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Commission Decision of 22 May 2007 declaring a concentration compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case COMP/M.4404 — UNIVERSAL/BMG Music Publishing) (notified under document number C(2007) 2160) (Only the English version is authentic) (2007/595/EC) (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. SUMMARY OF THE DECISION

    1. (1) This case concerns a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4...

      1. This case concerns a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4...

    2. (2) Universal is a subsidiary of Vivendi which is an international...

      1. Universal is a subsidiary of Vivendi which is an international...

    3. (3) BMG is part of the Bertelsmann group (Bertelsmann) which is...

      1. BMG is part of the Bertelsmann group (Bertelsmann) which is...

    4. (4) The market investigation has revealed that in the market for...

      1. The market investigation has revealed that in the market for...

    5. 1. The relevant product markets

      1. (5) Music publishing is the exploitation of intellectual property rights of...

        1. Music publishing is the exploitation of intellectual property rights of...

      2. (6) Music publishers exploit the rights received from authors by granting...

        1. Music publishers exploit the rights received from authors by granting...

      3. (7) The market investigation to define the relevant product markets confirmed...

        1. The market investigation to define the relevant product markets confirmed...

      4. (8) With respect to the provision of music publishing services to...

        1. With respect to the provision of music publishing services to...

    6. 2. The relevant geographic markets

      1. (9) The market investigation showed that the geographic scope with respect...

        1. The market investigation showed that the geographic scope with respect...

    7. 3. Affected markets and competition analysis

      1. (10) The notified concentration affects the market for the provision of...

        1. The notified concentration affects the market for the provision of...

      2. (11) In the markets for the provision of music publishing services...

        1. In the markets for the provision of music publishing services...

      3. (12) With respect to the exploitation of music publishing rights the...

        1. With respect to the exploitation of music publishing rights the...

      4. (13) In the market for online rights, the publishers have recently...

        1. In the market for online rights, the publishers have recently...

      5. (14) The market investigation has shown that, following the withdrawal, the...

        1. The market investigation has shown that, following the withdrawal, the...

      6. (15) The Commission had therefore concerns that the merger would give...

        1. The Commission had therefore concerns that the merger would give...

      7. Conclusion

        1. (16) It therefore can be concluded that the proposed concentration in...

          1. It therefore can be concluded that the proposed concentration in...

    8. 4. Commitments offered by the Parties

      1. (17) In order to remove the Commission’s concerns, Universal committed to...

        1. In order to remove the Commission’s concerns, Universal committed to...

    9. 5. Assessment of the commitments submitted

      1. (18) The parties significantly improved the package of remedies twice responding...

        1. The parties significantly improved the package of remedies twice responding...

      2. (19) It can therefore be concluded that, on the basis of...

        1. It can therefore be concluded that, on the basis of...

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