COMMISSION DECISION of 12/10/2000 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2135 - 4* NCR/4FRONT ) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 348 , 05/12/2000 P. 0013 - 0013 COMMISSION DECISION of 12/10/2000 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2135 - 4* NCR/4FRONT ) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 12.10.2000 SG(2000) D/107520 To the notifying party Dear Sirs, Subject: Case No. COMP/M.2135 - NCR /4Front Notification of 12.09.2000 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No.
4064/89 [1] [1] OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17. Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 267 19 September 2000, page 10. 1. On 12.09.2000, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the undertaking NCR Corporation (USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking 4Front Technologies, Inc (USA) by way of purchase of shares.
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: NCR Corporation: provides a range of IT products and services both at national and international levels. 4Front Technologies Inc: providing computer services 2. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of section 4(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2]. [2] OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32. 3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement.
This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89. For the Commission, signed: Mario MONTI Member of the Commission