91/595/EEC: Commission Decision of 31 July 1991 declaring the compatibility of a concentration with the common market (Case No IV/M012 Varta/Bosch) Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the German text is authentic)

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The proposed concentration notified by Varta Batterie AG and Robert Bosch GmbH is hereby declared compatible with the common market, subject to the obligations set out in Article 2.

Article 2

In order to ensure independence between Deta/Mareg and Varta/Bosch the following obligations are attached to this Decision:

(a) Varta will terminate the licence agreement with Deta/Mareg at the earliest possible termination date. The agreement provides for termination on 31 December 1993. With the coming into effect of the termination, any right to use intellectual property rights will also terminate.

Any new licence agreements on starter batteries shall be concluded only with the consent of the Commission;

(b) Varta shall ensure that there will be no overlapping membership of the boards (supervisory, management board) of Varta and Deta/Mareg. This obligation will come into force with the next appointment of the Varta supervisory board in the summer of 1993;

(c) For the purpose of this Article,

(i) Varta means Varta AG, Varta Batterie AG and any company controlled by any part of the Varta Group;

(ii) Deta/Mareg means Delton AG, CEAG Industrie-Aktien und Anlagen AG, Deta Akkumulatorenwerke GmbH, Mareg Akkumulatoren GmbH and any company controlled by the Delton/CEAG/Deta/Mareg group of companies.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to:

Varta Batterie AG,

Am Leineufer 51,

D-3000 Hannover 21,

and

Robert Bosch GmbH,

D-7000 Stuttgart 10. Done at Brussels, 31 July 1991. For the Commission

Leon BRITTAN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1, amended version: OJ No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13. (2) OJ No C 302, 22. 11. 1991, p. 6. (3) In the published version of the Decision, some information has hereinafter been omitted, pursuant to the provisions of Article 17 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 concerning non-disclosure of business secrets. (4) 1983 ECR. 3461.