COMMISSION DECISION of 20/09/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2549 - SANMINA/SCI SYSTEMS) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 296 , 23/10/2001 P. 0023 - 0023 COMMISSION DECISION of 20/09/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2549 - SANMINA/SCI SYSTEMS) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 20.09.2001 SG (2001) D/291531 To the notifying party Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject:
Case No. COMP/M.2549 - SANMINA/SCI SYSTEMS Notification of 17.08.2001 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 241, 29.08.2001, page 15. [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. 1. On 17.08.2001, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the undertaking Sanmina, Corp.
("Sanmina") acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking SCI Systems, Inc. ("SCI") by way of public bid announced on 16.07.2001. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - for undertaking Sanmina: Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) - for undertaking SCI: Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) 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]. [2] OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32. 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 (Signed) Mario MONTI Member of the Commission