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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 22.12.2020  
C(2020 ) 9627 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
 
Subject : Case M.9848 – CMI / ROCKAWAY / MR MC / GJIRAFA TECH  
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 19 November  2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Czech Media 
Invest a.s. (“CMI”, Czechia) , Rockaway Capital SE (“Rockaway”, Czechia)  and Mr 
Mergim Cahani , through Gjirafa, Inc. (“Gjirafa”, U nited States of America ), acquire 
within the meaning of Article s 3(1)(b)  and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control 
over the whol e of Gjirafa Tech (Czechia) , by way of purchase of  shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 CMI: ultimate parent company of a private investment group that focuses on the 
acquisition and management of media assets in Central and Western Europe , 
 Rockaway : parent company of a business group primarily active in the area of e -
commerce, e -travel, media, book publishing and venture capital , 
 Gjirafa: operating an Albanian -language search engine, a video/news content 
platform, an online m arketing platform and an e -commerce platform, almost 
exclusively in Albania, the Republic of Kosovo and North Macedonia , 
 Gjirafa Tech: a joint venture which will be active in the sale of software packages 
and other related services on a software -as-a-servi ce (“SaaS”) basis and primarily 
focused on Czech ia. 
                                                 
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 412, 30.11.2020 , p. 10. 

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 s 5(a) and 5(c)  of the Commission N otice 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 .