17.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 338/107 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of 13 December 2013 amending the recognition of Det Norske Veritas pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations (notified under document C(2013) 8876) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/765/EV) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European which operated under the non-operational entity GL Group, financially controlled by the holding Mayfair, established in Germany. Union, (6)  On 10 June 2013, the Commission received a notifi- ) ) cation of a proposed concentration pursuant to Having regard to Regulation (EQ) No 391 /2-009 of the European Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (%) Parliament and of the Coun.c11 (?f 23 {\pnl 2009 on common by which SDNV acquires, within the meaning of rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organi- Atticle 3(1)(b) of that Regulation, sole control of GL SE sations ('), and in particular Article 4(1) and Article 16 thereof, and combines it with its subsidiary DNV Group AS, thereafter to be renamed DNV GL Group AS. Whereas: (7 On 15 July 2013, the Commission adopted a decision (1)  Pursuant to Articde 16(1) of Regulation (EC) No pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulatio‘n to 391/2009, the Commission is to verify that the holder not oppose the concentration, referred to as ‘Case of the recognition granted in accordance with Article 2(c) COMP/M.6885 — SDNV/Germanischer Lloyd, and to 08 5 L declare it compatible with the internal market and Article 4(3) of that Regulation is the relevant legal cclare 1 p : entity within the organisation to which the provisions of that Regulation apply. If that is not the case, the Commission is to take a decision amending that recog- (8)  The non-operational entity DNV GL Group AS, estab- nition. lished in Norway, became effective on 12 September 2013. The Parties informed the Commission that, until the start of joint operations, the legacy organisations (2)  The recognitions of the two organisations Det Norske DNV AS and GL SE continued to exist and to operate Veritas and Germanischer Lloyd (‘the Parties) were independently under the umbrella of DNV GL Group AS granted in 1995 under Council Directive 94/57/EC (). in accordance with their respective legacy rules, procedures and systems. (3)  Pursuant to Article 15(1) of Regulation (EC) No 391 /2009, the Parties retained their resp ective recog- (9 The ownership of GL SE was transferred to DNV AS, nitions at the entry into force of that Regulation. thereafter renamed DNV GL AS. From this moment, which marks the commencement of joint operations, o . ) DNV GL AS, with its subsidiaries, is responsible for all (4)  The initial recognition of Det Norske Veritas was granted classification and certification activities falling within the to the legal entity DNV Classification AS, later on scope of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009. DNV GL AS is renamed DNV AS, which operated under the non-oper- therefore the relevant parent entity of all legal entities ational entity DNV Group AS, financially controlled by that constitute the recognised organisation, and to the non-profit foundation Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas which the recognition should be granted. (SDNV’), established in Norway. (55 The initial recognition of Germanischer Lloyd was (10)  Conversely, GL SE is no longer the relevant parent entity granted to the legal entity Germanischer Lloyd AG, later on established as Germanischer Lloyd SE (‘GL SE), () OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 11. (%) Council Directive 94/57/EC of 22 November 1994 on common of the organisation, to which the provisions of Regu- lation (EC) No 391/2009 should apply. Therefore, its recognition pursuant to Article 4 of that Regulation should cease. (®) Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the EC Merger Regulation) (O] L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1). rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organizations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (O] L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 20).