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However, the Commission did not have to make a decision on this issue, given that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition, irrespective of whether on-site and off-site supplies are considered to constitute a single or two separate markets.
Vendar pa Komisiji o tem vprašanju ni bilo treba sprejeti odločitve, saj transakcija ne bi bistveno ovirala učinkovite konkurence, ne glede na to, ali dobava na kraju samem in dobava na daljavo tvorita en sam ali dva ločena trga.
Ethylene glycols
Etilen glikoli
Ineos submitted that EGs constitute a separate product market, in line with a previous Commission Decision [5].
Podjetje Ineos je navedlo, da EG tvorijo ločen proizvodni trg, v skladu s prejšnjo odločbo Komisije [5].
However, in a subsequent decision [6], the Commission had noted that demand-side considerations might make it necessary to distinguish between the different types of EG. These are: mono-ethylene glycol (MEG), di-ethylene glycol (DEG) and tri-ethylene glycol (TEG).
Vendar pa je Komisija v odločbi, ki je tej sledila [6], zapisala, da bi bilo zaradi pomislekov z vidika povpraševanja morda treba razlikovati med različnimi vrstami EG. Ti so: monoetilen glikol („MEG“), dietilen glikol („DEG“) in trietilen glikol („TEG“).
MEG accounts for the great majority of the production (about 90 %), with the remaining production divided between DEG (about 9 %) and TEG (about 1 %).
Večino proizvodnje sestavlja MEG (približno 90 %), preostala proizvodnja pa je porazdeljena med DEG (približno 9 %) in TEG (približno 1 %).
In this case, the majority of market participants indicated that EGs should be further segmented into three markets, for MEG, DEG and TEG, because they are used in very different applications and are not substitutable to any extent.
V tem primeru je večina udeležencev na trgu menila, da bi bilo treba EG nadalje razdeliti na tri trge za MEG, DEG in TEG, saj se uporabljajo na zelo različne načine in nikakor niso medsebojno nadomestljivi.
However, from the supply-side point of view, MEG, DEG, TEG are invariably manufactured together and are always produced in very similar proportions.
Vendar pa se z vidika dobave MEG, DEG in TEG vedno proizvajajo skupaj in sicer v zelo podobnih razmerjih.
The exact market definition was left open as the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition with respect to EGs under any of the alternative product market definitions.
Natančna opredelitev trga ni bila izvedena, saj transakcija v okviru nobene možne opredelitve proizvodnega trga ne bi bistveno ovirala učinkovite konkurence v zvezi z EG.
In previous decisions [7] the Commission has considered the geographic dimension of the EO market to be probably Western Europe (defined as the EEA plus Switzerland) although the exact market definition was left open.
Komisija je v prejšnjih odločbah [7] kot verjeten geografski obseg trga za EO opredelila zahodno Evropo (ki jo sestavljata EGP in Švica), čeprav je vprašanje natančne opredelitve trga ostalo odprto.
In this case the relevant production plants are located in Antwerp (Belgium), Lavera (France) and Dormagen (Germany).
V tej zadevi se zadevni proizvodni obrati nahajajo v krajih Antwerp (Belgija), Lavera (Francija) in Dormagen (Nemčija).
Ineos submitted that the market is EEA-wide as EO from these plants is transported over long distances (according to Ineos’ data, in some cases more than 1000 km, although the majority of deliveries are within 600 km).
Podjetje Ineos je navedlo, da sega trg po vsem EGP, saj se EO iz teh obratov prevaža na dolge razdalje (po podatkih podjetja Ineos v nekaterih primerih tudi več kot 1000 km, čeprav se večina dobav izvrši na razdaljah do 600 km).
However, the great majority of customers and at least half of the competitors consider the geographic market to be regional.
Vendar pa velika večina kupcev in vsaj polovica konkurentov meni, da je geografski trg regionalen.
Shipping distances appear to be between 0 km to 800 km with the large majority between 0 to 600 km, due to transport costs and the hazardous nature of the product.
Zdi se, da se zaradi stroškov prevoza in nevarnih lastnosti proizvoda prevozne razdalje gibljejo med 0 in 800 km, z veliko večino med 0 in 600 km.
According to the limitations on transport distance, the Commission identified possible regional markets for EO as: (i) United Kingdom and Ireland, (ii) Nordic countries (Norway, Sweden and Finland), (iii) Mainland North-West Europe, or MNWE (the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Austria, Central and Northern France), (iv) the Mediterranean basin (Italy, Portugal, Southern France, and Spain), and (v) Central and Eastern Europe.
Komisija je zaradi omejitev glede prevoznih razdalj določila naslednje možne regionalne trge za EO: (i) Združeno kraljestvo in Irska, (ii) nordijske države (Norveška, Švedska in Finska), (iii) celinski del severo-zahodne Evrope (Nizozemska, Danska, Belgija, Luksemburg, Nemčija, Avstrija, srednja in severna Francija), (iv) mediteransko območje (Italija, Portugalska, južna Francija in Španija), in (v) srednja in vzhodna Evropa.
In addition, the Commission found out that regional price differences and limited trade flows tend to confirm this geographic market segmentation.
Nadalje je Komisija ugotovila, da cenovne razlike po regijah in omejeni tržni tokovi potrjujejo takšno razdelitev geografskih trgov.
However, it was not necessary to conclude as to the exact geographic market definition for EO as the Commission found out that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition on either possible geographic market (an EEA-wide geographic wide or a MNWE market, the only regional market where both parties were active).
Vendar pa ni bilo nujno določiti natančne opredelitve geografskega trga za EO, saj je Komisija ugotovila, da ta transakcija ne bi bistveno ovirala učinkovite konkurence na nobenem od možnih geografskih trgov (na trgu z obsegom celotnega EGP ali na trgu celinskega dela severo-zahodne Evrope, edinem trgu, na katerem sta prisotni obe stranki).
Ineos submitted, in line with what has been argued in previous decisions [8], that the relevant geographic market for EGs is at least Western Europe and even global.
V skladu s trditvami iz prejšnjih odločb [8] je podjetje Ineos navedlo, da upoštevni geografski trg za EG obsega vsaj vso zahodno Evropo ali celo ves svet.
This is because EGs are not hazardous products and, in consequence, they are easily transportable.
To je zato, ker EG niso nevarni proizvodi in jih je torej lažje prevažati.
Prices are comparable at a global level, and imports into the EEA, mainly from Middle East and Russia, represent around 13 % of the total EEA consumption.
Cene so primerljive na svetovni ravni, uvoz v EGP, večinoma z Bližnjega vzhoda in iz Rusije, pa pomeni približno 13 % skupne potrošnje v EGP.
The vast majority of the respondents to the market investigation confirmed that the geographic market is at least EEA-wide.
Velika večina izprašanih v tržni preiskavi je potrdila, da geografski trg sega vsaj po vsem EGP.
However, for the purposes of the decision, the exact market definition was left open as the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the common market or a substantial part of it under any alternative geographic market definitions.
Vendar za potrebe te odločbe natančna opredelitev trga ni bila izvedena, saj transakcija v okviru nobene možne opredelitve geografskega trga ne bi bistveno ovirala učinkovite konkurence na skupnem trgu ali na njegovem večjem delu.
The overall size of the EO market in the EEA, including production for captive use, is around 3000 ktpa (kilotonnes per annum).
Skupen obseg trga za EO v EGP, vključno s proizvodnjo za lastno porabo, je približno 3000 kiloton na leto.
The merchant market represents around 18 % of the total production or about 560 ktpa, of which about 33 % by value is accounted for by on-site customers and 67 % by off-site customers.
Prodajni trg znaša približno 18 % skupne proizvodnje ali približno 560 kiloton na leto, od česar kupijo 33 % kupci na kraju samem, 67 % pa kupci na daljavo.
In terms of market structure, the transaction is a merger between two of the three largest EO suppliers giving rise to combined market shares above 45 % under any reasonable definition of the relevant product and geographic markets for EO.
Glede na tržno strukturo pomeni transakcija združitev dveh od treh največjih dobaviteljev EO, kar bi povzročilo skupni tržni delež več kot 45 % po vseh logičnih opredelitvah upoštevnih proizvodnih in geografskih trgov za EO.
The combined entity’s closest competitor, Shell, represents (15-25) % of the overall merchant market for both on-site and off-site supplies.
Delež podjetja Shell, največjega konkurenta združenega subjekta, znaša 15–25 % skupnega prodajnega trga za kupce na kraju samem in za kupce na daljavo.
All the remaining competitors have market shares below 10 % (many below 5 %) for both total and off-site sales.
Tržni deleži vseh preostalih konkurentov znašajo manj kot 10 % (veliko jih znaša manj kot 5 %) za skupno prodajo in prodajo na daljavo.
However, taking into account that the merchant market represents a fairly small proportion of total production, relatively small changes in the overall production may have a significant impact on the merchant market.
Vendar ob upoštevanju dejstva, da prodajni trg pomeni precej majhen delež skupne proizvodnje, lahko nanj močno vplivajo razmeroma majhne spremembe v skupni proizvodnji.
As a result, in its assessment the Commission concentrated on the importance of integrated producers’ captive use of EO and its impact on sales to third parties.
Zato se je Komisija v svoji oceni osredotočila na pomen lastne porabe EO celostnih proizvajalcev in njenega vpliva na prodajo tretjim osebam.
The Commission examined the conditions relating to the supply of EO and, in particular, those factors capable of constraining the behaviour of the combined entity on the merchant market for EO.
Komisija je proučila okoliščine, povezane z dobavo EO, in še zlasti dejavnike, ki lahko omejujejo ravnanje združenega subjekta na prodajnem trgu za EO.
In order to do so, the Commission identified the main aspects on which the availability of EO on the merchant market depends: the production capacity for EO; the purification capacity; the downstream uses of EO, in particular the split between EGs and other uses; the incentives to use additional EO internally and/or sell to the merchant market.
V ta namen je Komisija določila glavne vidike, od katerih je odvisna razpoložljivost EO na prodajnem trgu: – proizvodna zmogljivost za EO; – zmogljivost prečiščevanja; – uporaba EO v nadaljnjih proizvodnih procesih, zlasti razdelitev na EG in druge vrste uporabe; – spodbude, da se dodaten EO porabi interno in/ali se ga proda na prodajnem trgu.
First, the Commission assessed whether currently the parties’ competitors have sufficient spare EO capacity to supply the merchant market.
Prvič, Komisija je ocenila, ali imajo trenutno konkurenti strank zadostne rezervne zmogljivosti za EO, da bi lahko oskrbovali prodajni trg.
In this regard, it is the purification capacity that is critical as merchant market sales are only of purified EO.
V tem smislu je odločilna zmogljivost prečiščevanja, saj se na prodajnem trgu prodaja samo prečiščen EO.
The investigation showed that although the parties’ plants represent an important part of the spare purification capacity, their competitors’ spare capacity would be able to constrain the parties’ anticompetitive behaviour as they represent significant volumes compared to the relatively small merchant market.
Preiskava je pokazala, da bi se kljub temu, da tovarni strank pomenita pomemben del rezervne zmogljivosti prečiščevanja, njuno nekonkurenčno ravnanje lahko omejilo z rezervnimi zmogljivostmi njunih konkurentov, saj proizvajajo velike količine glede na sorazmerno majhen prodajni trg.
Also, an important part of the Commission assessment in this case was focused on a relationship between the production of purified EO and EGs. A reduction in the production of EGs may enable integrated producers (those producers making both EO and EGs) to increase their purified EO production.
Poleg tega se je v tej zadevi precejšen del ocene Komisije osredotočil na razmerje med proizvodnjo prečiščenega EO in EG. Zmanjšanje proizvodnje EG bi lahko celostnim proizvajalcem (tistim, ki proizvajajo EO in EG) omogočilo povečati lastno proizvodnjo prečiščenega EO.
This relationship is based on the fact that both products use the same raw material (unpurified EO) and, consequently, a reduction in the production of EGs will release unpurified EO which could be used for the production of additional quantities of purified EO — subject to purification capacity constraints.
To razmerje temelji na dejstvu, da se za oba proizvoda uporablja ista surovina (neprečiščen EO), in zaradi tega bi zmanjšanje proizvodnje EG sprostilo neprečiščen EO, ki bi se nato lahko porabil v proizvodnji dodatnih količin prečiščenega EO – v skladu z omejitvami zmogljivosti prečiščevanja.
Ineos submitted that MEG is used as a swing product allowing EO producers to switch to and from the supply of EO or other EO derivatives depending on market conditions.
Podjetje Ineos je navedlo, da se MEG uporablja kot izdelek za prehod, ki proizvajalcem EO omogoča, da z EO preidejo na kakšen drug derivat EO ali obratno, glede na razmere na trgu.
In order to prove it, Ineos submitted two econometric studies showing that, in the past, the parties’ competitors were able to increase their production of purified EO at the expense of the production of glycols in response to outages at the Ineos and BP Dormagen Businesses’ plants.
Da bi to dokazalo, je podjetje Ineos predložilo dve ekonometrični študiji, ki kažeta, da so bila v preteklosti konkurenčna podjetja strank sposobna povečati svojo proizvodnjo prečiščenega EO na račun proizvodnje glikolov kot odgovor na prekinitve proizvodnje v tovarnah podjetij Ineos in BP Dormagen Business.
It was found that reductions in the EO sales by the affected plants were (to some extent) offset by increased EO sales by competitors.
Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je zmanjšanje prodaje EO prizadetih podjetij (do neke mere) povzročilo večjo prodajo EO na strani konkurenčnih podjetij.
The Commission concluded that although these studies had some limitations, they indicated a potential for such competitors to counteract anticompetitive behaviour of the combined entity.
Čeprav so te študije do neke mere omejene, Komisija sklepa, da nakazujejo možnost, da se ta konkurenčna podjetja zoperstavijo protikonkurenčnemu ravnanju združenega subjekta.
The Commission then estimated how big this potential swing from glycols to purified EO could be, taking into account all capacity constraints.
Komisija je nato glede na omejenost zmogljivosti ocenila, kako velik bi bil ta možni prehod od glikolov na prečiščen EO.
The Commission found that in case of the largest foreseeable reduction in production of glycols the potential swing from glycols to purified EO could, in case of unilateral price increase by the merged entity, bring to the EO merchant market quantities that are significant compared to the current overall size of that market.
Komisija je ugotovila, da bi lahko možni prehod od glikolov na prečiščen EO v primeru največjega predvidljivega zmanjšanja proizvodnje glikolov in enotnega zvišanja cen združenega subjekta na prodajni trg za EO prispeval količine, ki so precejšnje v primerjavi s sedanjim skupnim obsegom tega trga.
The Commission also took into consideration the impact of new glycols capacity coming on stream in the Middle East and Asia on the market situation in Europe.
Komisija je prav tako upoštevala, kako nove zmogljivosti za glikole, ki postajajo dostopne na Bližnjem vzhodu in v Aziji, vplivajo na tržne razmere v Evropi.
It found that these new EO production capacities were likely to result in an increase of exports of EGs to the EEA and that as a result a decrease in EG production in the EEA could be expected.
Ugotovila je, da lahko te nove zmogljivosti za proizvodnjo EO povzročijo povečanje izvoza EG v EGP in da bi bilo zaradi tega lahko pričakovati zmanjšanje proizvodnje EG v EGP.
This in turn could increase the availability of EO in the EEA for third party sales and the in-house production of other EO derivatives.
To bi nato lahko povečalo dostopnost EO v EGP za prodajo tretjim osebam in proizvodnjo drugih EO derivatov v tovarni sami.
Accordingly, the Commission considered it appropriate to assess the impact of the operation in a prospective manner, that is in relation to the forecast and reasonably expected developments in the future.
V skladu s tem je Komisija menila, da bi bilo primerno oceniti možne vplive dejanja, glede na predviden in logično pričakovan razvoj dogodkov v prihodnosti.
The Commission’s investigation showed that the total spare capacity for the production of EO in the EEA is expected to grow in the coming years and utilisation rates will be lower.
Preiskava Komisije je pokazala, da bo po pričakovanjih skupna rezervna zmogljivost za proizvodnjo EO v EGP v prihajajočih letih narasla in da bodo stopnje izkoriščenosti nižje.
Although the spare purification capacity is expected to decrease in the near future, however, as the merchant market is relatively small and is not expected to increase substantially in the near future, the remaining spare purification capacity can still act as a constraint on unilateral increases in prices by the combined entity.
Čeprav se bo po pričakovanjih rezervna zmogljivost prečiščevanja v bližnji prihodnosti zmanjšala, lahko preostala rezervna zmogljivost prečiščevanja še vedno služi kot ovira proti enostranskemu zvišanju cen združenega subjekta, saj je prodajni trg sorazmerno majhen in se po pričakovanjih v bližnji prihodnosti ne bo znatno povečal.
Additionally, in order to assess the impact of the anticipated increase in imports of glycols from the Middle East on the European EO merchant market, future economic incentives of EO producers to supply the merchant market were taken into account.
Nadalje so bile upoštevane prihodnje ekonomske spodbude proizvajalcev EO za dobavo na prodajni trg, da bi ocenili vpliv pričakovanega povišanja uvoza glikolov z Bližnjega vzhoda na evropski prodajni trg za EO.
In order to compensate the predicted downturn in EO consumption for glycols and in order to keep the utilisation rates for EO production at the highest possible levels, EO producers would need to find other outlets for their supply of EO.
Da bi uravnotežili predviden upad potrošnje EO za glikole in obdržali stopnje izkoriščenosti proizvodnje EO na najvišji možni ravni, bi proizvajalci EO za svojo dobavo EO morali poiskati druge prodajne trge.
As all other EO derivatives (apart from glycols) and the merchant market require purified EO, European EO producers would have incentives to increase their current purification capacities.
Ker je za vse druge derivate EO (razen glikolov) in za prodajni trg potreben prečiščen EO, bi bila to za evropske proizvajalce EO spodbuda, da povečajo svoje trenutne zmogljivosti prečiščevanja.
The Commission found that expansion in the purification sections of EO production is less expensive and often does not need to be accompanied by other investments across the plant.
Komisija je ugotovila, da je širitev prečiščevalnih oddelkov proizvodnje EO cenejša in zanjo večinoma niso potrebne druge spremljajoče naložbe v tovarni.
Assuming that competitors will be able to increase their current purification capacities in order to absorb the expected decrease in production of glycols, the extent of these increases depends upon EO producers’ captive use of EO for EODs, their ability to increase their EODs capacities and their incentives to use EO captively or sell it to the merchant market.
Če se predvideva, da bodo konkurenčna podjetja zmogla povečati svoje trenutne prečiščevalne zmogljivosti, da bi ublažila pričakovan upad v proizvodnji glikolov, bo obseg teh povečanj odvisen od lastne porabe proizvajalcev EO za EOD, njihove zmožnosti povečanja svojih zmogljivosti za EOD in spodbud, da EO porabijo sama ali ga prodajo na prodajnem trgu.
The Commission’s investigation revealed that in the near future, the EODs’ capacity of integrated producers will be partially constrained due to increased demand for EODs.
Preiskava Komisije je razkrila, da bodo v bližnji prihodnosti zmogljivosti celostnih proizvajalcev za EOD deloma omejene zaradi povečanega povpraševanja po EOD.
Increases in EODs production capacity are more costly and take more time than increases in EO purification capacity.
Povečanje zmogljivosti za proizvodnjo EOD je dražje in zahteva več časa kot povečanje zmogljivosti za prečiščevanje EO.
Therefore, a significant impediment of effective competition in the merchant market for EO can be ruled out.
Zato se lahko izključijo resne ovire za učinkovito konkurenco na prodajnem trgu za EO.
EO customers will have supply alternatives which will be sufficient to constrain the combined entity’s behaviour.
Kupcem EO bodo ponujene druge dobavne možnosti, ki bodo dovolj učinkovito omejevale ravnanje združenega subjekta.
Glycols
Glikoli
World production and consumption of EG is estimated at some 17000 ktpa, of which EEA production is around 1700 ktpa for a demand of some 1950 ktpa.
Ocenjuje se, da znaša svetovna proizvodnja in potrošnja EG približno 17000 kiloton na leto, od tega se v EGP proizvede približno 1700 kiloton na leto, povpraševanje pa znaša 1950 kiloton na leto.
World demand over recent years has been relatively stable, due in particular to the demand in China and the Far East for MEG used for polyester textiles.
V zadnjih letih je bilo svetovno povpraševanje razmeroma enakomerno, zlasti zaradi povpraševanja po MEG za proizvodnjo tekstila iz poliestra na Kitajskem in na Daljnem vzhodu.
This has, in turn, stimulated investments in substantial new EG capacity in Asia and the Middle East scheduled to come on stream over the next few years.
To pa je spodbudilo naložbe v precejšnje nove zmogljivosti za EG v Aziji in na Bližnjem vzhodu, katerih začetek delovanja se načrtuje v naslednjih nekaj letih.
The Commission’s investigation indicated that the combined entity’s market share on a global merchant market did not exceed 5 % for any possible product market definition.
Preiskava Komisije je pokazala, da tržni delež združenega subjekta na svetovnem prodajnem trgu za nobeno možno opredelitev proizvodnega trga ni presegel 5 %.
On an EEA-wide merchant market, the combined entity’s share did not exceed 20 % for any relevant product market.
Na prodajnem trgu, ki obsega EGP, delež združenega subjekta za noben upoštevni proizvodni trg ni presegel 20 %.
Also the combined entity would face competition from various strong competitors such as BASF, MEGlobal, Sabic, Shell, Clariant as well as from imports.
Združenemu subjektu bi konkurirala tudi razna močna konkurenčna podjetja, kot so BASF, MEGlobal, Sabic, Shell, Clariant, ter uvozniki.
In the light of the combined entity’s limited market share, the presence of significant competitors with comparable or larger market shares and the predicted downturn in glycols production in Europe (as a result of increased imports), the Commission concluded that the proposed transaction does not raise competition concerns in the market for EG.
Zaradi omejenega tržnega deleža združenega subjekta, prisotnosti pomembnih konkurenčnih podjetij s primerljivimi ali večjimi tržnimi deleži in predvidenega upada proizvodnje glikolov v Evropi (kot posledica povečanega uvoza) Komisija sklepa, da predlagana transakcija ne povzroča pomislekov o konkurenci na trgu za EG.
For the reasons set out above, the Commission concluded that the proposed concentration does not significantly impede effective competition in the common market or a substantial part of it, in particular as a result of the creation or strengthening of a dominant position.
Iz zgoraj navedenih razlogov je Komisija sklenila, da predlagana koncentracija ne ovira bistveno učinkovite konkurence na skupnem trgu ali na njegovem znatnem delu, zlasti kot posledica oblikovanja ali krepitve prevladujočega položaja.