natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
For disse produkters vedkommende gælder det, at forskellen på gennemsnitsprisen i de forskellige regioner i verden og produktionsomkostningerne giver en tilstrækkelig margen til at betale for transport, oplagring og afgier, hvilket giver mulighed for yderligere samhandel mellem regionerne, som allerede ligger på et højt niveau.
For these products, the dierence between the average price charged in dierent regions around the world and production costs leaves a large enough margin to pay for transport, storage and duties, allowing additional trade above the already high level between the dierent world regions.
Desuden viser en detaljeret undersøgelse af udviklingen af eerspørgselen og den planlagte nye kapacitet, at selv om eerspørgselen eer disse produkter vokser forholdsvis hurtigt, vil den planlagte nye kapacitet, især i ern- og mellemøsten, vokse endnu hurtigere. Kommissionen har konkluderet, at parterne i denne situation hverken vil kunne øge priserne eller mindske kapaciteten.
Furthermore, a detailed examination of the development of demand and of planned new capacity showed that although demand for these products is growing relatively quickly, planned new capacity particularly in the Far East and the Middle East would grow even faster. e Commission concluded that in this situation any attempt by the parties to raise prices or reduce capacity would not succeed.
Den 13. juli godkendte Kommissionen den tyske virksomhed Siemens’ overtagelse af den østrigske koncern VA Tech på betingelse af, at Siemens aændede VA Techs vandkraaktiviteter og sikrede metallurgivirksomheden SMS Demag fuld uaængig-hed.
On the 13th July, the Commission authorised the proposed takeover of the VA Tech group of Austria by Siemens of Germany, subject to the condition that Siemens divests itself of VA Tech’s hydropower business and ensures the independence of metal plant builder SMS Demag.
I lyset af Siemens’ tilsagn fandt Kommissionen ikke, at denne transaktion ville hæmme den eektive konkurrence betydeligt inden for EØS eller en væsentlig del deraf.
In light of the commitments given by Siemens, the Commission concluded that the transaction would not signicantly impede eective competition in the EEA or a signicant part of it.
Siemens og VA Tech opererer i hele verden inden for stort set de samme aktivitetsområder.
Siemens and VA Tech operate throughout the world in a number of similar sectors. eir products are used in areas such as power stations, electricity supply networks, trains, steelworks and large buildings. ey are market leaders in some of the relevant products.
Deres produkter benyttes bl.a. i kraværker, elforsyningsnet, tog, stålværker og store bygninger.
Case COMP/M.3653 Siemens/VA Tech.
Transaktionen blev anmeldt til Kommissionen i januar, og Kommissionen indledte andenfasebehandling den 14. februar.
308. e transaction was notied to the Commission in January, and the Commission initiated Phase II proceedings on the 14th February.
Konkurrenceproblemerne beroede navnlig på, at VA Tech-datterselskabet VA Tech Hydro er den førende udbyder på det europæiske marked for nøglekomponenter til vandkraanlæg såsom turbiner og generatorer.
In particular, a subsidiary of VA Tech, VA Tech Hydro, is the European market leader for key components used in hydroelectric plants, such as turbines and generators.
Siemens har en 50 %-andel i et joint venture med en anden tysk metallurgivirksomhed, Voith Siemens, som er en af VA Tech Hydros største konkurrenter på dette marked. Kommissionen fandt, at sammenlægningen mellem VA Tech Hydro og Voith Siemens ville have ført til, at der opstod en dominerende stilling på EØS-markedet for udstyr og tjenesteydelser til vandkraværker, hvilket ville hæmme konkurrencen på dette marked betydeligt.
Siemens has a 50 % stake in a joint venture with another German engineering company, Voith Siemens, that is one of VA Tech Hydro’s main competitors in this market. e Commission found that a combination of the activities of VA Tech Hydro with Voith Siemens would have resulted in the creation of a dominant position in the EEA-wide market for equipment and services for hydroelectric plants, thereby signicantly impeding competition in this market.
Men Siemens’ tilsagn om at aænde VA Techs vandkraaktiviteter — dvs. VA Tech Hydro — til en egnet køber ville eliminere overlapningen mellem parternes aktiviteter og betyde, at konkurrencen ikke ville blive nævneværdigt påvirket.
Siemens’ commitment to sell VA Tech’s hydropower business, operated by VA Tech Hydro, to a suitable purchaser meant that the overlap between the parties’ activities would be removed and hence competition would not be signicantly aected.
Inden for opførelse af metallurgianlæg havde Siemens 28 % af aktierne i SMS Demag, som, Kommissionen konstaterede, var VA Techs største konkurrent inden for opførelse af stålværker.
In metallurgy plant building, Siemens owned a 28 % shareholding in SMS Demag, which the Commission found to be VA Tech’s main competitor in the building of steel production plants.
På det stærkt koncentrerede verdensomspændende marked for opførelse af metallurgianlæg ville fusionen mellem Siemens og VA Tech derfor have mindsket konkurrencen betydeligt mellem to af de førende tre aktører, SMS Demag og VA Tech, og dermed have ført til, at den eektive konkurrence blev betydeligt hæmmet.
In the highly concentrated worldwide market for metallurgy plant building, the merger between Siemens and VA Tech would therefore have substantially reduced competition between two of the three leading players, SMS Demag and VA Tech, and would thereby lead to a signicant impediment of eective competition.
Med de tilsagn, Siemens afgav, vil Siemens repræsentanter i SMS Demags aktionærorganer blive erstattet af uafhængige personer, der kan sikre virksomhedens uaængighed af Siemens.
Under the commitments given by Siemens, Siemens’ representatives on SMS Demag’s shareholder bodies will be replaced by independent trustees, thus ensuring the company’s independence from Siemens.
På alle de andre markeder, hvor der var overlapning mellem virksomhederne, drog Kommissionen den konklusion, at fusionen ikke ville hæmme den eektive konkurrence nævneværdigt.
In all the other markets in which the parties’ activities overlap, the Commission came to the conclusion that the merger would not signicantly impede eective competition. ese markets include equipment and services for thermal electric plants, power transmission and distribution (‘t & d’), rail equipment, low-voltage electrical equipment, building technology and management, trac infrastructure and cable-car equipment.
Den 25. august godkendte Kommissionen på visse betingelser en transaktion af en værdi på 24 mia. USD (18 mia. EUR), hvorved den amerikanske medicinalkoncern Johnson & Johnson (J & J) overtog sin konkurrent Guidant, der er en amerikansk virksomhed, som har specialiseret sig i kardiovaskulært udstyr. Parterne afgav i særdeleshed tilsagn om at aænde enten J & J’s eller Guidants aktiviteter inden for endoskopiske systemer til at høste kar (EVH) samt Guidants aktiviteter inden for intravaskulært udstyr i EØS og J & J’s aktiviteter inden for styrbare guidewires inden for EØS. Kommissionens beslutning blev truet eer en tilbundsgående undersøgelse af den planlagte overtagelse. I lyset af J & J’s tilsagn drog Kommissionen den konklusion, at transaktionen ikke ville hæmme den eektive konkurrence betydeligt inden for EØS eller en væsentlig del deraf. 314.
On the 25th August, the Commission approved, subject to conditions, the planned USD 24 billion (around EUR 18 billion) acquisition by US healthcare group Johnson & Johnson (J & J) of its competitor Guidant, a US company specialised in cardiovascular medical products. In particular, the parties committed to divest either J & J or Guidant endoscopic vessel harvesting products (EVH), plus Guidant’s EEA endovascular business and J & J’s EEA steerable guidewires business. e Commission decision followed an indepth investigation into the takeover. In light of the commitments given by J & J, the Commission concluded that the transaction would not signicantly impede eective competition in the EEA or a signicant part of it. 314.
Koronare lægemiddeldiluerende stenter er små ekspanderbare rør beklædt med et lægemiddel, der anbringes i en tilstoppet koronararterie for at erne plaque og støtte karrets vægge.
Coronary drug eluting stents are expandable wire tubes coated with a drug which are placed in an occluded coronary artery in order to remove the plaque and support the walls of the vessel.
På dette hastigt voksende marked findes der for øjeblikket kun to udbydere i verden, nemlig J & J og Boston Scientic, men flere ventes inden længe at komme til, deriblandt Guidant.
In this fast-growing market, there are currently only two major suppliers worldwide, J & J and Boston Scientic, plus a number of imminent entrants, including Guidant.
I sin undersøgelse måtte Kommissionen tage stilling til, om fusionen ved at eliminere Guidant som en potentiel konkurrent ville erne den væsentligste konkurrencefaktor på markedet for koronare lægemiddeldiluerende stenter.
In its investigation the Commission had to assess whether, by eliminating Guidant as a potential competitor, the merger would remove the major competitive constraint in the DES market.
Men de tilsagn, J & J afgav, betød, at fusionen ikke vil påvirke konkurrencen i nævneværdigt omfang.
II — Merger control sel harvesting systems in cardiac surgery). e commitments oered by J & J mean that competition will not be signicantly aected by the transaction.
Den 21. december godkendte Kommissionen eer tilsagn fra parterne, at E.ON Ruhrgas (E.ON), overtog to af det etablerede ungarske olie- og gasselskab MOL’s datterselskaber, MOL WMT og MOL Storage.
On the 21st December, the Commission approved, subject to conditions and obligations, the acquisition of MOL WMT and MOL Storage, two subsidiaries of MOL, the incumbent oil and gas company in Hungary, by E.ON Ruhrgas (E.ON).
MOL er aktiv inden for produktion (MOL E & P), transmission (MOL Transmission), oplagring (MOL Storage) og salg (MOL WMT) af gas.
MOL is active in gas production (MOL E & P), transmission (MOL Transmission), storage (MOL Storage) and wholesale and trading (MOL WMT).
E.ON overtog også MOL WMT’s langfristede gasforsyningskontrakter med bl.a. Gazprom og ville være i stand til at kontrollere alle Ungarns gasressourcer, både de importerede og de indenlandske.
E.ON also took over the long-term gas supply contracts currently in MOL WMT’s portfolio, notably with Gazprom, and was in a position to control all of Hungary’s gas resources, both imported and domestic.
Eer en tilbundsgående undersøgelse fandt Kommissionen i første omgang, at transaktionen ville få konkurrenceskadelige virkninger på engros- og detailmarkederne for gas og elektricitet i Ungarn.
Aer an indepth investigation, the Commission initially found that the operation would have anticompetitive eects in the gas and electricity wholesale and retail markets in Hungary. ese eects were due to the vertical integration of the dominant position in gas wholesale and storage with E.ON’s activities in gas and electricity retail.
Det skyldtes den vertikale integration mellem den dominerende aktør inden for engrossalg og oplagring og E.ON’s aktiviteter inden for detailsalg af gas og elektricitet.
In particular, the Commission found that aer the transaction E.ON would be in a position to use its control over gas resources in Hungary to increase its market power on the downstream markets for retail supply of gas and electricity and for generation/wholesale of electricity.
Kommissionen fandt i særdeleshed, at E.ON eer overtagelsen ville være i stand til at øge sin markedsstyrke på de eerfølgende markeder for detailsalg af gas og elektricitet og for produktion og engrossalg af elektricitet.
E.ON committed to implement an eight-year gas release programme (1 billion cubic meters (‘bcm’) per year) and divest half of its 10-year gas supply contract with MOL E & P through a so-called contract release. ese two measures would release 16
3 om året, svarende til 14 % af bliver frigivet 16 mia. m forbruget i Ungarn. Der er tale om den hidtil største gasfrigivelse i Europa, både hvad mængden og varigheden angår.
Report on Competition Policy 2005 bcm until 2015, up to 2 bcm per year, equivalent to 14 % of Hungarian consumption. is would be the most signicant gas ‘release’ ever implemented in Europe, in terms of both volumes and duration.
Det vil give alle nuværende og fremtidige aktører på markedet mulighed for at indgå gasforsyningsaaler på lige vilkår.
As such, it would enable all current and future market participants to conclude gas supply contracts on a level playing field.
Den drog den konklusion, at disse tilsagn ville give grossister og kunder adgang til ganske betydelige gasressourcer uaængigt af E.ON og på ikke-diskriminerende og konkurrencedygtige vilkår. Tilsagnene var derfor tilstrækkelige til at løse de konkurrenceproblemer, transaktionen rejste, og kunne bidrage til at fremme konkurrencen på de nyligt liberaliserede ungarske energimarkeder.
It concluded that the remedies would oer wholesalers and customers access to sizeable gas resources independently of E.ON at non-discriminatory and competitive conditions. e remedies were thus su-cient to remove the competitive concerns stemming from the transaction and would create the conditions for the development of competition in the newly liberalised Hungarian energy markets.
I årets løb har Kommissionen vedtaget i alt 15 beslutninger, hvor en fusion blev godkendt på nærmere betingelser eer artikel 6, stk. 2, samt 291 beslutninger om ubetinget godkendelse eer artikel 6, stk. 1, litra b).
During the year, the Commission adopted in total 15 clearance decisions with conditions under Article 6(2) and 291 unconditional clearances under Article 6(1)(b).
Henvisninger til alle disse godkendelsesbeslutninger oentliggøres i det andet bind i denne beretning og teksterne til beslutningerne kan findes på Kommissionens netsted (135).
References to all of these clearance decisions will be published in the second volume of this report and the text of the decisions can be found on the Commission’s website(135).
Den 23. maj gav Kommissionen sin betingede godkendelse til, at nansny-hedsbureauet Moneyline Telerate Holding (Telerate) overtages af en af sine største globale konkurrenter, Reuters Limited (Reuters).
On the 23th May, the Commission approved, subject to conditions, a proposed acquisition of the nancial data provider Moneyline Telerate Holding (Telerate) by its major global competitor, Reuters Limited (Reuters).
Reuters er den ene af de to store globale udbydere af nansmarkedsinforma-tion og multimedienyheder skræddersyet til den finansielle sektor, mediesektoren og
Reuters is one of the two main global providers of nancial market data and multimedia news tailored for professionals in the nancial services, media and corporate sectors.
II — Fusionskontrol erhvervslivet.
II — Merger control
På markedet for levering af realtidsinformation fandt Kommissionen intet, der tydede på, at fusionen ville hæmme den eektive konkurrence betydeligt, eersom der også eer fusionen ville være et tilstrækkeligt stort antal stærke, indbyrdes konkurrerende udbydere. Undersøgelsen viste imidlertid, at fusionsparterne er de eneste større udbydere af MPD’er i hele verden, og at en sammenlægning mellem deres patentbeskyttede platforme ville give dem en stort set uangribelig stilling på markedet for MDP’er.
With respect to the market for the supply of real-time data, the Commission found no indication that the merger would signicantly impede eective competition, since a sucient number of strong competing suppliers would remain in the market post-merger. e investigation did, however, reveal that the merging parties are the only major providers of MDPs worldwide, and that the combination of their proprietary platforms would lead to a nearly uncontested market position in the provision of MDPs.
En MDP er den teknologi, der giver kunder adgang til at modtage og give realtidsmarkedsinformation fra forskellige dataudbydere. Med henblik på at løse dette konkurrenceproblem afgav Reuters og Telerate tilsagn om at meddele Hyperfeed en eksklusiv, global licens på TRS (Telerates MDP) i ubegrænset tid.
MDPs are the technological means that enable customers of real-time market data to integrate and deliver information from various data vendor sources.
Den 4. juli traf Kommissionen beslutning om betinget godkendelse af en transaktion gående ud på, at Deutsche Luhansa AG overtog aktiemajoriteten i og enekontrollen med Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. Kommissionens undersøgelser viste, at Luhansas overtagelse af Swiss ville eliminere eller betydeligt mindske konkurrencen på flere europæiske ruter, især ruterne Zürich-Frankfurt og Zürich- München, samt visse langdistanceruter til USA, Sydafrika, ailand og Egypten.
On the 4th July, the Commission cleared, subject to conditions, an agreement whereby Deutsche Luhansa AG would acquire the majority of the shares in, and sole control of, Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. e Commission’s investigation showed that the proposed acquisition by Luhansa of Swiss would eliminate or signicantly reduce competition on a number of intra-European routes, most importantly Zurich– Frankfurt and Zurich–Munich, as well as on some long-haul routes to the United States, South Africa, ailand and Egypt.
Denne konklusion blev bl.a. draget i lyset af Luhansas tætte samarbejde med andre Star Alliance-medlem-mer.
In reaching this conclusion the Commission took into account the impact of Luhansa’s close cooperation with members of the Star Alliance.
For at imødekomme Kommissionens betænkeligheder gik parterne med til at afgive en række afgangs- og landingsslots i luhavnene i Zürich, Frankfurt, München, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Wien, Stockholm og København.
To address the Commission’s concerns, the parties agreed to surrender certain take-off and landing slots at the airports of Zurich, Frankfurt, Munich, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Vienna, Stockholm and Copenhagen. is surrender of slots would create the conditions for up to 41 roundtrips per day to be supplied by new entrants on these routes.
Sag COMP/M.3770, Lufthansa/Swiss.
Case COMP/M.3770 Lufthansa/Swiss.
Den 29. juli godkendte Kommissionen på en række nærmere betingelser, at rederiet AP Møller-Maersk A/S (Maersk) overtog et andet rederi, Royal P & O Nedlloyd (PONL). Den planlagte transaktion ville gøre Maersk til verdens største rederi, med over 800 containerskibe og en verdensomspændende omsætning på ca. 28 mia. EUR.
On the 29th July, the Commission cleared, subject to conditions, a proposed acquisition by the shipping company AP Møller-Maersk A/S (Maersk) of another shipping company Royal P & O Nedlloyd (PONL). e proposed acquisition would create the world’s largest shipping company, deploying over 800 container vessels with a worldwide turnover of roughly EUR 28 billion.
A P Møller-Maersk A/S ejer rederierne Maersk og Safmarine og er også aktiv inden for containerterminaltjenester, bugsering i havne, tankskibsfart, logistik, olie- og gasudvinding, lutransport, skibsbygning og supermarkeder.
AP Møller-Maersk A/S owns the shipping container lines Maersk and Safmarine and is also active in container terminal services, harbour towage, tankers, logistics, oil and gas exploration, air transport, shipbuilding and supermarkets.
PONL er hovedsageligt et containerrederi.
PONL is mainly a container liner shipping company.
Det er også aktivt inden for containerterminaltjenester, logistik og lutrans-port. Der var navnlig overlapning mellem parterne inden for containerskibsfart og i mindre grad inden for terminaltjenester.
It is also involved in container terminal services, logistics and air transport. e parties’ activities overlap mainly in the container shipping business and to a lesser extent in the terminal services business.
I henhold til EU’s konkurrenceregler i skibsfartssektoren nyder linjekonferencer (som er grupper af rederier, der sejler i linjefarter) godt af en fritagelse fra kartelforbuddet, der blev indrømmet for næsten 20 år siden.
Under the EU’s competition rules applicable to shipping, liner conferences (groupings of shipping companies engaged in regular scheduled services) benet from antitrust immunity. is immunity was granted some 20 years ago.
Også for rederikonsortier gælder en sådan fritagelse. I den hvidbog, Kommissionen udsendte i oktober 2004, drog den den konklusion, at fritagelsen for linjekonferencer burde ophæves, fordi den ikke længere resulterer i eektive og pålidelige transportydelser, der imødekommer transportkundernes behov.
Shipping lines grouped in consortia also benet from an antitrust exemption. e Commission’s White Paper published in October 2004 concluded that the exemption for liner conferences should be abolished because it did not result in ecient and reliable services that meet shippers’ requirements.
I de tilfælde, hvor deres kombinerede markedsandele rejste konkurrenceproblemer, har Kommissionen gjort sin godkendelse af fusionen betinget af, at PONL trækker sig ud af disse konferencer og konsortier. Et an-
Where their combined market shares gave rise to competition concerns the Commission granted approval on condition that PONL withdraw from these conferences and consortia.
Den 31. marts gav Kommissionen betinget godkendelse eer fusionsforordningens artikel 6, stk. 2, til Honeywells overtagelse af Novar.
On the 31th March, the Commission approved Honeywell’s proposed acquisition of Novar subject to conditions pursuant to Article 6(2) of the merger regulation.
Honeywell er en amerikansk højteknologivirksomhed med verdensomspændende aktiviteter inden for lu- og rumfartsprodukter og -tjenester, bilkomponenter, elektronikprodukter, specialmaterialer, højtydende polymerer, transport- fremdrissystemer og kontrolsystemer til private hjem, bygninger og industrivirksomheder.
Honeywell, a US corporation, is an advanced technology manufacturing company supplying customers worldwide with aerospace products and services, automotive products, electronic materials, speciality materials, performance polymers, transportation and power systems, home and building controls, and industrial controls.
Novar er en international koncern baseret i Det Forenede Kongerige, der har specialiseret sig i intelligente bygningssystemer (IBS), Indalex-aluminiumløsninger (IAS) og sikkerhedstrykning (Security Printing Services, SPS). Denne transaktion ville resultere i en sammenlægning mellem Honeywells og Novars aktiviteter inden for brandalarmsystemer, indbrudssikring og andre sikkerhedssystemer samt inden for bygningskontrolsystemer.
Novar is an international group based in the UK focusing on intelligent building systems (IBS), Indalex aluminum solutions (IAS) and security printing services (SPS). is acquisition will allow Honeywell and Novar to combine their activities in the sectors of re alarm systems, intrusion and other security systems as well as building control systems.
For at få løst disse alvorlige konkurrenceproblemer tilbød Honeywell at aænde alle Novars aktiviteter inden for brandalarmsystemer i Italien (mærket Esser Italia). Dette tilsagn blev fundet tilstrækkeligt til at løse konkurrenceproblemerne.
With a view to addressing the serious competition concerns identied, Honeywell proposed a divestiture of Novar’s entire re alarm business in Italy (known in Italy under the brand Esser Italia). is undertaking was considered sucient to eliminate the competition concerns.
Som svar på en anmodning fra det britiske Oce of Fair Trading (OFT), besluttede Kommissionen den 1. februar at henvise sagen om den amerikanske Blacksto-ne-koncerns overtagelse af den britiske virksomhed NHP plc til OFT.
In response to a request from the UK Oce of Fair Trading (OFT), the European Commission decided on the 1st February to refer the acquisition of UK-based
Blackstone er en international forretningsbank, der netop havde overtaget det britiske selskab Southern Cross Healthcare Limited (Southern Cross), der driver plejehjem inden for rammerne af den britiske ældreforsorg.
Blackstone is an international merchant-banking firm, which has recently acquired Southern Cross Healthcare Limited (Southern Cross), a UK-based company which operates care homes for the elderly in the UK.