# C_2010174EN.01001601.xml

| 1.7.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 174/16 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5830 — Olympic/Aegean Airlines)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 174/08

| 1. | On 24 June 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004( 1 ) by which the Vassilakis Group of companies (‘Vassilakis’, Greece), Marfin Investment Group (‘Marfin’, Greece) and the Laskaridis Group of companies (‘Laskaridis’, Greece), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over a newly merged company including the businesses of the previously independent Greek companies Aegean Airlines SA (‘Aegean Airlines’, Greece), Olympic Air SA (‘Olympic Air’, Greece), Olympic Handling SA (‘Olympic Handling’, Greece) and Olympic Engineering SA (‘Olympic Engineering’, Greece) (collectively ‘Olympic’, Greece) by way of purchase of shares. |
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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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for Vassilakis: investments in car rental, car leasing, car import and car distribution, ground handling and aviation (through Aegean Airlines), —
for Marfin: investments in food and beverage, shipping (notably through Attica Group, which owns Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries), air transport (through Olympic Air), ground handling (through Olympic Handling), maintenance, repair and overhaul services (through Olympic Engineering), healthcare, real estate, IT & telecoms, tourism and leisure, and financial services, —
for Laskaridis: Investments in aviation (through Aegean Airlines), ground handling, shipping and shipyards, tourism and real estate sectors, —
for Aegean Airlines: provision of air transport of passengers and cargo, —
for Olympic: Air transport of passengers and cargo, ground handling services and provision of maintenance, repair and overhaul services. | — | for Vassilakis: investments in car rental, car leasing, car import and car distribution, ground handling and aviation (through Aegean Airlines), | — | for Marfin: investments in food and beverage, shipping (notably through Attica Group, which owns Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries), air transport (through Olympic Air), ground handling (through Olympic Handling), maintenance, repair and overhaul services (through Olympic Engineering), healthcare, real estate, IT & telecoms, tourism and leisure, and financial services, | — | for Laskaridis: Investments in aviation (through Aegean Airlines), ground handling, shipping and shipyards, tourism and real estate sectors, | — | for Aegean Airlines: provision of air transport of passengers and cargo, | — | for Olympic: Air transport of passengers and cargo, ground handling services and provision of maintenance, repair and overhaul services. |
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| — | for Vassilakis: investments in car rental, car leasing, car import and car distribution, ground handling and aviation (through Aegean Airlines), | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | for Marfin: investments in food and beverage, shipping (notably through Attica Group, which owns Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries), air transport (through Olympic Air), ground handling (through Olympic Handling), maintenance, repair and overhaul services (through Olympic Engineering), healthcare, real estate, IT & telecoms, tourism and leisure, and financial services, | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | for Laskaridis: Investments in aviation (through Aegean Airlines), ground handling, shipping and shipyards, tourism and real estate sectors, | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | for Aegean Airlines: provision of air transport of passengers and cargo, | | | | | | | | | | |
| — | for Olympic: Air transport of passengers and cargo, ground handling services and provision of maintenance, repair and overhaul services. | | | | | | | | | | |

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. |
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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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5830 — Olympic/Aegean Airlines, to the following address:
European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry J-70 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË | European Commission | Directorate-General for Competition | Merger Registry | J-70 | 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel | BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
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| 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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