No L 251/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 10. 95 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 21 December 1994 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.484 — Krupp/Thyssen/Riva/Falck/Tadfin/AST) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (95/421/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 Article 8 (2) thereof ('), Having regard to the Commission’s decision of 21 October 1994 to initiate proceedings in this case, After consultation of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations (9, Whereas : (1) On 22 July 1994 the proposed acquisition of the Italian steel producer Acciai Speciali Terni SpA (AST) by a German/Italian consortium, involving Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp (Krupp) and Thyssen Stahl AG (Thyssen) on the German side and AFL Falck (Falck), Tadfin SpA (Tadfin) and FLRE. Finanziaria SpA (Riva) on the Italian side, was notified under Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (") OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1 ; corrected version O] No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13, @ OJ No C 274, 19. 10. 1995, p. 3. ) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Merger Regulation’). Since the notification was at first incomplete, the periods referred to in Article 10 of the Merger Regulation began to run from 21 September 1994, the day following the day of receipt of the complete information. 1. THE PARTIES Krupp comprises a group of companies, the prin- cipal activities of which include steelmaking, mechanical engineering, process plant engineering, automotive parts and components manufacture, and trading and services. The main activities of Thyssen are the manufacture and distribution of steel products, including crude steel production and flat and long products. Riva is the holding company of the Riva Group, the companies within which are engaged in the manufacture and distribution of steel products. Falck is the holding company of the Falck Group, the companies within which are engaged in the manufacture and distribution of steel products, the generation and sale of electricity, real estate ad- ministration and environmental technology.