakings in Phase I proceedings were accepted in the merger between Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc into Aventis ('). Those undertakings included the divestment of the chemical businesses of Rhodia and Celanese as well as Hoechst's veterinary division, HR Vet.
Med hensyn til IHAS får parterne pligt til at levere TAWS-teknologi samt grænse fladedata til tredjemand, således at de konkurrerende udbydere ikke afskæres fra produktudvikling i fremtiden.
In addition, the parties submitted commitments in response to competition concerns in various pharmaceutical and agrochemical markets as identified by the Commission during its investigation. gation.
I fusionen mellem Sanitec og Sphinx ('), der drejede sig om den europæiske badeværelsesudstyrsindustri, fandt man frem til en mere ligetil løsning.
The existence of Phase I remedies facilitates the speedy clearance of operations.
Et bemærkelsesværdigt træk ved disse til sagn er, at selv om Kommissionen ikke påviste nogen egentlige konkurrenceproblemer inden for armaturer, blev muligheden for, at den potentielle køber også kunne overtage disse aktiviteter, fundet af stor betydning for rentabiliteten af de afhændede aktiviteter.
This can, how ever, be done only if the Commission is certain that all potential competition problems are resolved.
Muligheden for også at overtage aktiviteterne inden for armaturer vil sikre, at køberen vil kunne udbyde et komplet
Moreover, it is essential that the Commission be given sufficient time to investigate noti-
Disse sager og de tilsagn, som fusionernes godkendelse var betinget af, er tydelige eksempler på, hvor stadigt mere komplekse transaktioner Kommissionen får til behandling.
In order to remedy their resulting dominant positions, the parties offered to divest Honeywell's entire ACAS business and AlliedSignal's weather radar business.
Det betyder sammen med det faktum, at Kommissionen også flere måneder og endog år efter, at beslutningen er truffet, skal føre tilsyn med opfyldelsen af komplicerede tilsagn, at Kommissionen er
Regard ing IHAS, there will be an obligation to supply third parties with TAWS technology as well as interface data so that future product development by competing suppliers can continue to take place.
Desuden afgav parterne også til sagn for at imødekomme konkurrenceproblemer på forskellige markeder for lægemidler og land brugskemikalier, som Kommissionen havde påvist under sine undersøgelser.
For instance, despite the need for substantial undertakings, the HoechstIRhône­Poulenc case was able to be cleared in Phase I because there were detailed discussions between the parties and fore formal notification takes place.
tvunget til at afsætte mere tid og flere ressourcer til disse sager.
Box 8: Legal deadlines for submitting undertakings in Phase II cases
Antallet af beslutninger, hvor fase 1-tilsagn blev accepteret, er langt større end de i alt 12 sidste år.
The Commission may, in exceptional circumstances, extend the three­month period.
I 1999 kunne 19 fusioner, som førhen skulle have været underkastet fase 2undersøgelser, således godkendes efter seks uger på grundlag af tilsagn afgivet af parterne.
The Commission had to take a stance on the issue of extending the legal deadline to accept remedies in Phase II proceedings twice in 1999.
Det forudsætter dog, at Kommissionen har garanti for, at alle potentielle konkurrenceproblemer er tilgodeset.
In reaching this decision, the Commission took into account the fact that the notifying compa­nies faced additional and exceptional constraints in submitting the proposed commitments.
Desuden er det meget vigtigt, at Kommissionen får tid nok til at behandle de anmeldte trans aktioner, navnlig når der er sandsynlighed for, at de kun vil kunne godkendes med tilsagn.
These addi­tional constraints were due, not to the companies' ownership structure as such, but to the fact that the Swedish and Norwegian Parliaments had to be consulted prior to the submission of the proposed remedies.
Til trods for nødvendigheden af omfattende tilsagn kunne Hoechst/Rhône-Poulenc-sagen f.eks. således godkendes i fase 1, fordi der havde været indgående drøftelser mellem parterne og Kommissionen, før fusionen blev formelt anmeldt.
The Commission also took account of the fact that the parties had already indicated what the additional commitments would be in their request for an extension and that this request was submitted within the legal deadline.
I sager, hvor parterne haren fornemmelse af, at fusionen vil rejse konkurrenceproblemer, er det derfor vigtigt, at de kontakter Kommissionen på det tidligst mulige stadium, og før den formelle anmeldelse indgives.
The Commission further took note of the clear­cut character of the proposed undertakings, which enabled it to conduct a full and proper assessment of the modified proposal.
De mest omfattende tilsagn i fase 1 -sager blev godtaget i Aventis-iusion & n mellem
The Commission considered a package of possible remedies offered by Airtours shortly before the end of the three­month period, but these undertakings were found to be inadequate.
Artikel 18, stk. 2, i gennemførelsesforordningen (') fastsætter, at de tilsagn, der afgives over for Kommissionen i fase 2-sager, skal være indsendt senest tre måneder efter den dato, hvor fase 2-undersøgelserne blev indledt.
Airtours sub­sequently revised its proposal, but the proposal was submitted to the Commission only after the legal dead­line to accept remedies had expired.
Kommissionen kan under ekstraordinære omstændigheder forlænge denne tremånedersfrist.
No exceptional circumstances were found to exist in this case.
I 1999 måtte Kommissionen i to tilfælde tage stilling til, om den skulle forlænge fristen for godtagelse af tilsagn i fase 2-sager.
There was nothing, in the Commission's view, in the new proposal which could not have been included in the original one.
I Telia/Telenor besluttede Kommissionen at acceptere tilsagn en uge efter, at den fastsatte frist var udløbet.
These two cases illustrate the difficulties relating to the extension of the time limit to accept undertakings.
I denne beslutning tog Kommissionen hensyn til, at de anmeldende parter havde haft yderligere og ekstra ordinære vanskeligheder med at indsende deres tilbud om tilsagn. Dette skyldtes ikke selskabernes ejerforhold som sådan, men derimod, at det svenske og det norske parlament skulle høres, før der blev afgivet tilbud om tilsagn.
Article 18(2) aims to reconcile two equally important needs: first, the need properly to assess the under­takings submitted by the parties for the Commission, Member States and interested third parties within a reasonable time and, second, the need to take account, in line with the principle of proportionality, of spe­cific situations justifying a shortening of the time period that is considered necessary to carry out the assess­ment.
Kommissionen tog også hensyn til, at parterne allerede havde angivet, hvad de yderligere tilsagn ville gå ud på i deres anmodning om en forlængelse af fristen, og at denne anmodning blev indgivet inden for den gældende frist.
Moreover, the Commission needs to complete the internal procedures leading to the adoption of a final decision by the College of Commis­sioners within the statutory four­month deadline.
Kommissionen hæftede sig desuden ved, at der var tale om klare til sagn, som satte den i stand til at foretage en tilbundsgående vurdering af den ændrede fusionsplan.
In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the three­month deadline will therefore be considered the strict final deadline for submitting undertakings in Phase Π proceedings in future cases.
I Airtours/First Choice afviste Kommissionen derimod at acceptere tilsagn efter udløbet af den gældende frist. Kommissionen gennemgik en række tilsagn, som Airtours havde afgivet kort før udløbet af tremånedersfristen, men fandt dem utilstrækkelige.
The Commission has outlined the reasons for this time limit in its draft notice on commitments, which was released to the general public for comments before the Air­tours/First Choice case.