COMMISSION DECISION of 27/09/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2559 - USG/DEUTSCHE PERLITE) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 296 , 23/10/2001 P. 0022 - 0022 COMMISSION DECISION of 27/09/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2559 - USG/DEUTSCHE PERLITE) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 27.09.2001 SG (2001) D/291577/291578 To the notifying parties Dear Sirs, Subject: Case No.
COMP/M. 2559 - USG/Deutsche Perlite/JV Notification of 24 August 2001 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 247, 05.09.2001. 1. On 24.08.2001, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the US undertaking USG Interiors, Inc., belonging to the USG Group ("USG"), and the German undertaking Deutsche Perlite GmbH ("DP"), belonging to the German Knauf group ("Knauf"), acquire joint control of the newly created Joint Venture company Knauf-USG Systems GmbH & Co.
KG ("JV") to which they will contribute their entire cement board activities in Europe. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - for Deutsche Perlite GmbH: production and distribution of building materials on the basis of perlite. - for Knauf Group: production and distribution of building materials including gypsum boards and other wall and floor-cladding panels. - for USG Interiors, Inc., and the USG Group: production and distribution of building materials including wall, ceilings and other claddings. 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 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. 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