Although the acquisitions to which reference is made in the replies to the written parliamentary questions or the press release of the opening decision of 2007 might have involved indirect acquisitions, the Commission could not have known — at least for the vast majority of the operations — which was the corporate structure of the companies that were being acquired, that is, whether the acquired companies were operating companies or holding companies.
Même si les prises de participations visées dans les réponses aux questions parlementaires ou dans le communiqué de presse sur la décision d'ouvrir la procédure de 2007 pourraient inclure les prises de participations indirectes, la Commission ne pouvait pas savoir, du moins concernant la grande majorité des opérations, quelle était la structure des entreprises qui faisaient l'objet des acquisitions, en d'autres termes, si les entreprises acquises étaient des entreprises opérationnelles ou des holdings.
