IVC Luxembourg S.A. / Resilient Flooring Industries S.A.

OFT closed case: Anticipated acquisition by IVC Luxembourg S.A. of Resilient Flooring Industries S.A.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 15 February 2006

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Building and construction
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 15 February 2006

Affected market: Manufacture of resilient flooring

No. ME/2222-06

The parties notified the Office of Fair Trading on 27 January 2006.  The administrative deadline is 24 March 2006.

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the Anticipated acquisition by IVC Luxembourg S.A. of Resilient Flooring Industries S.A. does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met.  A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.

Published 15 February 2006