No L 134/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 5. 6. 96 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 20 September 1995 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (IV/M.553 — RTL/Veronica/Endemol) (Only the English text is authentic) (96/346/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings ('), and in particular Articles 8 (3) and 22 thereof, Having regard to the Commission Decision of 22 May 1995 to initiate proceedings in this case, Having given the undertakings concerned the opportunity to make known their views on the objections raised by the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations (3), Whereas: (), On 21 April 1995 the Commission received a request from the Dutch Government pursuant to Article 22 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Merger Regulation) to examine the proposed joint venture Holland Media Groep SA (HMG) between RTL 4 SA (RTL), Vereniging Vero- nica Omroeporganisatie (Veronica) and Endemol Entertainment Holding BV (Endemol). The opera- tion was made known to the Dutch Government on 23 March 1995 by means of a press release sent {") OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p, 1. Corrigendum: OJ No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13. () OJ No C 160, 5. 6. 1996, p. 3. @ by the parties to the Dutch Government. The request pursuant to Article 22 has therefore been made within the one-month period provided for in Article 22 (4). After examination of the abovementioned request the Commission found that this request was admis- sible within the meaning of Article 22 of the Merger Regulation and that the concentration raised serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market. By decision of 22 May 1995, the Commission accordingly initiated proceedings pursuant to Article 6 (1) (c) in conjunction with Article 22 of the Merger Regulation. 1. PARTIES RTL is a company incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg which supplies mainly Dutch- speaking TV and radio programmes broadcast under the responsibility of Compagnie Luxembouz- geoise de Télédiffusion (CLT). CLT holds — directly and indirectly — 47,27 % of the share capital of RTL. CLT is a broadcasting company, established under the laws of Luxembourg, involved in television, radio, publishing and related businesses in various national markets. The consoli- dated turnover of CLT in 1993 was ECU 1937 million. The Dutch publishing company NV Vere- nigd Bezit (VNU) holds indirectly 38 % in RTL. RTL broadcasts two free commercial TV channels in the Dutch language, RTL 4 and RTL 5, which are directed to the Netherlands.