19.1.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 14/35

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.4941 — Henkel/Adhesives and Electronic Materials Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 14/12)

1.

On 11 January 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Henkel KGaA (‘Henkel’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the adhesives and electronic materials business (the ‘A & E Business’) that Akzo Nobel N.V. (‘Akzo’, Netherlands) recently acquired from Imperial Chemical Industries PLC (‘ICI’, United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares. The A & E Businesses currently form part of the National Starch and Chemical Company, within ICI.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Henkel: production and supply of laundry and home care products, cosmetics and toiletries, adhesives, sealants and surface treatment products,

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for A & E Business: production and supply of industrial adhesives and electronic materials as well as certain industrial surface treatment products.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4941 – Henkel/Adhesives and Electronic Materials Business, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.