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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  22.4.2020  
C(2020)  2641 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9696 – ARCELORMITTAL  NEEL TAILORED BLANK S / TT 
STEEL SERVICE INDIA / JV 
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No  139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 26 March 2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertakings ArcelorMittal Neel Tailored Blanks Private Limited (“ANTB” , 
Luxemburg/India ), jointly controlled by ArcelorMittal Tailored  Blanks Lorraine SAS 
of India (ultimately controlled by ArcelorMittal of Luxemburg) and Neel Metal 
Products Limited of India  and TT Steel Service India Private Limited (“TTSSI”, 
India) , belonging to the Toyota Group, acquire  within the meaning of Article 3 (1)(b) 
and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of ArcelorMittal Neel TT Private 
Limited (“ANTT”, India) .  
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created 
company constituting a joint venture .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for ANTB : production, distribution, marketing, and sale of steel products, 
including tailored welded blanks. It supplies steel for various applications 
including automotive, construction, household appliances, and packaging,  
− for TTSSI : operating a Steel Service Cen ter (SSC) , 
− for ANTT: production and commercialisation of tailored welded blanks, 
exclusively in India.  
                                                 
1 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 thi s decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 113, 06.04.2020 , p. 7. 

2 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  139/2004.4 
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 Agre ement . 
For the Commission 
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.