04/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 3 December, the European Commission granted clearance to the proposed acquisition of joint control of Activos Port Aventura, a newly created company, by Leisure Park Holdings S.A. (Leisure) of Luxembourg and Criteria Caixa Corp. S.A. (Criteria) of Spain, by way of purchase of shares. Leisure is a subsidiary of Investindustrial, a private equity group of Jersey, Channel Islands. Criteria, an investment company, mainly active in the industrial and financial sectors, belongs to the La Caixa Group, of Spain. Port Aventura will be active in the operation of leisure parks. The operation was examined under the simplified merger review procedure. (O.L./transl.rt)