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Pursuant to [Article 6(2), if Phase I Commitments] [Article 8(2), if Phase II Commitments] [Articles 8(2) and 10(2), if in Phase II Commitments prior to the sending out of the Statement of Objections] of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 as amended (the ‘Merger Regulation’), [Indicate the name of the Undertakings offering the Commitments] ( the ‘Parties’) hereby provide the following Commitments (the ‘Commitments’) in order to enable the European Commission (the ‘Commission’) to declare [Description of the operation: e.g. the acquisition of…; the creation of a full-function joint venture between…] compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement by its decision pursuant to [Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, if Phase I Commitments] [Article 8(2), if Phase II Commitments] of the Merger Regulation (the ‘Decision’).

The Commitments shall take effect upon the date of adoption of the Decision.

This text shall be interpreted in the light of the Decision to the extent that the Commitments are attached as conditions and obligations, in the general framework of Community law, in particular in the light of the Merger Regulation, and by reference to the Commission Notice on remedies acceptable under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 and under Commission Regulation (EC) No 447/98.