The notified acquisition of sole control of Mannesmann Rexroth AG by Robert Bosch GmbH is hereby declared compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement, on condition that the commitments entered into by the notifying parties, which are set out in the Annex to this Decision, are fulfilled.
This Decision is addressed to:
Robert Bosch GmbH Zentralabteilung Recht z.Hd. Herrn RA Dr. Dieter Berg Robert-Bosch-Platz 1 D - 70839 Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe
Mannesmann Rexroth AG z.Hd. Herrn Dr. Albert Hieronimus Jahnstraße 3-5 D - 97816 Lohr am Main
Done at Brussels, 12 January 2001.
For the Commission
Mario Monti
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, 9.7.1990, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 39, 13.2.2004.
(4) See Commission Decision COMP/M.1795 of 12 April 2000.
(5) 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.
(6) See Case No IV/M.152 - Volvo/Atlas.
(7) Pumps with a fixed delivery.
(8) Pumps with variable delivery.
(9) Value relating to the time constant, i.e. the time required to transform an (electrical) input signal into a hydraulic output signal.
(10) Maximum difference in the same output signal in passing through the full signal area (i.e. outward and return).
(11) Problems in the final control element of a control circuit below the response threshold of a constantly adjustable valve.
(12) See Case IV/M.152 Volvo/Atlas, recitals 15 et seq.
(13) The one exception is a small fixed-displacement radial piston pump produced by Rexroth.
(14) The full wording of the commitments is given in the annex, and forms an integral part of this Decision.
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
The full text of the commitments referred to in Article 1 may be consulted on the following Commission website:
Internet: http://europa.eu.int/comm/ competition/mergers/cases/ decisions/m2060_de.pdf