# Commission Decision of 18 August 2006 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.3848 — Sea-Invest/EMO-EKOM) (notified under document number C(2006) 3710) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/687/EC) (revoked)

EU Decision 2007/687 · adopted 18 August 2006

Commission Decision of 18 August 2006 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.3848 — Sea-Invest/EMO-EKOM) (notified under document number C(2006) 3710) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/687/EC)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-687/pdf/eudn_20070687_adopted_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Commission Decision
of 18 August 2006
declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement
(Case COMP/M.3848 — Sea-Invest/EMO-EKOM)
(notified under document number C(2006) 3710)
(Only the English text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2007/687/EC) (revoked)
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On 18 August 2006 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 (the EC Merger Regulation), 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 on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition, at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competiton/index_en.html

## I SUMMARY

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## II EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

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## 1 THE RELEVANT PRODUCT MARKETS

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## 2 THE RELEVANT GEOGRAPHIC MARKETS

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## 3 COMPETITIVE ASSESSMENT

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## 1 Terminals services for hinterland traffic for coal and iron ore

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## (a) Unilateral effects

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## (i) Strengthening of ABT’s dominance in Antwerp

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## (ii) Unilateral price increase of EMO-EKOM

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## (b) Coordinated effects

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## (c) Article 2(4)

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## 2 Terminals services for transhipment traffic for coal and iron ore

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## 4 CONCLUSION

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/687 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-687
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