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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 30.01.2020  
C(2020 ) 615 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9594 - CMA CGM / CIMC NEOCONTAINER / 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 7 January 2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which CMA CGM 
S.A. (“ CMA CGM ”, France)  and China International Marine Containers Neocontainer 
Logistics Limited (“CIMC Neocontainer”, China) acquire(s) within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation  joint control of the newly created 
joint venture (the " JV”) by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for CMA CGM: a player in container liner shipping activities and port terminal  
services. CMA CGM is also active, through its wholly owned subsidiary 
CEVA Logistics, o n the market for freight forwarding and contract logistics 
services, and provides a limited range of ancillary supply chain management 
services through its wholly owned subsidiary CMA CGM Inland Services;  
 for CIMC Neocontainer: a logistics company owned by  CIMC Group, a 
comprehensive logistics service provider for logistics services and equipment 
operation services;  
 for the JV: provision of services in container storage management, container 
handling and container repair, exclusively in Tianjin port in Chin a. 
                                                 
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 13, 15.01.2020 , p. 21. 

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 Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUER SENT  
Director -General  
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .