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Commission Decision of 13 July 2005 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.3653 — Siemens/VA Tech) (notified under document number C(2005) 2676) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006//EC) (revoked)

EU Decision 2006/899 · 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 EEA Agreement

(Case No COMP/M.3653 — Siemens/VA Tech)

(notified under document number C(2005) 2676)

(Only the German text is authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006//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(2) 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://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html.

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Textual amendments

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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. IEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Repealed
  2. (1)Division (1) Repealed
  3. (2)Division (2) Repealed
  4. (3)Division (3) Repealed
  5. (4)Division (4) Repealed
  6. (5)Division (5) Repealed
  7. (6)Division (6) Repealed
  8. (7)Division (7) Repealed
  9. (8)Division (8) Repealed
  10. IIDETAILED SUMMARY Repealed
  11. APOWER GENERATION Repealed
  12. A1EQUIPMENT FOR HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS Repealed
  13. Relevant markets Repealed
  14. (9)Division (9) Repealed
  15. (10)Division (10) Repealed
  16. (11)Division (11) Repealed
  17. Competition assessment Repealed
  18. (12)For the period from 2000 to 2004 Siemens estimates its combined EEA market share together with VA Tech at [40-50] % (Voith Siemens [20-30] %, VA Tech [20-30] %). VA Tech's estimate is [40-50] %, whereas Alstom puts Siemens/VA Tech's combined market share at 61 %. Customers’ market share estimates are generally in the same range, although one smaller competitor (Andino) believes that Siemens/VA Tech has 70 % of the EEA market. Based on the turnover figures submitted by the main competitors for the same five-year period, the following market shares arise (accepting Siemens’s estimate of ‘others'’ sales): Repealed
  19. (13)Division (13) Repealed
  20. (14)Division (14) Repealed
  21. (15)Division (15) Repealed
  22. (16)Division (16) Repealed
  23. (17)Division (17) Repealed
  24. (18)Division (18) Repealed
  25. (19)Division (19) Repealed
  26. A2FOSSIL POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT Repealed
  27. (20)Division (20) Repealed
  28. BTRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION (T&D) EQUIPMENT Repealed
  29. (21)Like power generation equipment, the T&D market comprises a wide range of different components that are supplied to customers (mainly national grid operators and local/regional electricity distributors) at a certain level of aggregation. Based on Siemens/VA Tech's horizontal overlap, Siemens proposes to define relevant markets at the level of the product groups listed under a.-e. below. Repealed
  30. (22)Division (22) Repealed
  31. (23)Division (23) Repealed
  32. (24)The following market share estimates provided by Siemens in the notification as well as the identity of the competitors in each market were largely confirmed by the market investigation. The exception is the market for high-voltage turnkey projects, where no other market participant estimated Siemens’s market share as high as [50-60] %. However, the turnkey market comprises a range of products and components and allocating sales to turnkey services, as opposed to underlying components, may be handled differently by respondents to the market investigation. Repealed
  33. (25)Division (25) Repealed
  34. (26)Division (26) Repealed
  35. (27)Division (27) Repealed
  36. (28)Division (28) Repealed
  37. (29)Division (29) Repealed
  38. (30)Division (30) Repealed
  39. (31)Division (31) Repealed
  40. (32)Division (32) Repealed
  41. (33)Division (33) Repealed
  42. (34)Division (34) Repealed
  43. (35)Division (35) Repealed
  44. (36)Division (36) Repealed
  45. (37)Division (37) Repealed
  46. CRAIL TECHNOLOGY Repealed
  47. C1RAIL ROLLING STOCK Repealed
  48. (38)Division (38) Repealed
  49. (39)Division (39) Repealed
  50. (40)Division (40) Repealed
  51. (41)Division (41) Repealed
  52. C2CATENARY WIRES Repealed
  53. (42)Division (42) Repealed
  54. C3TRACTION POWER SUPPLY Repealed
  55. (43)Division (43) Repealed
  56. (44)Division (44) Repealed
  57. C4LEVEL CROSSINGS Repealed
  58. (45)Division (45) Repealed
  59. DFREQUENCY INVERTERS Repealed
  60. (46)Division (46) Repealed
  61. (47)Division (47) Repealed
  62. EMETALLURGICAL AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PLANT BUILDING Repealed
  63. 1RELEVANT PRODUCT MARKETS Repealed
  64. aFundamental distinctions Repealed
  65. (48)Division (48) Repealed
  66. (49)Division (49) Repealed
  67. (50)Division (50) Repealed
  68. (51)Division (51) Repealed
  69. bMechanical metallurgical plant building Repealed
  70. (52)Division (52) Repealed
  71. (53)Division (53) Repealed
  72. (54)Division (54) Repealed
  73. cElectrical metallurgical plant building Repealed
  74. (55)Division (55) Repealed
  75. No uniform market Repealed
  76. (56)Division (56) Repealed
  77. (57)Division (57) Repealed
  78. (58)Division (58) Repealed
  79. (59)Division (59) Repealed
  80. Possible separate submarkets for individual process areas or steps Repealed
  81. (60)Division (60) Repealed
  82. Separate submarkets for level-1 and level-2 automation? Repealed
  83. (61)Division (61) Repealed
  84. Separate markets for the iron and steel sector and the aluminium sector, in particular for aluminium hot and cold rolling Repealed
  85. (62)Division (62) Repealed
  86. Possible market for IT solutions for plant logistics/MES/level 3 Repealed
  87. (63)Division (63) Repealed
  88. dMaintenance and services Repealed
  89. (64)Division (64) Repealed
  90. eElectrical industrial plant building in non-metal sectors Repealed
  91. (65)Division (65) Repealed
  92. fConclusion concerning the definition of product market in the areas of metallurgical plant building and industrial plant building in other branches Repealed
  93. (66)For the purposes of this Decision, therefore, the product markets are deemed to be the following in the area of mechanical metallurgical plant building: Repealed
  94. (67)For the purposes of this Decision, the product markets are deemed to be the following in the area of electrical metallurgical plant building: Repealed
  95. (68)Division (68) Repealed
  96. (69)Division (69) Repealed
  97. 2RELEVANT GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS Repealed
  98. aMechanical metallurgical plant building Repealed
  99. (70)Division (70) Repealed
  100. (71)Division (71) Repealed
  101. bElectrical metallurgical plant building Repealed
  102. (72)Division (72) Repealed
  103. (73)Division (73) Repealed
  104. (74)Division (74) Repealed
  105. (75)Division (75) Repealed
  106. (76)Division (76) Repealed
  107. cMaintenance and services Repealed
  108. (77)Division (77) Repealed
  109. (78)Division (78) Repealed
  110. dElectrical industrial plant building in other areas Repealed
  111. (79)Division (79) Repealed
  112. (80)Division (80) Repealed
  113. 3COMPETITION ASSESSMENT Repealed
  114. aMechanical metallurgical plant building Repealed
  115. (81)Division (81) Repealed
  116. (1)Market conditions Repealed
  117. (82)Division (82) Repealed
  118. (83)Division (83) Repealed
  119. (84)Division (84) Repealed
  120. (85)Division (85) Repealed
  121. (2)Overall market for mechanical metallurgical plant building in the area of iron and steel or overall market for mechanical metallurgical plant building including non-ferrous metals: significant impediment to effective competition Repealed
  122. (86)Division (86) Repealed
  123. (87)Division (87) Repealed
  124. (88)Division (88) Repealed
  125. (89)Division (89) Repealed
  126. (90)Division (90) Repealed
  127. (91)Division (91) Repealed
  128. (92)Division (92) Repealed
  129. (93)Division (93) Repealed
  130. (94)Division (94) Repealed
  131. (95)Division (95) Repealed
  132. (3)Submarkets of mechanical metallurgical plant building: Creation of a dominant position Repealed
  133. (96)Division (96) Repealed
  134. (97)Division (97) Repealed
  135. (98)Division (98) Repealed
  136. (99)Division (99) Repealed
  137. bElectrical metallurgical plant building Repealed
  138. Market for electrical metallurgical plant building (level 0-2, iron/steel), possible process area and process step markets Repealed
  139. Market structure and market shares Repealed
  140. (100)Division (100) Repealed
  141. Market shares Repealed
  142. (101)Division (101) Repealed
  143. (102)Division (102) Repealed
  144. (103)Division (103) Repealed
  145. (104)Division (104) Repealed
  146. Tender analysis Repealed
  147. (105)Division (105) Repealed
  148. (106)Division (106) Repealed
  149. Effect of Siemens's shareholding in SMS Repealed
  150. (107)Division (107) Repealed
  151. Possible level 1 and 2 automation markets Repealed
  152. (108)Division (108) Repealed
  153. (109)Division (109) Repealed
  154. Electrical metallurgical plant building for aluminium hot rolling and aluminium cold rolling Repealed
  155. (110)Division (110) Repealed
  156. (111)Division (111) Repealed
  157. (112)Division (112) Repealed
  158. IT solutions for plant logistics/MES/level 3 Repealed
  159. (113)Division (113) Repealed
  160. Conclusion on a possible overall market for electrical metallurgical plant building including all the above submarkets and on all possible submarkets Repealed
  161. (114)Division (114) Repealed
  162. cMetallurgical plant maintenance and servicing Repealed
  163. (115)Division (115) Repealed
  164. (116)Division (116) Repealed
  165. dElectrical industrial plant building in other sectors Repealed
  166. (117)Division (117) Repealed
  167. eConclusions on the electrical metallurgical plant building markets and on the market/s for electrical industrial plant building in non-metallurgical sectors Repealed
  168. (118)Division (118) Repealed
  169. FLV SWITCHGEAR AND COMPONENTS Repealed
  170. (119)Division (119) Repealed
  171. (120)Division (120) Repealed
  172. GBUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT Repealed
  173. 1RELEVANT PRODUCT MARKETS Repealed
  174. G1Building technology Repealed
  175. (121)Division (121) Repealed
  176. (122)Division (122) Repealed
  177. G2Facility management Repealed
  178. (123)Division (123) Repealed
  179. 2RELEVANT GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS Repealed
  180. G1Building technology Repealed
  181. (124)Division (124) Repealed
  182. G2Facility management Repealed
  183. (125)Division (125) Repealed
  184. 3COMPETITION ASSESSMENT Repealed
  185. G1Building technology Repealed
  186. (126)Division (126) Repealed
  187. (127)Division (127) Repealed
  188. (128)Division (128) Repealed
  189. (129)Division (129) Repealed
  190. G2Facility management Repealed
  191. (130)Division (130) Repealed
  192. HINFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATIONS AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR ROPEWAYS Repealed
  193. H1TRAFFIC INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATIONS Repealed
  194. (131)Division (131) Repealed
  195. H2WATER TREATMENT INSTALLATIONS Repealed
  196. (132)Division (132) Repealed
  197. H3ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT FOR ROPEWAYS Repealed
  198. (133)Division (133) Repealed
  199. IOTHER IT SERVICES Repealed
  200. (134)Division (134) Repealed
  201. CONCLUSIONS Repealed
  202. (135)Division (135) Repealed
  203. JCOMMITMENTS Repealed
  204. (136)Division (136) Repealed
  205. (137)Division (137) Repealed
  206. (138)Division (138) Repealed
  207. (139)Division (139) Repealed
  208. KCONCLUSION Repealed
  209. (140)Division (140) Repealed
  210. IIIADVISORY COMMITTEE Repealed
  211. (141)Division (141) Repealed
  212. (142)Division (142) Repealed