98/475/EC: Commission Decision of 11 February 1998 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case No IV/M.986 - Agfa-Gevaert/DuPont) (notified under document number C(1998) 1290) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)
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Subject to their fulfilment of the conditions in Article 2, the concentration by which Agfa-Gevaert AG and Agfa-Gevaert NV (hereinafter referred to as 'Agfa`), propose to take over the graphic arts business of E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Company is hereby declared compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement.
Agfa shall comply fully with the commitments set out in paragraphs (a) to (e) of recital 110. Agfa shall submit to the Commission, on the first occasion by 31 March 1998 and thereafter once every year, a report and enclosures as described in recital 118.
This Decision is addressed to: Bayer AG D-51368 Leverkusen. Done at Brussels, 11 February 1998. For the Commission Karel VAN MIERT Member of the Commission (1) OJ L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13. (2) OJ C 238, 29. 7. 1998. (3) In the published version of this Decision, some information has been omitted or replaced by approximations, pursuant to Article 17(2) of the Merger Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 concerning non-disclosure of business secrets. (4) OJ C 372, 9. 12. 1997, p. 19. (5) Business secret: all annexes are deleted for publication. (6) OJ C 32, 30. 1. 1998, p. 5.
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