Commission Decision of 06/06/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6569 - LECTA / POLYEDRA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels,06/06/2012 PUBLIC VERSION C(2012)3853 SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE To the notifying party: | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6569 - LECTA/ POLYEDRA Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 30.04.2012 the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Lecta S.A.
(“Lecta”) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Polyedra S.p.A. and Polyedra AG (together, “Polyedra”), by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Lecta: mainly active in the manufacture of coated fine paper, and, to a lesser extent in the manufacture of specialty paper, and the merchanting of paper; - for Polyedra: active in the merchanting of paper [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(c)ii 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 136 11.05.2012 p.12 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.