14.12.2013 Official Journal of the European Union L 336/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1269/2013 of 5 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European concentration and that the most important internal documents prepared by the undertakings concerned discussing the concentration are submitted. Union, (3) In order to simplify and expedite the examination of . . concentrations that are unlikely to raise competition Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic concerns, it is furthermore desirable to provide that a Area, larger number of concentrations may be notified using the short form prescribed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) . _ _ No 802/2004. Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the EC Merger Regulation) ('), and in particular Article 23(1) thereof, 4)  The Commission should be able to specify and modify, from time to time, the format and the number of copies requested of submissions by notifying parties, other After consulting the Advisory Committee on concentrations, involved parties and third parties, taking into account developments in information and communication tech- nology and the need to provide copies of certain Whereas: documents to Member States. This applies in particular to notifications, reasoned submissions, comments in response to objections addressed by the Commission to (1)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 () requires notifying parties as well as to commitments offered by the use of standard forms for the notification of concen- the.undertakmgs concqned pursuant to Article 6(_2) or trations pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) Article 8(2) of RegU1at10n (EC) No 139 2004' D§talls of No 139/2004 and reasoned submissions for the referral the number of copies apd the format of 1nf0}rmat1qn and of concentrations to the Commission or to a Member doc.u.ments to be provided shoul.d be published in the State pursuant to Article 4(4) or (5) of Regulation (EC) Official Journal of the European Union. No 139/2004. Those forms are set out in the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 802/2004. (5)  In order to enable the Commission to exchange views with competition authorities outside the European () In order to simplify and expedite the examination of Economic PI)Area regarding the examination of nogfied notifications and reasoned submissions, and in view of concentrations freely and in Conﬁdencey the rlght of the fexperience gained with t}(lie staniard forms fO(lif access to the Commission’s file should not extend to notifying  concentrations and  making  reasone correspondence between the Commission and those submissions, the information requirements laid down in Compgitjon authorities. those forms should be updated, streamlined and reduced. At the same time, the forms should ensure that sufficient information is provided regarding the structure of the (6) It should be clarified that written proof of representatives’ () OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. () Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 of 21 April 2004 imple- menting Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (O] L 133, 30.4.2004, p. 1). authority to act is required where notifications are signed by authorised external representatives of persons or of undertakings. It should also be clarified that notifications must contain the information requested in the applicable