Commission Decision of 07/12/2000 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2206 - RATOS / QUALITY-LABORATORIES) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 160 , 02/06/2001 P. 0047 - 0047 Commission Decision of 07/12/2000 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2206 - RATOS / QUALITY-LABORATORIES) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 07/12/2000 SG(2000)D/109065 To the notifying parties Dear Sirs, Subject:
Case No. COMP/M.2206 - Ratos AB/Quality Laboratories Notification of 27.09.2000 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 325, 16/11/2000, p. 3 1. On 7 November 2000, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/891, by which Ratos AB (publ) ("Ratos") acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Quality-Laboratories Sweden AB ("Q-Labs"), currently controlled by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ) ("Ericsson") and Det Norske Veritas AS ("Veritas"), by way of purchase of newly issued shares.
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - Ratos is a capital investment company. - Ericsson is a supplier in the telecommunications and data communications industry. - Veritas is a provider of safety and reliability services. - Q-Labs is a software-engineering consultant. 3. 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 paragraph 4(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2].
4. [2] OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32. 5. 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,