Commission Decision of 02/02/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6049 - COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN / TRAKYA / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels , 2.2.2011 SG-Greffe(2011) D/1729/1730 C(2011) 710 final PUBLIC VERSION MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE To the notifying parties Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6049 - COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN/ TRAKYA/ JV Notification of 22/12/2010 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 4, 07/01/2011, p.5 1.
On 22/12/2010, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Saint-Gobain Glass France, a subsidiary of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A. ("Saint-Gobain", France) and Traky Cam Sanayii A.S. ("Trakya", Turkey) belonging to the Sisecam group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Trakya Glass Rus ZAO ("JV", Russia) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - Saint-Gobain is mainly engaged in the production and sale of glass, ceramics, plastics and building materials.
It is also active in the distribution of building materials in several EEA-countries, - Trakya activities encompass mainly the production and sale of glass, glassware, glass packaging and chemicals, - The JV will be active in the manufacture and sale of glass in Russia. 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation 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 European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement.
This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation. For the Commission (signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director General [1]OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ("the Merger Regulation"). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of "Community" by "Union" and "common market" by "internal market". The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision. [2] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.