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Notice06-70902006-08-24

United States v. Mittal Steel Company N.V. Proposed Final Judgment and Competitive Impact Statement

Justice Department, Antitrust Division

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Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Justice Antitrust Division Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act, 15 U.S.C. 16(b)-(h) , that a Complaint, proposed Final Judgment, Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, and Competitive Impact Statement were filed with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. ( printed page 50085) Mittal Steel Company N.V. Civil Action No. 1:06CY01360. On August 1, 2006, the United States filed a Complaint to enjoin Mittal Steel Company N.Y. (“Mittal Steel”) from acquiring Arcelor S.A. (“Arcelor”). The Complaint alleges that Mittal Steel's acquisition of Arcelor would substantially lessen competition in the development, manufacture, and sale of Tin Mill Products in violation of Section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 18 , throughout the United States east of the Rocky Mountains (the “Eastern United States”). The proposed Final Judgment, filed August 1, 2006, requires defendant, Mittal Steel, to divest one of their three North American tin mills it will own after the acquisition to preserve competition in the sale of Tin Mill Products. A Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, entered by the Court on August 2, 2006, requires defendant to maintain, prior to divestiture, the competitive independence and economic viability ofthe assets subject to divestiture under the proposed Final Judgment. A Competitive Impact Statement filed by the United States describes t

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Citation: 71 FR 50084