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(') Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 447/98 af I. marts 1998 om anmeldelser, frister og udtalelser i henhold til Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 4064/89 om kontrol med fusioner og virksomhedsovertagelser.
(') Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/98 of 1 March 1998 on the notifications, time limits and hearings provided for in Council Reg­ulation (EEC) No 4064/89 on the control of concentrations between undertakings.
Desuden tilbød AT & T at give en anden distributør adgang til at distribuere AUCS-tjenester (dvs. globale teletjenester leveret af AUCS, som er et joint venture mellem AT & T og Unisource) i Det Forenede Kongerige, når AT & T UK opløses.
According to Article 2(4) of the merger regulation, a joint venture having as its object or effect the coordination of the compet­itive behaviour of its parent companies also has to be appraised in accordance with the criteria of Ar­ticle 81(1) and (3) of the EC Treaty.
Kommissionen erklærede fusionen forenelig med fællesmarkedet på betingelse af, at alle tilsagnene blev opfyldt i fuldt omfang.
In 1999, 19 such cases were investigated and 15 decisions tak­en. Four cooperation cases were cleared only after the parties submitted undertakings.
Med de ændringer af fusionsforordningen, der trådte i kraft den 1. marts 1998, blev forord ningens anvendelsesområde udvidet til også at omfatte selvstændigt fungerende joint ventures oprettet i samarbejdsøjemed.
In Alitalia/KLM (3), the Commission autho­rised the concentration during the first phase inves­tigation in view of the companies' significant un­dertakings to promote the entrance of new competi­tors on two hub­to­hub routes, Amsterdam­Milan and Amsterdam­Rome, where the Commission found that the alliance between Alitalia and KLM would have created a monopoly.
I henhold til fusionsforordningens artikel 2, stk. 4, skal et joint venture, der har til formål eller til følge at samordne moderselskabernes konkurrenceadfærd, også vurderes efter kriterierne i EF-traktatens artikel 81, stk. 1 og stk. 3.1 1999 fik Kom missionen 19 sager af den type til behandling, og den vedtog 15 beslutninger.
To remedy these concerns, Alitalia and KLM proposed a set of mea­sures to facilitate entry in line with previous deci­sions in the air transport sector (see Chapter I.C.4. above).
I fusionen mellem Skandia, Storebrand og Pohjola (2) i forsikringssektoren godkendte Kommissionen dette joint venture på grundlag af tilsagn.
In BT/AT & T ('), a Phase II case, there was a risk of parental coordination between ACC, a wholly owned subsidiary of AT & T, BT and Telewest, in which AT & T, through TCI, holds a 22 % stake regarding the distribution of AT & T/Unisource services in the UK.
For at imødekomme de konkurrenceproblemer, der skyld tes Storebrands og Vestas tilsammen store markedsandele i Norge, gik Skandia med til at afhænde sit norske datterselskab Vesta Forsikring A/S, således at Storebrands position på markedet ikke blev styrket yderligere.
Fur­thermore, AT & T undertook to give another dis­tributor the option to distribute AUCS services (i.e. global telecommunications services offered by the company AUCS, a joint venture between AT & T and Unisource) in the UK, as AT & T UK will be wound up.
I fase 2-sagen BT/AT & T (') var der risiko for samordning mellem moderselskaberne ACC, der er et helejet datterselskab af AT & T, BT og Telewest, hvori AT & T via TCI har 22 % af kapitalen, med hensyn til distribution af AT & T/Uni-sources tjenester i Det Forenede Kongerige.
In the Skandia, Storebrand and Pohjola case (2), concerning the insurance sector, the companies' compliance with certain commit­ments. This operation combines the European businesses of Siemens and Fujitsu for the devel­opment, manufacture and sale of computer hard­ware and related products, including desktop PCs, laptops, workstations, servers and storage systems.
Kommissionen rejste indsigelser mod, at dette joint venture kunne resultere i en samordning af moderselskabernes konkurrenceadfærd.
To address the Commission's serious competitive concerns in that market, Siemens undertook to divest Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems GmbH, a subsidiary active on that market.
For at imødekomme disse indsigelser tilbød AT & T at afhænde ACC UK.
Commission also approved the joint venture with commitments.
AT & T afgav også tilsagn om en skarpere strukturel adskillelse mellem AT & T
In order to remedy the com­petition concerns arising from the combined mar­ket shares of Storebrand and Vesta in Norway, Skandia agreed to divest its Vesta Forsikring A/S subsidiary there, thus avoiding a further strength­ening of Storebrand's market position.
I Alitalia/KLM (3) godkendte Kommissionen fusionen i fase 1 i betragtning af de betydelige tilsagn, parterne havde afgivet om at give nye kon kurrenter let adgang til de to hub-to-hub-ruter
Joint venture cases of this kind involve the application of Article 81 and, therefore, are mostly dealt with by the antitrust directorates within the Directorate­General for Competition rather than by the merger task force.
Boks 9: Bødepålæg for urigtige eller vildledende oplysninger i anmeldelser
Box 9: Fines for supplying incorrect or misleading information in the notification
I henhold til fusionsforordningen kan Kommissionen pålægge bøder på mellem 1 000 og 50 000 EUR, hvis en virksomhed forsætligt el1er uagtsomt har givet urigtige eller forvanskede oplysninger i en anmeldelse eller i et svar på en begæring om oplysninger.
The merger regulation stipulates that the Commission can impose fines of between EUR 1 000 and EUR 50 000 where a company provides intentionally or negligently incorrect or misleading information in a notification or in response to a request for information.
Kommissionen har pålagt fire virksomheder bøder for overtrædelse af fusionsforordningen.
The Commission fined four companies for infringing the merger regulation.
I februar 1999 anmeldte Deutsche Post AG en planlagt overtagelse af enekontrollen med det tyske ekpresbefordringsselskab Trans-o-flex GmbH.
In February 1999, Deutsche Post AG notified its planned acquisition of sole control over the German high-speed delivery service, trans-o-flex GmbH.
Ifølge Deutsche Post havde selskabet overtaget en minoritetspost i Trans-o-flex i 1997, men anmeldelsen indeholdt oplysninger, der pegede i retning af, at der dengang var tale om over tagelse af enekontrollen.
According to Deutsche Post, it had acquired a minority shareholding in trans-o-flex in 1997 but the notification contained facts that pointed to an acquisition of sole control during that time.
I så fald ville Kommissionen ikke have haft nogen kompetence til at behandle den transaktion, der blev anmeldt i 1999, hvorimod aktiekøbet i 1997 skulle have været behandlet af flere nationale myndigheder.
If that had been the case, the Commission would have had no jurisdiction to assess the transaction as noti fied in 1999 but, instead, the evaluation of the acquisition of the shares in 1997 would have had to be car ried out by a number of national authorities.
Kom missionens undersøgelser tydede på, at Deutsche Post havde haft kontrol med Trans-o-flex siden 1997 via virksomhedens hovedaktionær, et selskab ved navn Industrial Information.
The Commission's investigation suggested that Deutsche Post had exercised control over trans-o-flex since 1997 through its largest shareholder, a company called Industrial Information.
Deutsche Post havde således gjort sig skyld i en alvorlig overtrædelse af to bestemmelser i fusionsforordningen.
Deutsche Post thus committed a serious infringement of two provisions of the merger regulation.
Kommissionen pålagde derfor to separate bøder, hver især på 50 000 EUR, som er det maksimumbeløb, der kan pålægges i hen hold til fusionsforordningen.
The Commission therefore imposed two separate fines, the maximum amount of EUR 50 000 permitted under the merger regulation for each.
Denne anmeldelse blev
The notification was subsequently withdrawn.
Kommissionen fandt, at KLM havde handlet groft uagtsomt og pålagde en bøde på 40 000 EUR.
merger regulation and in full knowledge of the relevant facts.
I betragtning af den alvorlige karakter af overtrædelser af proceduregier i fusionssager overvejer Kommissionen desuden, om den måske bør foreslå Rådet, at de for øjeblikket relativt lave bødebeløb forhøjes.
In view of the gravity of the infringement of the procedural rules in merger cases, the Commission is also considering whether it may be appropriate to propose to the Council that the amounts of the. fines, which are currently relatively low, be increased.
(2) fik Spanien henvist sa-øldistribution i Spanien, j gen > der dre ede sig om Årsagerne til henvisningen var, at konkurrencespørgsmålene var af enten regionalt eller natio-
The French dealt with the effects of the operation on the petroleum storage infrastructure in the southern part of France (i.e. Languedoc-Roussillon), where the transaction raised serious doubts. The Total-
I henhold til fusionsforordningens artikel 9kan en sag henvises til en bestemt medlemsstat,hvis fusionen truer med at skabe eller styrke endominerende stilling, hvorved den effektive kon- kurrence bliver hæmmet betydeligt på et markedpå en bestemt medlemsstats område, der besidder alle kendetegn for et specifikt marked.
Under Article 9 of the merger regulation, a case may be referred to a particular Member State if the concentration threatens to create or to strength en a dominant position as a result of which effective competition will be significantly impeded on a market within a particular Member State which presents all the characteristics of a distinct market.
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fina/Elf Aquitaine case (4) was also partially investigated by the French authorities.
,, hen v ise en fusionsplan anmeldt af de to franske
The UK competition authorities requested a referral of part of the Exxon/Mobil case, namely that concerning motor fuel retailing in the north-west of Scotland.
MDPA/SCPA venture truede med at skabe eller styrke en do
The planned joint venture threatened to create or strengthen a dominant position on the market for ice-control salt in the north-east of France.
J anmodning fra de tyske konkurrencemyndighe-,T, jj-j· J^I der.
The other French regions using ice-control salt were also likely to be affected by the operation.
I denne sag, der drejede sig om den tyske
On the basis of this, the Commission decided to refer the case to the
Beslutninger truffet efter artikel 21 minerende stilling inden for vejsalt i den nord østlige del af Frankrig. I denne sektor begrænses de geografiske markeders størrelse af, at transportomkostningerne tegner sig for en me get stor andel af den endelig pris på vejsalt.
In EDFILondon Electricity, as well as submitting an Article 9 request, the UK authorities also submitted a request for the recognition of certain 'legitimate interests' under Article 21(3) of the merger regulation.
Den indledende analyse af markederne viste, at Nord østfrankrig kunne anses at udgøre et særskilt marked. Også de andre franske regioner, der bruger vejsalt, kunne tænkes at blive berørt af fusionen.
Article 21(3) provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect 'legitimate interests' other than those taken into consideration by the merger regulation, provided they are compatible with the general principles and provisions of Community law.
På baggrund heraf besluttede Kom missionen at henvise sagen til de franske myndigheder. Også Totals overtagelse af Petrofina blev til dels behandlet af de franske myndigheder.
Interests relating to public security, plurality of the media and prudential rules are expressly to be regarded as 'legitimate' interests.
De franske myndigheder tog sig af fusio nens virkninger for olieoplagringsinfrastrukturerne i den sydlige del af Frankrig (dvs. Langue-doc-Roussillon), hvor fusionen gav anledning til alvorlige betænkeligheder.
Any other public interest must be communicated to the Commission by the Member State concerned, and recognised after an assessment of the inter est's compatibility with Community law, before the measures referred to may be taken.
Ved to beslutninger (af hhv. 20. juli 1999 og 20. oktober 1999) skred Kommissionen ind over for de portugisiske for anstaltninger.
By two decisions (of 20 July and 20 October), the Commission took action against the Portuguese measures.
Disse beslutninger blev vedtaget i henhold til fusionsforordningens artikel 21, der giver Kommissionen enekompetence til at vur dere fusioner af fællesskabsdimension. Med disse beslutninger og især den sidste af 20. oktober 1999 tilkendegav Kommissionen, at de for anstaltninger, de portugisiske myndigheder havde truffet, ikke kunne anses at beskytte legitime interesser som omhandlet i fusionsforord ningens artikel 21. Det fremgår i særdeleshed, at de, for så vidt som de portugisiske foranstaltninger har til formål at beskytte nationale og strategiske interesser, er i strid med fusionsforordningens artikel 21, både fordi de portugisiske myndigheder ikke anmeldte dem til Kommissionen, og fordi sådanne interesser ikke kunne anses at være legitime.
The decisions were adopted pursuant to Article 21 of the merger regulation, which grants the Commission exclusive powers to assess concentration operations having a Community dimension.
De britiske konkurrencemyndigheder an modede om at få henvist en del af Exxon/ Mobil-sagen, nemlig den del, der drejede sig om detailsalg af motorbrændstof i det nordvestlige Skotland.
The UK authorities argued that the UK had a public interest in maintaining the integrity of the regulatory system for the electricity sector.
Kommissionen havde imidlertid allerede rejst indsigelser angående detailsalg af motorbrændstof på hele det britiske marked.
The UK considered it to be in its public interest to be able to make modifications to the statutory licence of a public electricity supply company ('PES'), even in cases where such a company is a party to a concentration with a Community dimension.
Eftersom anmodningen om at få henvist fusionens virkninger i Nordvestskotland drejede sig om forhold, der faldt inden for rammerne af Kommissionens undersøgelser, besluttede den at tage stilling til dem som led i sin samlede vurdering af det britiske marked for detailsalg af motorbrændstof.
The UK therefore proposed modifications to the licence of London Electricity. The Commission, however, concluded that there was no need to recognise a 'legitimate interest' as the modification to London Electricity's licence pro posed by the UK electricity regulator (the Director-General of Electricity Supply — DGES) con stituted the application of regulatory provisions of national law and the modifications were aimed not at the concentration itself but at the conduct of the merged undertakings after the concentration, to ensure that the regulator would be able to continue to carry out his duties.
Ved den første artikel 21-beslutning af 20. juli 1999 krævede Kommissionen, at den portugisiske finansministers afgørelse om at modsætte sig fusionen og de dertil knyttede foranstaltninger, såsom suspensionen af BSCH's og A. Champalimauds stemmerettigheder i Mundial Confiança, blev stillet i bero.
With the first Article 21 decision of 20 July 1999, the Commission requested the suspension of the decision by the Portuguese Minister for Finance to oppose the operation and the measures deriving therefrom, such as the suspension of voting rights of BSCH and A. Champalimaud in Mundial Confiança.
Kommissionen besluttede derefter at indlede en fremskyndet traktatbrudssag mod Portugal for ikke at have stillet foranstaltningerne over for BSCH/Champalimaud-fusionen i bero.
The Commission subsequently decided to open an accelerated infringe ment procedure against Portugal for not suspending the measures against the BSCH/A. Champalimaud operation.
Fusionen mellem BSCH og A. Champalimaud kunne ikke gen nemføres, selv om den var blevet godkendt efter EU's fusionsregler.
The operation between BSCH and A. Champalimaud, although approved under the EC merger rules, could not be put in place.
Desuden havde Banco Comercial Português intentioner om at afgive et overtagelsestilbud med henblik på at overtage virksomhederne i Champalimaud-koncernen, hvilket betød, at den juridiske situation omkring kontrollen med disse virksomheder måtte afklares hurtigt.
Moreover, Banco Comercial Português announced its intention to launch bids over the companies of the Champalimaud group, which required that the legal situation concerning the control of these companies be clarified quickly.
Denne fusion blev anmeldt efter fusionsforord-
Revocation of a Commission decision
Godkendelsesbeslut­ningen blev derfor betragtet som værende truffet på grundlag af urigtige oplysninger, og parterne fik pålagt en bøde (se boksen herom).
clearance decision was considered to be based on incorrect information and the parties were subsequently fined (see box).
Efter at be­slutningen var blevet tilbagekaldt, fremsendte parterne de relevante oplysninger til Kommissio­nen om narkotiske aktive stoffer.
Following the revocation decision, the parties submitted to the Commission the relevant information relating to stupefying active substances.
Parterne afgav desuden tilsagn om at afhænde Synthelabos akti­viteter inden for narkotiske aktive stoffer, og Kommissionen vedtog derefter den endelige be­slutning om godkendelse af fusionen.
The parties further undertook to divest the Synthelabo activities in the area of stupefying active substances and, consequently, the Commission adopted the final clearance decision.
Som led i sine bestræbelser på at fremme gennemsigtighed og klarhed i EU's fusionskon­trol har Kommissionen i de seneste år udsendt en række vejledende meddelelser om forskellige aspekter af fusionsforordningen.
As part of its objective of ensuring the transparency and clarity of European merger control, the Commission has adopted a number of guidance notices in recent years relating to various aspects of the merger regulation.
Før disse vejle­dende meddelelser blev endeligt vedtaget af Kommissionen, var der foregået omfattende høringer af medlemsstaterne, erhvervslivet og juridiske kredse.
These guidance notices had previously been the subject of widespread consultation with Member States, industry and the legal profession before their final adoption by the Commission.
Tilsvarende høringer blev fore­taget i 1999 angående tre udkast til meddelel­ser (')■ Det første var en revision af den nuværende meddelelse om begrænsninger, der er direkte knyttet til og nødvendige for en fusions gennemførelse, som har været gældende, siden fusionsforordningen trådte i kraft.
Similar consultation exercises were carried out in 1999 on three draft notices (')· The first was a revi- sion of the current notice on restrictions directly related and necessary to the implementation of the concentration, which has been in operation since the merger regulation first came into force.
Det nye udkast til meddelelse tager hensyn til de afpudsninger, der i mellemtiden er foretaget i Kommissionens praksis.
The new draft notice takes into account the refinements made to the Commission's practice since that time.
Det andet er et udkast til en vigtig ny meddelelse om tilsagn fra fusionsparter, der har fået stor betydning, når det drejer sig om at finde en løsning på konkurrenceproblemerne i mange sager.
The second is an important new draft notice on remedies, which have be come a vital tool in addressing competition problems raised in a large number of cases.
Den foreslåede meddelelse opstiller de almindelige principper, der gælder, giver en sam­menfatning af de vigtigste typer tilsagn, der hid­til er blevet accepteret, og gennemgår de materi­elle og proceduremæssige krav med hensyn til afgivelse af tilsagn over for Kommissionen og deres opfyldelse.
The proposed notice sets out the general principles applicable, summarises the main types of commitment adopted to date and sets out the substantive and procedural requirements for submitting commitments to the Commission and their subsequent implementation by the parties concerned.
Den tredje meddelelse drejer sig om forslag til forenkling af behandlingen af de rutinesager, Kommissionen får anmeldt. Dette
The third notice concerns a proposal to simplify the handling of routine cases noti fied to the Commission.
Il — FUSIONSKONTROL kan hjælpe med til at sikre, at Kommissionens ressourcer udnyttes så effektivt som muligt.
Il — MERGER CONTROL
Figur 4 Antal endelige beslutninger hvert år siden 1992 og antal anmeldelser
Number of final decisions adopted each year since 1993 and number of notifications
J Endelige beslutninger (forordning (EØF) nr. 4064/89)
Final decision (R. 4064/89)
Endelige beslutninger (EKSF-trakt. art. 66, 1992-1999)
0 Final decisions (Art. 66 ECSC Treaty — 1992-99)
Anmeldelser (forordning (EØF) nr. 4064/89)
Notifications (R. 4064/89)
Figuro Sagernes fordeling på fusionstype (1992-1999)
Figure 5 Breakdown by type of operation (1992-99)
1999 var i forbindelse med Kommissionens fornyelse præget af en stærk vilje til at vi dereføre den strenge statsstøttekontrol under al le former med det klare mål at få statsstøtten i Fællesskabet bragt endnu længere ned.
1999 saw the appointment of a new Commission determined to keep a tight control on State aid in all its forms, with the clear goal of reducing even further the amount of aid granted in the Community.
De seneste års bestræbelser med henblik på at modernisere, forenkle procedurereglerne, forbedre gen nemsigtigheden og koncentrere midlerne på de vigtigste områder, er videreført.
Activities undertaken in previous years continued, namely work on modernising and simplifying the procedural rules,
(' ) Belgien, Danmark. Tyskland. Grækenland, Spanien, Frankrig. Irland. Italien, Luxembourg. Nederlandene, Portugal og Det Forenede Kongerige. (") EU-12 +Østrig, Finland og Sverige.
Geographic area Overall aid (million EUR) Aid to tbe manufacturing sector (million EUR) Aid per person employed (EUR)
konkurrenceevne på verdensmarkedet og udnytte fordelene af det indre marked og Den Økonomiske og Monetære Union.
competitiveness of the Community on world markets and to reap the benefits of the single market and of economic and monetary union.
Der ses generelt et betydeligt fald på 13 % i forhold til perioden 1993-1995 (EU-12).Til fremstillingsvirksomhed alene blev der ydet en støtte på 38 mia. EUR,dvs. 2,8% af værditilvæksten (EU-15).
Overall, aid was down significantly (by 13 %) on the period 1993-95 (EU-12).
Støttebeløbet pr. beskæftiget faldt fra 1 460 EUR i 1995-1995 til 1 298 EUR (EU-12) i 1995-1997.
In the manufacturing sector alone, EUR 38 billion, or 2.8 % of value added, was granted in aid in the Union of Fifteen.
I perioden 1995-1997 tegnede de regionale målsætninger (2) sig for 57 % af støtten inden for fremstillingsvirksomhed, medens de horisontale målsætninger (3
Over the period 1995-97, regional objec sion, with the support of the Council, has been tives (2) were behind 57 % of aid granted to the taking various steps to modernise the conditions manufacturing sector, while horizontal objec
Det bemærkes endvidere, at ad /zoc-støtte til enkeltvirksomheder nu har stabiliseret sig påca.
It is Commission with a body of legislation and rules also noteworthy that aid granted on an ad hoc that allows it to focus on cases with a real impact basis to individual firms is now stabilising at on the common market and eases the administra around 10 % of total aid to the manufacturing tive burden on firms while ensuring legal cer tainty and improving transparency.
10 % af den samlede støtte til fremstillingsvirksomhed, medens denne støtte havde været i stigning i de foregående oversigter.
sector, whereas previous reports emphasised the increase in this type of aid.
Kommissionen har med støtte fra Rådet inden for de sidste par år gennemført en række foranstaltninger med henblik på at modernisere statsstøttekontrollen.
Thus the procedural regulation (5) laying down detailed rules on the application of Article 88 entered into force on 16 April.