97/277/EC: Commission Decision of 20 November 1996 declaring a concentration to be incompatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.784 - Kesko/Tuko) Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89
• Articles: 2

Article 1

The concentration by which Kesko Oy acquired sole control of Tuko Oy by purchase of shares is declared incompatible with the common market and with the functioning of the EEA Agreement.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to:

Kesko Oy

Satamakatu 3

FIN-00160 Helsinki.

Done at Brussels, 20 November 1996.

For the Commission

Karel VAN MIERT

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1; corrected version OJ No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13.

(2) OJ No C 130, 26. 4. 1997.

(3) See judgment of the Court of Justice of the EC in Case 56/65, Société Technique Minière v. Maschinenbau Ulm, [1966] ECR, p. 235.

(4) For example Case No IV/M.242 - Promodes/BRMC.

(5) According to the Rimi Store chain agreement, the Board can also fix prices for the basic selection.

(6) In the published version of this Decision, some information has been omitted or replaced by ranges, pursuant to Article 17 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 concerning non-disclosure of business secrets.

(7) According to statistics provided by AIM (1995).

(8) According to Kesko, the national market share of the Tarmo stores is [. . .] %.

(9) Annex witheld from public version for confidentiality reasons.

(10) 'Päivittäistavarakaupan kansainvälinen tehokkuusvertailu`, Helsinki 25 October 1991.