Commission Decision of 09/01/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6768 - REGGEBORGH / KONINKLIJKE VOLKER WESSELS STEVIN) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 09.01.2013 C(2013) 65 PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE To the notifying party: Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6768- REGGEBORGH/ KONINKLIJKE VOLKER WESSELS STEVIN Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 29 November 2012 the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings Victor Rijssen B.V., Revius B.V. and Arend Rijssen B.V., all belonging to the Reggeborgh Group ("Reggeborgh", The Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3 (1) (b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Koninklijke Volker Wessels Stevin N.V.
("KVWS", The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares. [2] 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Reggeborgh: private equity investment company active in various sectors such as the (mid-stream) trade and supply of petroleum products, design and supply of access to (glass fibre) telecom networks, construction services, waste incineration and agriculture. - for KVWS: construction services, including residential, non-residential, and infrastructural building projects, and real estate services. 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(d) 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 377, 7.12.2012, p. 18. [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.