# Official Journal C 293/2021

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6423 July 2021 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 293

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6423 July 2021

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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2021/C 293/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10264 — SoftBank/Altor Fund Manager/Iyuno) (
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Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2021/C 293/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.10264 — SoftBank/Altor Fund Manager/Iyuno) (
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  )

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| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2021/C 293/02 | Euro exchange rates — 22 July 2021 | 2 |
| | European Banking Authority |
| 2021/C 293/03 | Decision of the European Banking Authority EBA DC 397 of 25 June 2021 amending Decision EBA DC 151 confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments | 3 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2021/C 293/02

Euro exchange rates — 22 July 2021

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European Banking Authority

2021/C 293/03

Decision of the European Banking Authority EBA DC 397 of 25 June 2021 amending Decision EBA DC 151 confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY |
| | European Commission |
| 2021/C 293/04 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10102 — VIG/AEGON CEE) (
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  ) | 6 |
| 2021/C 293/05 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10362 — KKR/CD&R/Cloudera) – Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  ) | 8 |

V   Announcements

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY

European Commission

2021/C 293/04

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10102 — VIG/AEGON CEE) (
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  )

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6

2021/C 293/05

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10362 — KKR/CD&R/Cloudera) – Candidate case for simplified procedure (
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  )

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10264 — SoftBank/Altor Fund Manager/Iyuno)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 293/01)

On 14 July 2021, 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 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 32021M10264. 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 32021M10264. 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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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Euro exchange rates (1)

22 July 2021

(2021/C 293/02)

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
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| USD | US dollar | 1,1775 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 129,83 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4382 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,85563 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,2245 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,0829 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 148,20 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 10,3795 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,639 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 357,87 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,5661 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,9227 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 10,0717 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,5959 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,4779 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 9,1506 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 1,6906 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 1,6020 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 352,59 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 17,1449 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 7,6153 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,5320 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 17 063,23 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,9726 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 58,921 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 86,9522 |
| THB | Thai baht | 38,704 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 6,1029 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 23,7290 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 87,6615 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,1775

JPY

Japanese yen

129,83

DKK

Danish krone

7,4382

GBP

Pound sterling

0,85563

SEK

Swedish krona

10,2245

CHF

Swiss franc

1,0829

ISK

Iceland króna

148,20

NOK

Norwegian krone

10,3795

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,639

HUF

Hungarian forint

357,87

PLN

Polish zloty

4,5661

RON

Romanian leu

4,9227

TRY

Turkish lira

10,0717

AUD

Australian dollar

1,5959

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,4779

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

9,1506

NZD

New Zealand dollar

1,6906

SGD

Singapore dollar

1,6020

KRW

South Korean won

1 352,59

ZAR

South African rand

17,1449

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

7,6153

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,5320

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

17 063,23

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,9726

PHP

Philippine peso

58,921

RUB

Russian rouble

86,9522

THB

Thai baht

38,704

BRL

Brazilian real

6,1029

MXN

Mexican peso

23,7290

INR

Indian rupee

87,6615

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

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European Banking Authority

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN BANKING AUTHORITY EBA DC 397

of 25 June 2021

amending Decision EBA DC 151 confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments

(2021/C 293/03)

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC (1),

Having regard to Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),

Whereas:

| (1) | Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 permits the use of unsolicited credit assessments of an External Credit Assessment Institution (‘ECAI’) for the determination of risk weights to be assigned to assets and off-balance sheet items for the purpose of the calculation of own funds requirements, subject to confirmation by the EBA that unsolicited credit assessments of that ECAI do not differ in quality from the solicited credit assessments of that same ECAI. In accordance with the same Article, the EBA is required to refuse or revoke this confirmation in particular if the ECAI has used an unsolicited credit assessment to put pressure on the rated entity to place an order for a credit assessment or other services. As a result, Decision EBA DC 151 confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments (3) was published on 22 July 2016. Further, Decision EBA DC 151 was amended to reflect the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 also for the ECAIs registered or certified and the ECAI starting offering unsolicited credit assessments after the publication of Decision EBA DC 151; and in order to remove references to a body that ceased to qualify as an ECAI since the issuance of Decision EBA DC 151. As a result, Decision EBA DC 195 amending EBA Decision confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments (4) was published on 28 July 2017. |
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Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 permits the use of unsolicited credit assessments of an External Credit Assessment Institution (‘ECAI’) for the determination of risk weights to be assigned to assets and off-balance sheet items for the purpose of the calculation of own funds requirements, subject to confirmation by the EBA that unsolicited credit assessments of that ECAI do not differ in quality from the solicited credit assessments of that same ECAI. In accordance with the same Article, the EBA is required to refuse or revoke this confirmation in particular if the ECAI has used an unsolicited credit assessment to put pressure on the rated entity to place an order for a credit assessment or other services. As a result, Decision EBA DC 151 confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments (3) was published on 22 July 2016. Further, Decision EBA DC 151 was amended to reflect the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 also for the ECAIs registered or certified and the ECAI starting offering unsolicited credit assessments after the publication of Decision EBA DC 151; and in order to remove references to a body that ceased to qualify as an ECAI since the issuance of Decision EBA DC 151. As a result, Decision EBA DC 195 amending EBA Decision confirming that the unsolicited credit assessments of certain ECAIs do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments (4) was published on 28 July 2017.

| (2) | New ECAIs were registered after the publication of Decision EBA DC 195 for which it is also necessary to carry out the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. Further, since the publication of Decision EBA DC 195, the CRA registration of three ECAIs was withdrawn, which therefore no longer meet the definition of ECAI referred to in Article 4(1)(98) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. As a result of the above developments, it is necessary to carry out the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 also for the newly registered ECAIs and to remove references to the bodies that ceased to qualify as ECAIs since the issuance of Decision EBA DC 195. |
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New ECAIs were registered after the publication of Decision EBA DC 195 for which it is also necessary to carry out the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. Further, since the publication of Decision EBA DC 195, the CRA registration of three ECAIs was withdrawn, which therefore no longer meet the definition of ECAI referred to in Article 4(1)(98) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013. As a result of the above developments, it is necessary to carry out the assessment referred to in Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 also for the newly registered ECAIs and to remove references to the bodies that ceased to qualify as ECAIs since the issuance of Decision EBA DC 195.

| (3) | The ECAIs concerned have been informed of the EBA’s intention to adopt this decision and be given an opportunity to express their views on it. |
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The ECAIs concerned have been informed of the EBA’s intention to adopt this decision and be given an opportunity to express their views on it.

| (4) | Decision EBA DC 151 should be amended accordingly, |
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Decision EBA DC 151 should be amended accordingly,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision EBA DC 151 is replaced by the text as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Paris, 25 June 2021.

For the Board of Supervisors

José Manuel CAMPA

Chairperson

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(1)  1. OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 12.

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(2)  Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 1).

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(3)  OJ C 266, 22.7.2016, p. 4.

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(4)  OJ C 244, 28.7.2017, p. 3.

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ANNEX

External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) the unsolicited credit assessments of which the EBA has confirmed do not differ in quality from their solicited credit assessments for the purposes of Article 138 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013

| ARC Ratings S.A. |
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| Axesor Risk Management S.L. |
| Banque de France |
| BCRA – Credit Rating Agency AD |
| Capital Intelligence Ratings Ltd |
| Cerved Rating Agency S.p.A. |
| Creditreform Rating AG |
| CRIF Ratings S.r.l. |
| DBRS Rating GmbH |
| Egan-Jones Ratings Co. |
| EuroRating Sp. z o.o. |
| Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited |
| GBB-Rating Gesellschaft fuer Bonitaets-beurteilung GmbH |
| HR Ratings de México, S.A. de C.V. |
| ICAP S.A. |
| INBONIS S.A. |
| Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd |
| Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited |
| modeFinance S.r.l. |
| Moody’s Investors Service |
| QIVALIO SAS (previously Spread Research) |
| Rating-Agentur Expert RA GmbH |
| Scope Ratings GmbH |
| Scope Hamburg GmbH |
| S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited |

ARC Ratings S.A.

Axesor Risk Management S.L.

Banque de France

BCRA – Credit Rating Agency AD

Capital Intelligence Ratings Ltd

Cerved Rating Agency S.p.A.

Creditreform Rating AG

CRIF Ratings S.r.l.

DBRS Rating GmbH

Egan-Jones Ratings Co.

EuroRating Sp. z o.o.

Fitch Ratings Ireland Limited

GBB-Rating Gesellschaft fuer Bonitaets-beurteilung GmbH

HR Ratings de México, S.A. de C.V.

ICAP S.A.

INBONIS S.A.

Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited

modeFinance S.r.l.

Moody’s Investors Service

QIVALIO SAS (previously Spread Research)

Rating-Agentur Expert RA GmbH

Scope Ratings GmbH

Scope Hamburg GmbH

S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited

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European Commission

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10102 — VIG/AEGON CEE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 293/04)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (‘VIG’; Austria), |
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Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (‘VIG’; Austria),

| — | AEGON Hungary Holding B.V., AEGON Hungary Holding II B.V., AEGON Poland/Romania Holding B.V., and AEGON Turkey Holding B.V. (together ‘AEGON CEE’). |
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AEGON Hungary Holding B.V., AEGON Hungary Holding II B.V., AEGON Poland/Romania Holding B.V., and AEGON Turkey Holding B.V. (together ‘AEGON CEE’).

VIG acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of AEGON CEE.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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| — | VIG is the holding company of Vienna Insurance Group, an international insurance group headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It conducts its business through subsidiaries and branches in 30 countries. VIG mainly offers life and non-life insurance services, |
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VIG is the holding company of Vienna Insurance Group, an international insurance group headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It conducts its business through subsidiaries and branches in 30 countries. VIG mainly offers life and non-life insurance services,

| — | AEGON CEE encompasses the Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish businesses of Aegon N.V. (the Netherlands). Aegon CEE is active in the fields of life and non-life insurance, pension fund business, asset management services and related ancillary services. |
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AEGON CEE encompasses the Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Turkish businesses of Aegon N.V. (the Netherlands). Aegon CEE is active in the fields of life and non-life insurance, pension fund business, asset management services and related ancillary services.

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.

4.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10102 — VIG/AEGON CEE

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

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

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’).

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10362 — KKR/CD&R/Cloudera)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 293/05)

1.

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, USA), |
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KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, USA),

| — | Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Fund XI, L.P. (‘CD&R’, USA), |
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Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Fund XI, L.P. (‘CD&R’, USA),

| — | Cloudera, Inc. (‘Cloudera’, USA). |
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Cloudera, Inc. (‘Cloudera’, USA).

KKR and CD&R acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Cloudera.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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| — | for KKR: a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions, |
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for KKR: a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions,

| — | for CD&R: a private equity investment firm which originates, structures and acts as a lead equity investor in management buyouts, strategic minority equity investments and other strategic investments, |
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for CD&R: a private equity investment firm which originates, structures and acts as a lead equity investor in management buyouts, strategic minority equity investments and other strategic investments,

| — | for Cloudera: a provider of multi-function data management and analytics software, including flow management, streams management, data engineering, data warehousing, streaming analytics, operational databases and machine learning. |
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for Cloudera: a provider of multi-function data management and analytics software, including flow management, streams management, data engineering, data warehousing, streaming analytics, operational databases and machine learning.

3.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the 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 the Notice.

4.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10362 — KKR/CD&R/Cloudera

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

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

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’).

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

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