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Commission Decision of 13 July 2005 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement — Case No COMP/M.3625 — Blackstone/Acetex (notified under document number C(2005) 2672) (Only the English text is authentic) (2005/839/EC) (revoked) in Wales

EU Decision 2005/839 · Adopted 13 July 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Decision

of 13 July 2005

declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement — Case No COMP/M.3625 — Blackstone/Acetex

(notified under document number C(2005) 2672)

(Only the English text is authentic)

(2005/839/EC) (revoked)

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On 13 July 2005 the Commission adopted a Decision in a merger case under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings, and in particular Article 8(1) of that Regulation. A non-confidential version of the full Decision can be found in the authentic language of the case and in the working languages of the Commission on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition, at the following address: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/index_en.html

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Decision revoked (31.12.2020) by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, reg. 34(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Contents

  1. (1)Division (1) Repealed
  2. (2)Division (2) Repealed
  3. (3)Division (3) Repealed
  4. (4)Division (4) Repealed
  5. (5)Division (5) Repealed
  6. (6)Division (6) Repealed
  7. ITHE RELEVANT MARKETS Repealed
  8. Relevant product markets Repealed
  9. (7)Division (7) Repealed
  10. (8)Division (8) Repealed
  11. (9)Division (9) Repealed
  12. (10)Division (10) Repealed
  13. (11)Division (11) Repealed
  14. Relevant geographic markets Repealed
  15. (12)The key issue in this case was to define the relevant geographic scope for acetic acid, VAM and acetic anhydride. The parties submitted that the geographic markets were global and based their view on five main points: Repealed
  16. (13)Division (13) Repealed
  17. (14)Division (14) Repealed
  18. (15)Division (15) Repealed
  19. (16)Division (16) Repealed
  20. IIASSESSMENT Repealed
  21. (17)Division (17) Repealed
  22. (18)Division (18) Repealed
  23. (19)Division (19) Repealed
  24. (20)Division (20) Repealed
  25. (21)Division (21) Repealed
  26. (22)Division (22) Repealed
  27. (23)Division (23) Repealed
  28. (24)Division (24) Repealed
  29. IIICONCLUSION Repealed
  30. (25)Division (25) Repealed

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ITHE RELEVANT MARKETSF1

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(12)The key issue in this case was to define the relevant geographic scope for acetic acid, VAM and acetic anhydride. The parties submitted that the geographic markets were global and based their view on five main points:F1

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