Commission Decision of 30/03/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6510 - REMONDIS / SORTIVA / STAM PAPIER RECYCLING) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 30.03.2012 C(2012) 2307 PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE To the notifying parties Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6510 – REMONDIS / SORTIVA / STAM PAPIER RECYCLING Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 5 March 2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Sortiva B.V.
("Sortiva", the Netherlands) and Remondis Nederland B.V. ("Remondis", the Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Sortiva Papier en Kunststoffen B.V. ("Sortiva P&K", the Netherlands) and Stam Papier-Recycling B.V. ("Stam", the Netherlands), by way of a purchase of shares. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Remondis: the collection, separation and sorting of paper, cardboard and other waste flows. - for Sortiva: the separation, sorting and recycling of non-hazardous waste flows, such as wood and rubble. - for Sortiva P&K: the separation and sorting of paper and cardboard. - for Stam: the collection, separation and sorting of paper and cardboard, and archive destruction. [2] 2.
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(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3] . 3. 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] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 71, 09.03.2012, p. 32 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.