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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 22.11.2021  
C(2021 ) 8558 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Liberty Global plc  
Griffin House   
161 Hammersmith Road  
W6 8BS  London  
United Kingdom  
 
InfraVia V Invest S.à.r.l.  
1B Heienhaff   
1736 Senningerberg  
Luxembourg  
Subject : Case M. 10498  – LIBERTY  GLOBAL / INFRAVIA / LIBERTY 
NETWORKS GERMANY  
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 27 October 2021,  the Europ ean Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Liberty Global 
plc (“Liberty Global”, United Kingdom)  and InfraVia V Invest S.à.r.l. (“InfraVia”, 
Luxembourg), controlled by InfraVia C apital Partners S.A.S. (France) , intend  to 
acquire, within the meaning of Article s 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation , 
joint control of Liberty Networks Germany Holding GmbH (“LNG”, Germany). The 
concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created 
company constituting a joint venture.3 
                                                 
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 ‘Communi ty’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this 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 447, 4.11.2021, p. 17. 

2 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for Liberty Global: owner and operator of cable networks offering television, 
broadband internet, fixed -line voice telephony and mob ile telecommunications 
services in several Member States,  
 for InfraVia: company held by funds managed by InfraVia Capital Partners 
S.A.S., the management company of investment funds specialized in the 
infrastructure and technology sectors ultimately solely  controlled by Mr 
Vincent Levita,  
 for LNG: a newly constituted joint venture set up to establish and provide 
fibre-to-the-home internet services in rural districts of several states in 
Germany.  
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(c) 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 applicat ion of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For  the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .