16/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 15 June, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to the proposed concentration by which Access industries group (“Access”, US) and ProChemie Holding Limited (“PCH, Jersey) acquire joint control of LyondellBasell Industries AFS.C.A. (“LBI”, Luxembourg) by way of a purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: Access: oil, petrochemicals, coal, aluminium, energy and real estate; PCH: i) arms systems, defence and security products, ii) manufacture and supply of lawn mowers, garden tools and lawn care products and iii) operation and trade in executive aircraft; LBI: manufacturer and supplier of polymers, fuels and chemicals. (O.L./transl.rh)