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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 29.5.2020  
C(2020)  3620 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M. 9801 — Allianz/OMERS Infrastructure/T&R 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 5 May  2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Allianz Capital 
Partners GmbH (‘ACP’, Germany) belonging to the group Allianz SE (Germany), and  
Borealis Turtle Investments BV (‘Borealis’, the Netherlands) wholly owned by 
OMERS Administration Corporation (‘ OMERS ’, Canada) acquire within the meaning 
of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation  joint control of the whole 
of Autobahn Tank & Rast Gruppe GmbH & Co KG (‘T&R’, Germany) .3 The 
concentration results from an amendment in the governance principles of T&R.  
2. The business activities of t he undertakings concerned are:  
− ACP is a wholly -owned subsidiary of Allianz SE, the ultimate  parent company of 
the Allianz Group. The Allianz Group offers a  comprehensive range of insurance 
and asset management products and services to both private and corporate 
customers in more than 70 countries. Pre -transaction, Allianz had sole control 
over T&R, 
− Borealis  is the managing holding entity of the T&R investment on behalf of 
OMERS, the administrator of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement 
System Primary Pension Plan and the ultimate parent company of the OMERS 
group, one of Canada’s largest defined benefi t pension plans. OMERS’ 
shareholding in T&R has not changed post -transaction, 
                                                 
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 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 160, 11.5.2020, p. 17-18. 

2 − T&R is a provider of food services, retail goods, hotel accommodation and fuel 
on German motorways.  
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 (b) 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 applic ation 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.