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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Decision revoked (31.12.2020) by The Competition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/93), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 2 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1343, reg. 34(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
On 22 May 2007 the Commission adopted a Decision in a merger case under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings, and in particular Article 8(2) of that Regulation. A non-confidential version of the full Decision can be found in the authentic language of the case and in the working languages of the Commission on the website of the Directorate-General for Competition, at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/index_en.html

SUMMARY OF THE DECISION
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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. The relevant product markets
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(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. The relevant geographic markets
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(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Affected markets and competition analysis
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(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Conclusion
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(16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Commitments offered by the Parties
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(17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5. Assessment of the commitments submitted
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(18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .