2.3.98 Official Journal of the European Communities L e61/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 447/98 of 1 March 1998 on the notifications, time limits and hearings provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (*), and in particular Article 23 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation No 17 of 6 February 1962, First Regulation implementing Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty (%), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 24 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1017/68 of 19 July 1968 applying rules of competition to transport by rail, road and inland waterway (*), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 29 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4056/86 of 22 December 1986 laying down detailed rules for the (Y OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrected version, O] L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13. (%) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1. () OJ 13, 21.2.1962, p. 204/62. (*) OJ L 175, 23.7.1968, p. 1. application of Articles 85 and 86 of the Treaty to maritime transport (°), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 26 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3975/87 of 14 December 1987 laying down the procedure for the application of the rules on competition to undertakings in the air transport sector (°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2410/92 (7), and in particular Article 19 thereof, Having consulted the Advisory Committee on Concentrations, (1)  Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 and in particular Article 23 thereof has been amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97; (2) Whereas Commission Regulation (EC) No 3384/94 (%), implementing Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89, must be modified in order to take account of those amendments; whereas experience in the application of Regulation (EC) No 3384/94 has revealed the need to improve certain procedural aspects thereof; whereas for the sake of clarity it should therefore be replaced by a new regulation; (5) OJ L 378, 31.12.1986, p. 4. (6) OJ L 374, 31.12.1987, p. 1. (7) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 18. ()) OJ L 377, 31.12.1994, p. 1.