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99/287/EC: Commission Decision of 8 July 1998 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case IV/M.1069 - WorldCom/MCI) (notified under document number C(1998) 1887) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

99/287/EC: Commission Decision of 8 July 1998 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case IV/M.1069 - WorldCom/MCI) (notified under document number C(1998) 1887) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)

Decision · 2 articles

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Article 1

The concentration notified by WorldCom, Inc. and MCI Communications Corporation on 20 November 1997, relating to the full merger between the notifying parties, is declared compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement, subject to the condition of full compliance with the undertakings given by the notifying parties to the Commission, as set out in Section VII of this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to: WorldCom, Inc. 515 East Amite Street Jackson Mississippi 39201-2702 United States of America MCI Communications Corporation 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006-3060 United States of America Done at Brussels, 8 July 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 L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1. (3) OJ C 122, 4.5.1999. (4) Case IV/34.857, OJ L 223, 27.8.1994, p. 36. (5) Case IV/35.337, OJ L 239, 19.9.1996, p. 23. (6) Case IV/35.617, OJ L 239, 19.9.1996, p. 57. (7) Case IV/35.738, OJ L 318, 20.11.1997, p. 24. (8) Case IV/35.830, OJ L 318, 20.11.1997, p. 1. 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