COMMISSION DECISION of 13/12/2000 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2236 - 4* SHFCLP (LA POSTE)/MAYNE NICKLESS EUROPE) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 368 , 21/12/2000 P. 0005 - 0005 COMMISSION DECISION of 13/12/2000 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2236 - 4* SHFCLP (LA POSTE)/MAYNE NICKLESS EUROPE) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 13.12.2000 To the notifying party Dear Madam and Sir, Subject:
Case No. COMP/M.2236-SHFCLP (LA POSTE) / MAYNE NICKLESS EUROPE Notification of 10.11.2000 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. C326 of 17.11.2000 1. On 10.11.2000, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the undertaking SHFCLP, belonging to La Poste, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of Mayne Nickless Europe Limited ("MNE") by way of purchase of shares.
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - SHFCLP: Holding company for La Poste - La Poste: Postal services and financial services - MNE: Document and parcel delivery; logistics 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 paragraph 4, subparagraph (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. To the extent that restrictions specified by the parties are directly related and necessary to the implementation of the concentration, these restrictions are covered pursuant to Article 6(1)(b), second subparagraph, of Council Regulation (EEC) No.
4064/89. 4. 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, Mario Monti Member of the Commission