# Official Journal C 201/2016

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 597 June 2016 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 201

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 597 June 2016

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 201/01 | Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines: acceptance of the proposed appropriate measures pursuant to Article 108(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by all Member States (pursuant to Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union) | 1 |
| 2016/C 201/02 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7987 — Towerbrook Capital Partners/Infopro Digital) (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2016/C 201/03 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7956 — Johnson Controls/Tyco International) (
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  ) | 2 |

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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 201/01

Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines: acceptance of the proposed appropriate measures pursuant to Article 108(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by all Member States (pursuant to Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union)

(pursuant to Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union)

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2016/C 201/02

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7987 — Towerbrook Capital Partners/Infopro Digital) (
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  )

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2016/C 201/03

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.7956 — Johnson Controls/Tyco International) (
  1
  )

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2

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 201/04 | Euro exchange rates | 3 |
| | NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES |
| 2016/C 201/05 | Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2) — Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19 )) | 4 |
| 2016/C 201/06 | Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2) — Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19 )) | 6 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2016/C 201/04

Euro exchange rates

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2016/C 201/05

Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2) — Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19 ))

(Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19 ))

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2016/C 201/06

Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2) — Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC) (Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19 ))

(Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 ( OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19 ))

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2016/C 201/07 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8054 — 3i Group/Deutsche Alternative Asset Management/TCR CapVest) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 7 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2016/C 201/07

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8054 — 3i Group/Deutsche Alternative Asset Management/TCR CapVest) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines: acceptance of the proposed appropriate measures pursuant to Article 108(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union by all Member States

(pursuant to Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union (1))

(2016/C 201/01)

In paragraph 169 of the Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines (2), the Commission proposed that Member States, where necessary, amend their existing schemes in order to bring them into line with those guidelines by 12 months at the latest after 4 April 2014. In paragraph 170 of the same guidelines, Member States were invited to give their explicit unconditional agreement to those guidelines within two months following 4 April 2014.

Pursuant to Article 23(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589 of 13 July 2015 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 108 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union, the Commission recorded the unconditional and explicit agreement to the appropriate measures by all Member States.

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(1)  OJ L 248, 24.9.2015, p. 9.

(2)  OJ C 99, 4.4.2014, p. 3.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7987 — Towerbrook Capital Partners/Infopro Digital)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 201/02)

On 13 May 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in the English language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | In the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes. |
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In the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes.

| — | In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7987. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law. |
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In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7987. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.7956 — Johnson Controls/Tyco International)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 201/03)

On 1 June 2016, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7956. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law. |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M7956. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

6 June 2016

(2016/C 201/04)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,1349 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 121,58 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4377 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,78720 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,2460 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,1051 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 9,2935 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 27,023 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 311,45 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,3776 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,5192 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 3,3014 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5417 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4665 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 8,8154 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6378 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,5424 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 323,00 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 17,0065 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,4520 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5075 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 15 162,26 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,6472 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 52,398 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 74,1968 |
| THB | Thai baht | 40,028 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 3,9934 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 21,0626 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 75,9995 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1349

JPY

Japanese yen

121,58

DKK

Danish krone

7,4377

GBP

Pound sterling

0,78720

SEK

Swedish krona

9,2460

CHF

Swiss franc

1,1051

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

9,2935

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

27,023

HUF

Hungarian forint

311,45

PLN

Polish zloty

4,3776

RON

Romanian leu

4,5192

TRY

Turkish lira

3,3014

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5417

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4665

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

8,8154

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6378

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,5424

KRW

South Korean won

1 323,00

ZAR

South African rand

17,0065

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,4520

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5075

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

15 162,26

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,6472

PHP

Philippine peso

52,398

RUB

Russian rouble

74,1968

THB

Thai baht

40,028

BRL

Brazilian real

3,9934

MXN

Mexican peso

21,0626

INR

Indian rupee

75,9995

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

| 7.6.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 201/4 |
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Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2)

Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

(Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19))

(2016/C 201/05)

I.1.   Name, address and contact point

Registered name: Eucor — The European Campus

Registered office:

Contact point: Janosch Nieden. Tel. +33 368858293

Email: janosch.nieden@eucor-uni.org, nieden@unistra.fr

Internet address of the grouping: www.eucor-uni.org

I.2.   Duration of the grouping

Duration of the grouping: indefinite

Date of registration:

Date of publication:

II.   OBJECTIVES

| — | The EGTC’s objective and task are to consolidate and develop cross-border cooperation in research and teaching; at the same time, members retain their autonomy and independence. |
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The EGTC’s objective and task are to consolidate and develop cross-border cooperation in research and teaching; at the same time, members retain their autonomy and independence.

| — | The specific tasks and objectives are:






  — | Research |
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The specific tasks and objectives are:

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Research

| — | Raising the profile of the fields of knowledge and research |
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Raising the profile of the fields of knowledge and research

| — | Joint professorships |
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Joint professorships

| — | Focusing on jointly obtaining funding |
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Focusing on jointly obtaining funding

| — | Enhancing innovation, technology transfer and knowledge transfer, and teaching and doctoral programmes |
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Enhancing innovation, technology transfer and knowledge transfer, and teaching and doctoral programmes

| — | Setting common teaching standards |
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Setting common teaching standards

| — | Establishing and developing joint teaching, courses of study, and degrees |
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Establishing and developing joint teaching, courses of study, and degrees

| — | Broadening the range of students’ and doctoral candidates’ countries of origin |
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Broadening the range of students’ and doctoral candidates’ countries of origin

| — | Raising the international visibility of the teaching, courses of study and doctoral programmes offered |
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Raising the international visibility of the teaching, courses of study and doctoral programmes offered

| — | Providing support with regard to entering the world of work, career guidance and starting a new business |
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Providing support with regard to entering the world of work, career guidance and starting a new business

| — | Jointly drawing up a strategy; developing a joint structural and development plan |
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Jointly drawing up a strategy; developing a joint structural and development plan

| — | Enhancing communication and cooperation between university administrations |
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Enhancing communication and cooperation between university administrations

| — | Breaking down barriers to cross-border administrative and legal cooperation |
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Breaking down barriers to cross-border administrative and legal cooperation

| — | Jointly using core facilities |
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Jointly using core facilities

| — | Enhancing measures to facilitate student mobility |
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Enhancing measures to facilitate student mobility

| — | Promoting multilingualism and interculturalism |
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Promoting multilingualism and interculturalism

| — | Developing and implementing an external communication strategy. |
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Developing and implementing an external communication strategy.

III.   ADDITIONAL DETAILS CONCERNING THE NAME OF THE GROUPING

Name in English: Eucor — The European Campus

Name in French: EUCOR — Le Campus européen

IV.   MEMBERS

IV.1.   Total number of members in the grouping: 5

IV.2.   Nationalities of the members of the grouping: German, French, Swiss

IV.3.   Member information

Official name: Universität Basel

Postal address:

Internet address: www.unibas.ch

Type of member: Body governed by public law

Official name: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Postal address:

Internet address: www.uni-freiburg.de

Type of member: Body governed by public law

Official name: Université de Haute-Alsace

Postal address:

Internet address: www.uha.fr

Type of member: Body governed by public law

Official name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Postal address:

Internet address: www.kit.edu

Type of member: Body governed by public law

Official name: Université de Strasbourg

Postal address:

Internet address: www.unistra.fr

Type of member: Body governed by public law.

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Information to be provided pursuant to Article 5(2)

Establishment of a European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation (EGTC)

(Regulation (EC) No 1082/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 (OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 19))

(2016/C 201/06)

I.1.   Name, address and contact point

Registered name: GECT — Autorité de gestion Programme INTERREG V A Grande Région

Registered office:

| c/o Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure — Spatial Planning Department |
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| 4, Place de l’Europe, 1499 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG |

c/o Ministry of Sustainable Development and Infrastructure — Spatial Planning Department

4, Place de l’Europe, 1499 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG

Contact point: Christiane Fortuin Tel. +352 24786915

Email: Christiane.Fortuin@mat.etat.lu

I.2.   Duration of the grouping:

Duration of the grouping: indefinite period

Date of registration:

Date of publication:

II.   OBJECTIVES

The objective of the grouping is to act as the managing authority for the cross-border cooperation programme INTERREG V A Greater Region, in accordance with Article 125 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013.

III.   ADDITIONAL DETAILS CONCERNING THE NAME OF THE GROUPING

Name in English: N/A

IV.   MEMBERS

IV.1.   Total number of members in the grouping: 2

IV.2.   Nationalities of the members of the grouping: France and Luxembourg

IV.3.   Member information

Official name: Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg), represented by the Minister for sustainable development and infrastructure

Postal address:

Type of member: Member State

Official name: Conseil régional de Lorraine (Lorraine Regional Council)

Postal address:

Type of member: regional authority.

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V Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

| 7.6.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 201/7 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8054 — 3i Group/Deutsche Alternative Asset Management/TCR CapVest)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 201/07)

| 1. | On 31 May 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings 3i Group plc (‘3i Group’, United Kingdom), and Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Limited (‘DAAM’, United Kingdom), an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG (‘Deutsche Bank’, Germany), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking TCR CapVest SA (‘TCR’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 31 May 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings 3i Group plc (‘3i Group’, United Kingdom), and Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Limited (‘DAAM’, United Kingdom), an affiliate of Deutsche Bank AG (‘Deutsche Bank’, Germany), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking TCR CapVest SA (‘TCR’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   For 3i Group: international investments, investment management and management advice in private equity, infrastructure and debt management.
  —   For DAAM: investment management and fund management services. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, a global provider of financial services.
  —   For TCR: specialist provider of aviation ground support equipment providing rental, maintenance/repair/ramp assistance and fleet management services to users of ground support equipment in the aviation sector. |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   For 3i Group: international investments, investment management and management advice in private equity, infrastructure and debt management.

—   For DAAM: investment management and fund management services. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank, a global provider of financial services.

—   For TCR: specialist provider of aviation ground support equipment providing rental, maintenance/repair/ramp assistance and fleet management services to users of ground support equipment in the aviation sector.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice.

| 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 M.8054 — 3i Group/Deutsche Alternative Asset Management/TCR CapVest, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

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 M.8054 — 3i Group/Deutsche Alternative Asset Management/TCR CapVest, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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