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) in England

EU Decision 2006/899 · Adopted 13 July 2005 · Extends to United Kingdom

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 IEXECUTIVE SUMMARY Repealed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 (1)Division (1) Repealed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 (2)Division (2) Repealed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 (3)Division (3) Repealed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 (4)Division (4) Repealed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 (5)Division (5) Repealed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 (6)Division (6) Repealed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 (7)Division (7) Repealed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 (8)Division (8) Repealed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 IIDETAILED SUMMARY Repealed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 APOWER GENERATION Repealed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 A1EQUIPMENT FOR HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS Repealed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 Relevant markets Repealed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 (9)Division (9) Repealed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 (10)Division (10) Repealed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 (11)Division (11) Repealed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 Competition assessment Repealed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for the same five-year period, the following market shares arise (accepting Siemens’s estimate of ‘others'’ sales): Repealed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 (13)Division (13) Repealed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 (14)Division (14) Repealed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 (15)Division (15) Repealed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 (16)Division (16) Repealed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 (17)Division (17) Repealed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 (18)Division (18) Repealed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 (19)Division (19) Repealed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 A2FOSSIL POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT Repealed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 (20)Division (20) Repealed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 BTRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION (T&D) EQUIPMENT Repealed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 Repealed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 (22)Division (22) Repealed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 (23)Division (23) Repealed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