Commission Decision of 21/03/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2734 - SANMINA-SCI / ALCATEL) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Official Journal 091 , 17/04/2002 P. 0007 - 0007 Commission Decision of 21/03/2002 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.2734 - SANMINA-SCI / ALCATEL) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 21/03/2002 SG (2002) D/229001 To the Notifying Parties Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject:
Case No. COMP/M.2734 - SANMINA-SCI CORPORATION / ALCATEL Notification of 21.2.2002 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 54, 01/03/2002, Page 9. [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 21.2.2002, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the undertaking Sanmina-SCI Corporation ("Sanmina-SCI";
USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of three of Alcatel's electronic manufacturing facilities based at Cherbourg (France), Gunzenhausen (Germany) and Toledo (Spain) (the "Target Businesses") by way of purchase of assets. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for undertaking Sanmina-SCI: provider of electronics manufacturing services ("EMS"). - for undertaking Target Businesses: manufacturing of communications products. 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 Mario MONTI Member of the Commission