Commission Decision of 08/05/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6860 - VOLVO / DONGFENG MOTOR GROUP COMPANY / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic) |EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 8.5.2013 C(2013) 2843 final PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE To the notifying parties Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6860 - VOLVO/ DONGFENG MOTOR GROUP COMPANY/ JV Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 9.4.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking AB Volvo ('Volvo', Sweden) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles Company Limited ('DFCV', PRC), previously solely controlled by Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited ('DFG', PRC), by way of purchase of shares [2] .
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for AB Volvo : production of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. - for DFG : production of trucks, buses, passenger cars, automotive engines, automotive components and parts and vehicle manufacturing equipment. - for DFCV : production of trucks, buses, engines, axles and transmissions. 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]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 109, 16.4.2013, p.9 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.