# C_2012026EN.01001001.xml

| 31.1.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 26/10 |
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31.1.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 26/10

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6492 — SCOR/MAF/Essor JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 26/06

| 1. | On 20 January 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which SCOR SE (‘SCOR’, France) and Mutuelle des Architectes Français Assurances (‘MAF’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Essor Participações Ltda in Brazil (‘Essor’, Brazil) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. |
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On 20 January 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which SCOR SE (‘SCOR’, France) and Mutuelle des Architectes Français Assurances (‘MAF’, France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Essor Participações Ltda in Brazil (‘Essor’, Brazil) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | SCOR: a reinsurance group with operations in about 130 countries and is organised into two reinsurance divisions (i) Life and (ii) Non-Life, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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SCOR: a reinsurance group with operations in about 130 countries and is organised into two reinsurance divisions (i) Life and (ii) Non-Life,

| — | MAF: a group of companies active in primarily providing primarily direct insurance services and in particular professional insurance cover for building designers such as building architects, interior architects, construction economists, landscape designers and construction engineers, |
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MAF: a group of companies active in primarily providing primarily direct insurance services and in particular professional insurance cover for building designers such as building architects, interior architects, construction economists, landscape designers and construction engineers,

| — | Essor: newly created Brazilian non-operational limited liability company that will become a direct insurance corporation upon receipt of regulatory approval from the Brazilian Superintendence of Private Insurance. |
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Essor: newly created Brazilian non-operational limited liability company that will become a direct insurance corporation upon receipt of regulatory approval from the Brazilian Superintendence of Private Insurance.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6492 — SCOR/MAF/Essor JV, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6492 — SCOR/MAF/Essor JV, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

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(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).

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