Commission Decision of 01/04/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3700 - EDP / LOGICACMG / EDINFOR) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) | |Brussels, 01/04/2005 SG-Greffe(2005) D/201589/90 To the notifying parties Dear Sir, Subject : Case No COMP/M.3700 – EDP/LogicaCMG/Edinfor Notification of 23/02/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] . Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 055, 04/03/2005 Page 3 Date of notification : 23.02.2005 Legal Deadline :
04.04.2005 1. On 23.02.2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking LogicaCMG Corporate Holdings Ltd, controlled by LogicaCMG plc (“LogicaCMG”, UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Edinfor – Sistemas Informáticos, S.A. (“Edinfor”, Portugal), currently solely controlled by the group EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. (“EDP”, Portugal), by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
3. for EDP: generation, distribution and supply of electricity, telecommunications, information technology, engineering, professional training and real estate; 4. for LogicaCMG: IT services; 5. for Edinfor: IT services. 6. After examination of the notification, the Commission finds that the notified transaction falls within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and of paragraph 5(c)(i) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[2]. 7. 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 (EC) No. 139/2004. For the Commission (signed)Neelie KROES Member of the Commission [1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p.1 [2] OJ C 56, 05.03.2005 p.32 PUBLIC VERSION MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE