# IMMC.MTF_2018_8986_FIN.ENG.xhtml.m8986.docx

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 27.08.2018

Brussels, 27.08.2018

PUBLIC VERSION

C(2018) 5755 final

C(2018) 5755 final

To the notifying parties:

To the notifying parties:

Subject:Case M.8986 – EIH / KRONE-MUR / PRIMAVIA 

  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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  and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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Subject:

Case M.8986 – EIH / KRONE-MUR / PRIMAVIA

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004

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and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

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Dear Sir or Madam,

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 23 July 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings Europe Intermodal Holding (“EIH”, France), belonging to the group SNCF Mobilités (France), and Krone-Mur Servifrío S.L. (“Krone-Mur”, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Primavia Europe S.L. (“Primavia”, Spain), currently controlled by Krone-Mur, by way of purchase of shares.
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On 23 July 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings Europe Intermodal Holding (“EIH”, France), belonging to the group SNCF Mobilités (France), and Krone-Mur Servifrío S.L. (“Krone-Mur”, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Primavia Europe S.L. (“Primavia”, Spain), currently controlled by Krone-Mur, by way of purchase of shares.

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2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-for EIH: provision of intermodal and multimodal freight transportation services.

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for EIH: provision of intermodal and multimodal freight transportation services.

-for Krone-Mur: provision of freight transportation services.

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for Krone-Mur: provision of freight transportation services.

-for Primavia: provision of international combined road and rail refrigerated transport services mainly of perishable goods between Spain and Northern Europe.

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for Primavia: provision of international combined road and rail refrigerated transport services mainly of perishable goods between Spain and Northern Europe.

3.After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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4.For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

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For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

For the Commission


  (Signed)

  Johannes LAITENBERGER
  Director-General

For the Commission

(Signed)

Johannes LAITENBERGER
  Director

-General

OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Merger Regulation'). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of 'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'internal market'. The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.

OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.