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lpv:spoken text	". According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@en⁴
lpv:translated text	"According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@cs¹ "I henhold til fusionsforordningen kan Kommissionen ikke tage mediernes pluralitet i betragtning som et retligt kriterium, når den træffer afgørelse om, hvorvidt en fusion med en fællesskabsdimension er forenelig med det fælles marked. Når Kommissionen laver sin vurdering, må den kun tage hensyn til konkurrencemæssige eller økonomiske kriterier, når den træffer afgørelse om, hvorvidt den pågældende transaktion hæmmer konkurrencen på det fælles marked betydeligt. Men uanset Kommissionens enekompetence til at undersøge fusioner med en fællesskabsdimension står der i forordningens artikel 21, stk. 4, at medlemsstaterne kan træffe passende foranstaltninger til at beskytte andre legitime interesser end de i forordningen anførte, forudsat at de er forenelige med fællesskabsrettens generelle principper og øvrige bestemmelser. Blandt de legitime interesser, der anerkendes specifikt i fusionsforordningen, er mediernes pluralitet. "Medlemsstatens ret til at påberåbe sig mediernes pluralitet er en anerkendelse af det legitime ønske om at bevare forskelligartede informationskilder af hensyn til holdningspluralitet og mangeartet brug." Dette ville omfatte den objektive information, som medlemmet nævner i sit spørgsmål. Det fremgår tydeligt af det foregående, at medlemsstaterne bør prioritere at træffe passende foranstaltninger i henhold til deres nationale lovgivning for at beskytte mediernes pluralitet, hvis den legitime interesse er truet af en fusion med en fællesskabsdimension. Endelig vil Kommissionen påpege, at målet med fusionsforordningen, nemlig at bevare og udvikle konkurrencedygtige markedsstrukturer, i hvert fald til en vis grad i praksis harmonerer med beskyttelsen af mediernes pluralitet. Når Kommissionen vurderer, hvorvidt en fusion med fællesskabsdimension hæmmer konkurrencen på et mediemarked, undersøger den naturligvis graden af koncentration og dermed indirekte graden af pluralisme på markedet."@da² ". Laut Fusionskontrollverordnung kann die Kommission bei Entscheidungen darüber, ob ein Firmenzusammenschluss mit gemeinschaftlicher Dimension mit dem gemeinsamen Markt vereinbar ist, den Pluralismus der Medien nicht als rechtliches Kriterium heranziehen. Bei der Beurteilung, ob die fragliche Transaktion den Wettbewerb auf dem gemeinsamen Markt maßgeblich einschränkt, darf sie lediglich wettbewerbsrelevante bzw. wirtschaftliche Kriterien in Betracht ziehen. Unbeschadet der ausschließlichen Zuständigkeit der Kommission für die Prüfung von Zusammenschlüssen mit gemeinschaftlicher Dimension sieht Artikel 21 Absatz 4 der Verordnung jedoch vor, dass die Mitgliedstaaten geeignete Maßnahmen zum Schutz anderer berechtigter Interessen als derjenigen treffen können, welche in dieser Verordnung berücksichtigt werden, sofern diese Interessen mit den allgemeinen Grundsätzen und den übrigen Bestimmungen des Gemeinschaftsrechts vereinbar sind. Die in der Fusionskontrollverordnung konkret erwähnten berechtigten Interessen umfassen auch die Medienvielfalt: „Die Möglichkeit der Mitgliedstaaten, sich auf die ‚Medienvielfalt’ zu berufen, entspricht dem berechtigten Anliegen der Aufrechterhaltung diversifizierter Informationsquellen im Interesse des Meinungs- und Ausdruckspluralismus.“ Das dürfte sich auch auf die in der Frage der verehrten Abgeordneten angesprochenen objektiven Informationen erstrecken. Aus dem Vorstehenden folgt, dass die Mitgliedstaaten im Rahmen ihrer nationalen Rechtsvorschriften vordringlich Maßnahmen zur Sicherung der Medienvielfalt ergreifen sollten, falls dieses berechtigte Interesse durch einen Zusammenschluss mit gemeinschaftlicher Dimension bedroht wird. Die Kommission stellt abschließend fest, dass das Ziel der Fusionskontrollverordnung, also der Schutz und die Entwicklung von wettbewerbsfähigen Marktstrukturen, in der Praxis zumindest bis zu einem gewissen Grad mit dem Schutz der Medienvielfalt einhergehen kann. Wenn die Kommission prüft, ob eine Fusion mit gemeinschaftsweiter Bedeutung den Wettbewerb auf dem Medienmarkt behindert, dann prüft sie zwangsläufig das Maß der Konzentration und damit indirekt das Maß des Pluralismus auf diesem Markt."@de⁹ "Σύμφωνα με τον κανονισμό για τις συγχωνεύσεις, η Επιτροπή δεν μπορεί να λαμβάνει υπόψη την πολυφωνία των μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης ως νομικό κριτήριο όταν αποφασίζει για το αν μια συγχώνευση με κοινοτική διάσταση συμβιβάζεται με την κοινή αγορά. Κατά τη διεξαγωγή της εκτίμησης της, έχει δικαίωμα να λαμβάνει υπόψη μόνο κριτήρια που σχετίζονται με τον ανταγωνισμό ή οικονομικά κριτήρια όταν αποφασίζει αν η υπό εξέταση συναλλαγή εμποδίζει σημαντικά τον ανταγωνισμό στην κοινή αγορά. Εντούτοις, παρά την αποκλειστική αρμοδιότητα της Επιτροπής να εξετάζει συγχωνεύσεις με κοινοτική διάσταση, το άρθρο 21, παράγραφος 4, του κανονισμού προβλέπει ότι τα κράτη μέλη δύνανται να λαμβάνουν κατάλληλα μέτρα για να προστατεύουν τα νόμιμα συμφέροντά τους πέρα από τα μέτρα τα οποία προβλέπει ο κανονισμός, εφόσον συμβαδίζουν με τις γενικές αρχές και άλλες διατάξεις του κοινοτικού δικαίου. Τα νόμιμα συμφέροντα που αναγνωρίζονται ειδικά από τον κανονισμό περί συγχωνεύσεων περιλαμβάνουν την πολυφωνία των μέσων ενημέρωσης. «Το δικαίωμα του κράτους μέλους να επικαλεστεί την πολυφωνία των μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης αναγνωρίζει το θεμιτό ενδιαφέρον να διατηρηθούν ποικίλες πηγές πληροφοριών υπέρ του πλουραλισμού των απόψεων και της πολλαπλότητας της χρήσης». Σε αυτό φαίνεται ότι περιλαμβάνεται η αντικειμενική πληροφόρηση, την οποία αναφέρει η αξιότιμη βουλευτής στην ερώτησή της. Είναι σαφές από τα παραπάνω ότι τα κράτη μέλη πρέπει να λάβουν επειγόντως κατάλληλα μέτρα στο πλαίσιο της εθνικής νομοθεσίας τους, προκειμένου να διασφαλίσουν την πολυφωνία των μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης σε περίπτωση που αυτό το νόμιμο συμφέρον απειλείται από μια συγκέντρωση με κοινοτική διάσταση. Τέλος, η Επιτροπή επισημαίνει ότι, στην πράξη, ο στόχος του κανονισμού περί συγκεντρώσεων, δηλαδή η διατήρηση και η ανάπτυξη ανταγωνιστικών δομών της αγοράς, μπορεί να συμβαδίζει, τουλάχιστον έως κάποιο βαθμό, με τη διαφύλαξη της πολυφωνίας των μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης. Όταν η Επιτροπή εξετάζει αν μια συγκέντρωση με κοινοτική διάσταση εμποδίζει τον ανταγωνισμό στην αγορά των μέσων μαζικής ενημέρωσης, εξετάζει απαραίτητα το βαθμό της συγκέντρωσης και, συνεπώς, έμμεσα το βαθμό της πολυφωνίας στην αγορά."@el¹⁰ ". De acuerdo con el Reglamento comunitario sobre concentraciones de empresas, la Comisión no puede tomar el pluralismo de los medios de comunicación como un criterio jurídico cuando decide si una fusión de empresas con una dimensión comunitaria es compatible con el mercado común. Al llevar a cabo su evaluación, únicamente está facultada para considerar los criterios económicos o relacionados con la competencia a la hora de determinar si la transacción en cuestión impide de forma considerable la competencia en el mercado común. Sin embargo, a pesar de la competencia exclusiva de la Comisión para examinar las concentraciones de empresas con una dimensión comunitaria, el apartado 4 del artículo 21 del Reglamento establece que los Estados miembros podrán adoptar medidas adecuadas para proteger los intereses legítimos distintos de los considerados en el Reglamento, siempre que sean compatibles con los principios generales y demás disposiciones del Derecho comunitario. Los intereses legítimos reconocidos concretamente por el Reglamento comunitario sobre concentraciones incluye la pluralidad de los medios de comunicación: «El derecho de los Estados miembros a defender la pluralidad de los medios de comunicación reconoce la preocupación legítima por mantener fuentes de información diversificadas en aras a la pluralidad de opiniones y la multiplicidad del uso». Esto parece incluir la información objetiva a la que se refiere la pregunta de su Señoría. Está claro por lo que antecede que los Estados miembros deberían tomar con carácter prioritario las medidas oportunas al amparo de su Derecho nacional para garantizar la pluralidad de los medios de comunicación si este interés legítimo estuviera amenazado por una concentración de empresas con una dimensión comunitaria. Por último, la Comisión señala que en la práctica el objetivo del Reglamento comunitario sobre concentraciones, a saber, el de preservar y desarrollar estructuras de mercado competitivas, pueden ir de la mano, al menos hasta cierto punto, con la salvaguardia de la pluralidad de medios de comunicación. Cuando la Comisión examina si una fusión de empresas con una dimensión comunitaria obstaculiza la competencia en un mercado de medios de comunicación, examina necesariamente el grado de concentración y, por tanto, indirectamente el grado de pluralismo de ese mercado."@es²⁰ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@et⁵ ". Yrityskeskittymien valvonnasta annetun asetuksen mukaan komissio ei voi ottaa tiedonvälityksen moniarvoisuutta huomioon laillisena arviointikriteerinä päättäessään, onko yhteisönlaajuinen keskittymä yhteismarkkinoille soveltuva. Arvioinnin yhteydessä komissiolla on oikeus ottaa huomioon vain kilpailulliset tai taloudelliset arviointikriteerit määrittäessään sitä, estääkö kyseinen liiketoimi olennaisesti kilpailua yhteismarkkinoilla. Vaikka komissiolla on yksinomainen toimivalta yhteisönlaajuisten keskittymien valvonnassa, asetuksen 21 artiklan 4 kohdassa kuitenkin säädetään, että jäsenvaltiot voivat toteuttaa aiheelliset toimenpiteet suojatakseen muita kuin tässä asetuksessa tarkoitettuja oikeutettuja etuja, jos toimenpiteet ovat sopusoinnussa yhteisön oikeuden yleisten periaatteiden ja muiden yhteisön sääntöjen kanssa. Yrityskeskittymien valvonnasta annetussa asetuksessa nimenomaisesti tunnustettuihin oikeutettuihin etuihin kuuluu tiedonvälityksen moniarvoisuus. Myöntämällä jäsenvaltioille oikeus vedota tiedonvälityksen moniarvoisuuteen tunnustetaan, että huolestuneisuus tiedonvälityksen moninaisten lähteiden säilyttämisestä mielipiteen moniarvoisuuden ja tiedon moninaisten käyttötapojen turvaamiseksi on oikeutettua. Tähän näyttäisi sisältyvän parlamentin jäsenen kysymyksessä mainittu objektiivinen tiedonvälitys. Edellä esitetyn perusteella on selvää, että jäsenvaltioiden pitäisi ensi tilassa ryhtyä kansallisen lainsäädäntönsä nojalla asiamukaisiin toimiin tiedonvälityksen moniarvoisuuden suojelemiseksi, mikäli yhteisönlaajuinen keskittymä uhkaisi tätä oikeutettua etua. Komissio huomauttaa lopuksi, että käytännössä yrityskeskittymiä koskevan asetuksen tavoite eli kilpailukykyisten markkinarakenteiden säilyttäminen ja kehittäminen voi kulkea ainakin jossain määrin käsi kädessä tiedonvälityksen moniarvoisuuden suojelemisen kanssa. Harkitessaan, estääkö yhteisönlaajuinen keskittymä kilpailua tiedonvälityksen markkinoilla, komissio tietysti tutkii, minkä asteisesta keskittymästä on kyse, ja siten epäsuorasti, miten moniarvoisuus toteutuu kyseisillä markkinoilla."@fi⁷ "D’après le règlement sur les concentrations, la Commission ne peut prendre en compte le pluralisme des médias comme critère juridique lorsqu’elle décide si une concentration ayant une dimension communautaire est compatible avec le marché commun. Lorsqu’il s’agit de déterminer si la transaction considérée constitue une entrave significative à la concurrence dans le marché commun, elle est habilitée, lors de son évaluation, à prendre en considération uniquement des critères économiques ou liés à la concurrence. Toutefois, nonobstant la compétence exclusive de la Commission en matière de concentrations ayant une dimension communautaire, l’article 21, paragraphe 4, du règlement dispose que les États membres peuvent prendre des mesures appropriées pour assurer la protection d’intérêts légitimes autres que ceux pris en considération par le règlement et compatibles avec les principes généraux et d’autres dispositions du droit communautaire. Les intérêts légitimes spécifiquement reconnus par le règlement sur les concentrations incluent la pluralité des médias: «Le droit des États membres à défendre la pluralité des médias reconnaît la préoccupation légitime du maintien de la diversité des sources d’information dans l’intérêt de la pluralité de l’opinion et de la multiplicité de l’utilisation.» Ceci semble inclure l’objectivité de l’information mentionnée dans la question de l’honorable députée. Il ressort clairement de ce qui précède que les États membres devraient, en priorité, prendre des mesures appropriées dans le cadre de leur législation nationale pour sauvegarder la pluralité des médias si cet intérêt légitime devait être menacé par une concentration ayant une dimension communautaire. Enfin, la Commission souligne que, dans la pratique, le but du règlement sur les concentrations, à savoir la préservation et le développement de structures de marché compétitives, peut aller de pair, du moins dans une certaine mesure, avec la sauvegarde de la pluralité des médias. Lorsque la Commission examine si une concentration ayant une dimension communautaire constitue une entrave à la concurrence sur un marché des médias, elle évalue nécessairement le degré de concentration, donc, indirectement, le degré de pluralisme sur ce marché."@fr⁸ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@hu¹¹ "Secondo il regolamento sulle concentrazioni, la Commissione non può considerare il pluralismo dei un criterio giuridico quando stabilisce se una concentrazione su scala comunitaria è compatibile col mercato comune. Nell’effettuare la valutazione può solo tenere conto dei criteri concorrenziali o economici quando determina se la transazione in esame ostacola significativamente la concorrenza nel mercato comune. Tuttavia, benché la Commissione abbia potere giurisdizionale solo per valutare concentrazioni a livello comunitario, l’articolo 21, paragrafo 4, del regolamento stabilisce che gli Stati membri possono adottare opportuni provvedimenti per tutelare interessi legittimi diversi da quelli presi in considerazione dal regolamento, purché siano compatibili con i principi generali e con le altre disposizioni del diritto comunitario. Tra gli interessi legittimi espressamente riconosciuti dal regolamento sulle concentrazioni figura anche il pluralismo nel settore dei . “Il diritto degli Stati membri di tutelare il pluralismo dei riconosce la preoccupazione legittima di mantenere fonti di informazione diversificate in nome della pluralità di opinioni e della molteplicità d’uso”. Questo sembrerebbe includere l’obiettività dell’informazione cui fa riferimento l’interrogazione dell’onorevole Batzeli. Da tutto ciò si evince che gli Stati membri devono considerare prioritaria l’adozione di misure opportune nell’ambito delle rispettive legislazioni nazionali per salvaguardare il pluralismo dei se questo interesse legittimo dovesse essere minacciato da una concentrazione a livello comunitario. Infine, la Commissione fa presente che, all’atto pratico, l’obiettivo del regolamento sulle concentrazioni, ovvero preservare e sviluppare strutture di mercato concorrenziali, può procedere di pari passo, almeno fino a un certo punto, con la tutela del pluralismo nel settore dei . La Commissione, quando valuta se una concentrazione a livello comunitario pregiudica la concorrenza nell’ambito del mercato dei mezzi d’informazione, esamina necessariamente il grado di concentrazione e pertanto, per via indiretta, il grado di pluralismo di tale mercato."@it¹² "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@lt¹⁴ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@lv¹³ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@mt¹⁵ ". Volgens de concentratieverordening kan de Commissie pluralisme van de media niet als geldig criterium hanteren wanneer zij beoordeelt of een fusie met een communautaire dimensie verenigbaar is met de gemeenschappelijke markt. Zij mag bij haar beoordeling alleen rekening houden met mededingingsgerelateerde of economische criteria wanneer zij bepaalt of de transactie in kwestie de mededinging op de gemeenschappelijke markt in belangrijke mate belemmert. Ondanks de exclusieve bevoegdheid van de Commissie om fusies met een communautaire dimensie te onderzoeken, bepaalt artikel 21, lid 4 van de verordening dat lidstaten passende maatregelen kunnen nemen ter bescherming van andere gewettigde belangen dan die welke in deze verordening in aanmerking zijn genomen, en die met de algemene beginselen en de overige bepalingen van het Gemeenschapsrecht verenigbaar zijn. Een van de gewettigde belangen die met name door de concentratieverordening worden erkend, is pluraliteit van de media. “Het recht van de lidstaat om de pluraliteit van de media te verdedigen, erkent het gewettigde belang gediversifieerde informatiebronnen in stand te houden ten behoeve van de pluraliteit van de opinie en de veelsoortigheid van het gebruik.” Dit lijkt de objectieve informatie te omvatten waarnaar in de vraag van de geachte afgevaardigde wordt verwezen. Uit het voorgaande is duidelijk dat de lidstaten prioriteit moeten geven aan het nemen van passende maatregelen krachtens hun nationaal recht om de pluraliteit van de media te waarborgen, als een fusie met een communautaire dimensie een gevaar vormt voor dit gewettigde belang. Tot slot wijst de Commissie erop dat het doel van de concentratieverordening, namelijk concurrerende marktstructuren in stand te houden en te ontwikkelen, in de praktijk, minstens tot op zekere hoogte, hand in hand kan gaan met het waarborgen van de pluraliteit van de media. Wanneer de Commissie bekijkt of een fusie met een communautaire dimensie de mededinging op een mediamarkt belemmert, onderzoekt zij noodzakelijkerwijs de mate van concentratie en dus indirect de mate van pluralisme op die markt."@nl³ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@pl¹⁶ "Nos termos do Regulamento relativo ao controlo das concentrações de empresas, ao tomar as suas decisões sobre a compatibilidade de uma fusão com dimensão comunitária com o mercado comum, a Comissão não pode ter em conta, como critério jurídico, o pluralismo dos meios de comunicação. Na sua avaliação, a Comissão tem o direito de apenas ter em conta critérios relacionados com a concorrência, ou critérios económicos, para determinar se a transacção em questão afecta significativamente a concorrência no mercado comum. No entanto, independentemente da competência exclusiva da Comissão para a apreciação das fusões com dimensão comunitária, o nº 4 do artigo 21º do Regulamento estipula que os Estados-Membros podem tomar as medidas apropriadas para garantir a protecção de interesses legítimos para além dos contemplados no Regulamento, desde que esses interesses sejam compatíveis com os princípios gerais e com as demais normas do direito comunitário. Inclui-se nos interesses considerados legítimos na acepção do Regulamento relativo ao controlo das concentrações de empresas a pluralidade dos meios de comunicação social: o direito do Estado-Membro de defender a pluralidade dos meios de comunicação social reconhece a preocupação legítima da manutenção de fontes diversificadas de informação e de pluralismo de opinião e da multiplicidade de usos. Parece assim estar incluído os objectivos de informação referidos na pergunta da senhora deputada. Daí decorre claramente que os Estados-Membros deverão, como questão prioritária, tomar as medidas apropriadas nos termos das respectivas legislações nacionais, com vista a salvaguardar a pluralidade dos meios de comunicação social, caso esse interesse legítimo fosse ameaçado por uma fusão com dimensão comunitária. Por fim, a Comissão salienta que, na prática, o objectivo do Regulamento relativo ao controlo das concentrações de empresas, a saber, preservar e desenvolver estruturas de mercado competitivas, pode andar a par, pelo menos em certa medida, com a salvaguarda da pluralidade dos meios de comunicação social. A Comissão, ao analisar se determinada fusão com dimensão comunitária afecta a concorrência no mercado da comunicação social, analisa necessariamente o grau de concentração e, por conseguinte, indirectamente, o grau de pluralismo nesse mercado."@pt¹⁷ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@sk¹⁸ "According to the merger regulation, the Commission cannot take pluralism of the media into account as a legal criterion when it decides whether a merger with a Community dimension is compatible with the common market. In carrying out its assessment, it is entitled to take account only of competition-related or economic criteria when determining whether the transaction in question significantly impedes competition in the common market. However, notwithstanding the Commission’s sole jurisdiction to examine mergers with a Community dimension, Article 21(4) of the regulation provides that Member States may take appropriate measures to protect legitimate interests other than those taken into consideration by the regulation, provided that they are compatible with the general principles and other provisions of Community law. The legitimate interests specifically recognised by the merger regulation include media plurality. ‘The Member State’s right to plead the plurality of the media recognises the legitimate concern to maintain diversified sources of information for the sake of plurality of opinion and multiplicity of use’. This would appear to include the objective information referred to in the question by the honourable Member. It is clear from the foregoing that the Member States should as a matter of priority take appropriate measures under their national law to safeguard the plurality of the media if that legitimate interest were to be threatened by a merger with a Community dimension. Lastly, the Commission points out that in practice the aim of the merger regulation, namely to preserve and develop competitive market structures, can go hand in hand, at least to some extent, with safeguarding media plurality. When the Commission considers whether a merger with a Community dimension hampers competition on a media market, it necessarily examines the degree of concentration and hence indirectly the degree of pluralism on that market."@sl¹⁹ ". I enlighet med koncentrationsförordningen kan inte kommissionen ta hänsyn till mediernas mångfald såsom ett rättsligt kriterium när den beslutar om huruvida en koncentration med en gemenskapsdimension är förenlig med den inre marknaden. När kommissionen genomför sin bedömning har den endast rätt att ta med konkurrensrelaterade eller ekonomiska kriterier i beräkningen för att bestämma om koncentrationen i fråga hämmar konkurrensen på den inre marknaden i betydande omfattning. Oaktat att det uteslutande är kommissionen som har behörighet att granska koncentrationer med en gemenskapsdimension, föreskriver dock artikel 21.4 i förordningen att medlemsstater får vidta nödvändiga åtgärder för att skydda andra legitima intressen än dem som omfattas av denna förordning, förutsatt att de är förenliga med gemenskapsrättens allmänna principer och övriga bestämmelser. De legitima intressen som särskilt erkänns i koncentrationsförordningen inbegriper mediernas mångfald. I förordningen anges att medlemsstatens rätt att tala för mediernas mångfald innebär ett erkännande av det berättigade intresset av att upprätthålla mångskiftande informationskällor för att säkerställa opinionens mångfald och mångfald i bruk. Detta verkar inbegripa den objektiva information som det hänvisas till i den ärade ledamotens fråga. Av det nämnda framgår det tydligt att medlemsstaterna bör prioritera att vidta nödvändiga åtgärder i enlighet med sin nationella lagstiftning för att skydda mediernas mångfald, om en koncentration med en gemenskapsdimension skulle hota detta legitima intresse. Slutligen påpekar kommissionen att målet med koncentrationsförordningen, nämligen att bevara och utveckla konkurrenskraftiga marknadsstrukturer, i praktiken kan gå hand i hand med skyddet av mediernas mångfald, åtminstone till en viss grad. När kommissionen skall överväga om en koncentration med en gemenskapsdimension hämmar konkurrensen på en mediemarknad, måste den ovillkorligen undersöka koncentrationsgraden och följaktligen indirekt graden av mångfald på den marknaden."@sv²¹
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