Commission Decision of 20 11 1996 Declaring a Concentration to Be Incompatible with the Common Market (Case No IV/M.784 -Kesko
Commission Decision of 20 11 1996 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.784 -Kesko/Tuko) Council Regulation (EEC) N/ 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and in particular Article 57(2)a thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) N/ 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings1, as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Articles 8(3) and 22 thereof, Having regard to the Commission decision of 26 July 1996 to initiate proceedings in this case, Having given the undertakings concerned the opportunity to make known their views on the objections raised by the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations2, WHEREAS : 1 OJ N0 L 395, 30.12.1989, p1; corrected version OJ N/ L 257, 21.09.1990, p. 13. 2 OJ N/ C ...,...199. , p.... 2 1 The procedure under consideration concerns a request from the Finnish Office of Free Competition pursuant to Article 22 of Regulation 4064/89 (the Merger Regulation) to examine the acquisition of Tuko Oy by Kesko Oy. The request was received by the Commission on 26 June 1996. The operation was made known to the Office of Free Competition on 27 May 1996 by means of a press release sent from Kesko Oy. The request pursuant to Article 22 has therefore been made within the one month period provided for in Article 22(4).
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