Tradebe-Sita merger inquiry

The Competition Commission (CC) has formally cleared the completed joint venture between Tradebe Environmental Services Limited and SITA UK Limited.

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 20 May 2014

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Agriculture, environment and natural resources
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 2 clearance
• Opened: 29 October 2013
• Closed: 14 April 2014

Administrative timetable

• Published on 15 November 2013, as required by Rule 6 of the Competition Commission Rules of Procedure. Any revisions made to the timetable will be published on this website.

Phase 2	Action
29 October 2013	Merger reference made
November/ December	Gather information, issue questionnaires, third party hearings
November	Publish statement of issues
January 2014	Main party hearings
January/ February	Verify information, consider provisional findings
Late January	Deadline for all parties’ responses/submissions required before provisional findings
February	Notify provisional findings and consider possible remedies (if required)
March	Response hearing(s) (if required)
Mid-March	Final deadline for all parties’ responses/submissions
April	Publish final report
14 April	Statutory deadline

Phase 2

Date of referral: 29.10.13 Statutory deadline: 14.04.14

Contact

Email: general.enquiries@cma.gov.uk

Undertakings

• Notice of adoption of initial undertakings (PDF, 46 Kb) (29.10.13)
• Directions to appoint a Monitoring Trustee (PDF, 46 Kb) (18.11.13)
• Consents 1 (PDF, 36 Kb) (30.01.14)
• Consents 2 (PDF, 30 Kb) (06.02.14)

Evidence

Summaries of hearings held with third parties

• GW Butler Ltd (PDF, 44 Kb) 20.12.13
• Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (PDF, 33 Kb) 20.12.13
• Initial Medical Services (PDF, 36 Kb) 18.12.13
• ISS Mediclean (PDF, 29 Kb) 20.12.13
• NHS England—Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire Area Team (PDF, 30 Kb) 20.12.13
• North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (PDF, 46 Kb) 20.12.13
• Professional Hygiene Ltd (PDF, 35 Kb) 10.01.14
• SRCL (PDF, 37 Kb) 18.12.13
• Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust (PDF, 38 Kb) 07.01.14
• Wye Valley NHS Trust (PDF, 37 Kb) 20.12.13
• Veolia Environmental Services (PDF, 43 Kb) 20.12.13

Initial submissions

• Tradebe / Sita Initial Submission (PDF, 229 Kb) 13.12.13
• RBB Initial Submission (PDF, 84 Kb) 27.01.14

News releases

• CC to investigate waste management services joint venture (29.10.13)
• Healthcare risk waste joint venture issues statement (05.12.13)
• CC provisionally clears waste merger (20.02.14)
• CC clears waste merger (28.0314)

Core documents

• Terms of reference (PDF, 11 Kb) (29.10.13)
• Inquiry Group: Alasdair Smith (Chairman of the group), Tony Morris, Bob Spedding, Sarah Chambers
• Administrative timetable (PDF, 30 Kb)
• Issues statement (PDF, 47 Kb) (05.12.13) 
• Parties response to issues statement (PDF, 110 Kb) (14.01.14)
• Notice of provisional findings (PDF, 109 Kb) (20.02.14)
• Summary of provisional findings (PDF, 125 Kb) (20.02.14)
• Provisional findings report (PDF, 857 Kb) and Appendices & Glossary (PDF, 855 Kb) (20.02.14) 
• Final report (PDF, 868 Kb) and Appendices & Glossary (PDF, 821 Kb) (28.03.14)

Phase 1

Decisions:

29 October 2013 - Reference

Affected market: Healthcare risk waste

SIC code: 38.1, 38.2

Press release (29 October 2013)

Completed joint venture between Tradebe Environmental Services Limited and Sita UK Limited – Tradebe Healthcare (Holdings) Limited

Affected market: Healthcare risk waste

No. ME/6132/13

Full text of decision: Completed joint venture between Tradebe Environmental Services Limited and Sita UK Limited

Published 20 May 2014