L 225/12 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.8.1999 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 18 February 1998 imposing fines for failing to notify and for putting into effect a concentration in breach of Article 4(1) and Article 7(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Case IV/M.920 — Samsung/AST) (notified under document number C(1998) 392) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/594/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 ('), as amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 14(1)(a) and (2)(b) thereof, 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: (1)  On 22 April 1997, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (the Merger Regulation’) by which the undertaking Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (‘Samsung’) was to acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of AST Research, Inc. (‘AST) by way of public bid announced on 14 April 1997. The notification was declared incomplete on 24 April 1997, and Samsung was requested to provide further information. On 28 April 1997 the Commission was satisfied that all the information required had been supplied and it declared the notification complete. On 21 April 1997 the notifying parties submitted a request for derogation from the obligation not to put the concentration into effect pursuant to Article 7(4) of the Merger Regulation. They withdrew that request by letter of 7 May 1997. (*) O] L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrected version, O] L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13. () O] C 241, 26.8.1999.