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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-452/division-6/1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/452",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 6 October 2004 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.3431 — Sonoco/Ahlstrom) (notified under document number C(2004) 3678) (Only the English text is authentic) (2005/452/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-452",
  "path": "division/6/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(20)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the second phase, the parties again proposed the divestment of the Ahlstrom’s core production facility located at Sveberg, Norway, to an up-front buyer. The main issues which led the Commission to refuse the divestment of Sveberg the first time in the first phase related to its isolated geographic situation and the uncertainty with respect to its financial viability.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A binding purchase agreement for the sale of Sveberg has to be concluded with a suitable buyer before the JV can be created."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:53.173737+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."
}