Commission Decision of 12/07/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6615 - NUVIA / COOR / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 12.07.2012 PUBLIC VERSION C(2012) 5022 SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE To the notifying parties: | | | | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/ M.6615 – NUVIA/ COOR/ JV Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 14.06.2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Nuvia Nordic AB ("Nuvia", Sweden), which is ultimately controlled by Vinci SA ("Vinci", France), and Coor Services Management Nuclear AB ("Coor", Sweden), which is ultimately controlled by Cinven Ltd.
("Cinven", United Kingdom), acquire within the meaning of 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control, by way of purchase of shares, of Nordic Nuclear Services AB ("JV", Sweden), a newly created joint venture. [2] 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - Coor is active in managing and developing service functions in offices, properties, production facilities and the public sector; - Nuvia is active in nuclear services; - The JV will provide nuclear services to nuclear power plants in Sweden. 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. [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]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 182, 22/06/2012, p.14 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.