Commission Decision of 15/04/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3769 - THE COCA-COLA COMPANY / COCA-COLA HELLENIC BOTTLING COMPANY / MULTON) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) | |Brussels, 15.04.2005 SG-Greffe(2005) D/201787 - 201788 To the notifying Parties Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject : Case No. COMP/M. 3769 – The Coca-Cola Company/Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company/Multon Notification of 15.03.2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No.
C 70, 22.03.2005, page 12 1. On 15.03.2005 , the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertakings The Coca-Cola Company (“TCCC”, USA) and Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (“CCHBC”, Greece) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Multon (Russian Federation) by purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for TCCC : brand owner and supplier of soft drink concentrates; - for CCHBC : licensed bottler that produces and sells TCCC-branded beverages; - for Multon: bottling, distributing and marketing of fruit juices and nectars in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5 (a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004[2]. 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 (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, 05.3.2005 p.32 MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE PUBLIC VERSION