Commission Decision of 25/04/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6553 - REITAN SERVICEHANDEL / R-KIOSKI / UAB IMPRESS TEVA / OÜ LEHEPUNKT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 25.04.2012 C(2012) 2943 final PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE |To the notifying party: | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6553 - REITAN SERVICEHANDEL/ R-KIOSKI/ UAB IMPRESS TEVA/ OÜ LEHEPUNKT Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1.
On 26.03.2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Reitan Servicehandel AS (''Reitan Servicehandel'', Norway, belonging to the group Reitangruppen AS, Norway) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings R-kioski Ltd. (''R-kioski'', Finland), UAB Impress Teva (Lithuania) and OÜ Lehepunkt (Estonia) by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - Reitan Servicehandel: retail sale in small stores and kiosks in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Latvia, and press distribution in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Latvia; - R-kioski: franchise and directly-operated kiosks in Finland; - UAB Impress Teva: press distribution in Lithuania; - OÜ Lehepunkt: press distribution in Estonia [2] .
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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3] . 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] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 096, 31.03.2012, p.53 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.