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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-188/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/188",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 19 July 2004 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.3333 — SONY/BMG) (notified under document number C(2004) 2815) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/188/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-188",
  "path": "division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(1)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On 9 January 2004, the Commission received a notification under Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (the Merger Regulation) of a transaction whereby Bertelsmann AG (Bertelsmann) and Sony Corporation of America, belonging to the Sony group (Sony), contribute the global recorded music businesses of the parties (excluding Sony’s activities in Japan) into a joint venture. This joint venture shall be operated under the name Sony BMG and will be active in the discovery and the development of artists (so-called A&R) and the subsequent marketing and sale of recorded music. Sony BMG will not engage in related activities such as music publishing, manufacturing and distribution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A&R = Artist and Repertoire; the music industry’s equivalent of research and development."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/188/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:58.626458+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}