COMMISSION DECISION of 19/12/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2653 - VOESTALPINE/POLYNORM) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 016 , 19/01/2002 P. 0014 - 0014 COMMISSION DECISION of 19/12/2001 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2653 - VOESTALPINE/POLYNORM) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 19.12.2001 SG (2001) D/292920 To the notifying party: Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject:
Case No. COMP/M.2653 - VOESTALPINE / POLYNORM Notification of 21/11/2001 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 336, 30/11/2001, page 18 [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 21/11/2001, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the Austrian company Voest-Alpine Stahl AG acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the Dutch company Polynorm N.V. by way of public bid announced on 21/11/2001.
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - Voest-Alpine : Steel products - Polynorm : automobile components. 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