Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 5/5/2023 - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
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Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
5.5.2023
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 160/1
II
Information
INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES
AND AGENCIES
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
COMMISSION NOTICE
on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation EC No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings 2023/C 160/01
I. INTRODUCTION
1.
The Commissions experience in applying Council Regulation EC No 139/2004 1 has shown that certain categories of concentrations are generally not likely to raise competition concerns. The purpose of this Notice is to set out the conditions under which the Commission will review, in a streamlined manner, certain concentrations and provide guidance on the simplified procedure laid down in Annex II to Commission Regulation EU 2023/914
of 20 May 2023 implementing Council Regulation EC No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings the Implementing Regulation 2. This Notice replaces the Notice from 2013 3and will be applicable as of the day of the entry into force of the Implementing Regulation.
2.
The Commission will review, under the simplified procedure, concentrations that meet the conditions laid down in point 5 of this Notice, provided none of the safeguards or exclusions set out in Section II.C of this Notice apply 4.
For those concentrations, the Commission adopts a short-form decision declaring that a concentration is compatible with the internal market within 25 working days from the date of notification, pursuant to Article 61b of the Merger Regulation 5. Furthermore, the Commission may in certain circumstances use the flexibility clause set out in points 8 and 9 of this Notice to review, under the simplified procedure, certain concentrations that do not meet the conditions laid down in point 5 of this Notice, provided none of the safeguards or exclusions set out in Section II.C apply 6. However, the Commission may launch an investigation, adopt a full decision or do both under the Merger Regulation in respect of a proposed concentration, even if the proposal falls under the categories in this Notice, in particular if any of the safeguards or exclusions set out in Section II.C of this Notice apply.
1 Council Regulation EC No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings the Merger Regulation OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1, available at https eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=celex%3A32004R0139.
2 OJ L 119, 5.5.2023, p. 22.
3 Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation EC No 139/2004
OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5, available at https eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A52013XC1214%2802%29.
4 See Section II.C of this Notice.
5 The notification requirements are set out in Annex I and II to the Implementing Regulation.
6 See Section II.C of this Notice.
