This Decision is addressed to the notifying parties.
Done at Brussels, 21 November 2001.
For the Commission
Mario Monti
Member of the Commission
(1) Commission Notice concerning the alignment of procedures for processing mergers under the ECSC and EC Treaties (OJ C 66, 2.3.1998, p. 36).
(2) OJ C 81 of 4.4.2003.
(3) Cases No. IV/M.0980 and IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia.
(4) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version in OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1.
(6) Cf. Case No COMP/M.2382 - Usinor/Arbed/Aceralia.
(7) Case No COMP/M.2382 - Usinor/Arbed/Aceralia.
(8) Parts of this text have been edited to ensure that confidential information is not disclosed; those parts are enclosed in square brackets and marked with an asterisk.
(9) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield. Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson. Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(10) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(11) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. See also Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield.
(12) Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson.
(13) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(14) Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed. Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. Case No IV/ECSC.1264 - Aceralia/Aristrain.
(15) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen.
(16) Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed. Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(17) Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed.
(18) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(19) Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed.
(20) Plates, known according to their thickness as heavy plates or medium plates, are rolled square or rectangular pieces made by cutting hot-rolled wide strip. Universal plates are hot-rolled flat products cut into pieces between 150 and 1250 mm wide and more than 4 mm thick.
(21) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia.
(22) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. In turn, narrow strip (or band steel), including slit strip, is produced either directly in widths of less than 600 mm or by slitting hot-rolled wide strip.
(23) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(24) Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson. Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST. Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(25) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(26) Ibidem.
(27) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(28) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen.
(29) Aluminium or zinc alloys (i.e., zinc/aluminium, zinc/nickel, etc).
(30) Paint, thin organic coatings (TOC), laminate film.
(31) Organic coating entails an added-value of 15 % to 35 % on the raw material used, depending on the exact application.
(32) Organic coated aluminium, non-coated flat carbon steel products and various other metallic and non-metallic materials.
(33) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed.
(34) In some cases, the metal is then given a further treatment which converts the coating to a zinc/iron alloy (8 % to 12 % iron), facilitating welding at the customer's premises (galvannealed).
(35) Such as aluminium, plastic, composite materials, glass and even other steel products (stainless steel, cold rolled steel, organic coated).
(36) Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(37) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(38) Case No COMP/M.1663 - Alcan/Alussuisse.
(39) Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield.
(40) Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta I. Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST. Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield.
(41) Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield. Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson.
(42) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(43) Annex I of the ECSC Treaty.
(44) Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield. Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson. Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST. Case No IV/M.1203 - Usinor/Finaverdi.
(45) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1264 - Aceralia/Aristrain. Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia. Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield. Case No IV/M.73 - Usinor/ASD. Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson. Case No IV/M.0503 - British Steel/Svensk Stal/NSD. Case No IV/M.578 - Hoogovens/Klöckner & Co. Case No IV/M.971 - Klöckner/Comercial de Laminados. Case No IV/M.918 - Klöckner/ODS. Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST. Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/M.504 - Avesta (III).
(46) Case No IV/M.971 - Klöckner/Comercial de Laminados. Case No IV/M.918 - Klöckner/ODS.
(47) Case No IV/M.578 - Hoogovens/Klöckner & Co.
(48) Case No IV/M.971 - Klöckner/Comercial de Laminados. Case No IV/M.918 - Klöckner/ODS.
(49) Case No IV/M.918 - Klöckner/ODS. Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/M.0971 - Klöckner/Comercial de Laminados.
(50) Case No IV/M.971 - Klöckner/Comercial de Laminados.
(51) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. The distribution of stainless steel products has been analysed by the Commission, inter alia, in the following Decisions: Case No COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield; Case IV/M.504 - Avesta (III); Case No. IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST; Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson.
(52) Case No IV/M.503 - British Steel/Svensk Stal/NSD.
(53) Case No IV/M.971 - Klöckner/Comercial de Laminados. Case No IV/M.918 - Klöckner/ODS.
(54) Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson.
(55) Case No IV/M.73 - Usinor/ASD.
(56) Case No IV/ECSC.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(57) Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(58) Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(59) Case No IV/ECSC.1264 - Aceralia/Aristrain. Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen.
(60) Case No IV/ECSC.1243 - Krupp Hoesch/Thyssen.
(61) Due to the lack of figures about Western Europe, the analysis has been conducted using EU data. This would not anyway change the result of the investigation, given the low impact of EFTA countries on the total Western European market.
(62) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.
(63) Case No IV/ECSC.1269 - Sollac/Aceralia/Solmed. Case No IV/CECA.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/ECSC.1237 - Arbed/Aceralia.
(64) Case No IV/CECA.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(65) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST. Case No IV/M.239 - Avesta/British Steel/NCC/AGA/Axel Johnson.
(66) Case IV/M.503 - British Steel/Svensk Stal/NSD.
(67) Case No IV/M.760 - Klöckner/ARUS.
(68) Case No IV/M.0918 - Klöckner/ODS.
(69) Case No IV/M.760 - Klöckner/ARUS. Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(70) Case No IV/CECA.1268 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre. Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(71) Case No IV/M.1329 - Usinor/Cockerill Sambre.
(72) Case IV/M.578 - Hoogovens/Klockner.
(73) Reply to the Commission's Statement of Objections p. 21.
(74) Volume II, Annex 4(1)(4) p. 26.
(75) The parties' economic consultants' report "Steel products for the automotive sector", 10 October 2001, p. 9.
(76) The parties' economic consultants' report "Steel products for the automotive sector", 10 October 2001, p. 29.
(77) See Decision of 4 December 2000 in Case COMP/ECSC.1342 - Outokumpu/Avesta Sheffield.
(78) Case No IV/M.484 - Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST.