Commission Decision of 06/04/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2383 - VNU / RCS EDITORI) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 127 , 27/04/2001 P. 0008 - 0008 Brussels, 06.04.2001 SG (2001) D/287572 To the notifying parties Dear Sirs, Subject: Case No. COMP/M. 2383 – VNU/ RCS EDITORI Notification of 06.03.2001 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 83, 14.03.2001, page 11 1. On 06.03.2001, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No.
4064/89 by which the undertakings RCS Editore SpA (“RCS”) e VNU N.V. (“VNU”) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation, joint control of Claritas Italia by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - for RCS: publishing, bookselling and advertising; - for VNU: publishing and information; - for Claritas Italia: marketing information in Italy. 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, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [2].
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 (sgned) [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. [2] OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32. --------------------------------------------------