101 nye koncern Napier/Brown's stilling, efter at flere af virksomhedens kunder samt kunder hos Berisford's tidligere virksomheder havde besluttet at købe direkte hos British Sugar (dette gælder dog ikke Tate & Lyle, der fortsat køber sukker hos Napier/Brown). Under disse omstændigheder indebar Napier-Brown's erhvervelse af Berisford's kommercielle aktiver ikke en koncentration, der var forbudt i henhold til EØF-traktatens artikel 86. Kommissionen har underrettet de berørte virksomheder om, at den er nået frem til denne konklusion, og at den har indstillet proceduren i sagen British Sugar-Berisford. KONK. BERETN. 1983
The position of the new Napier Brown group, however, was found to have deteriorated following thedecision of several of its customers and former customers of the Berisforddistribution companies to purchase direct from British Sugar (this did not concernsugar purchases from Tate & Lyle, which are still made through Napier Brown). Itwas therefore concluded that the purchaseof the Berisford sugar distribution by Napier Brown was not a merger that was prohibited by Article 86. The firms wereduly informed of the Commission's conclusion and of the closure of proceedings inthe British Sugar-Berisford case. 1