ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10864 – AGC GLASS EUROPE / INTERPANE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 405/05)

On 21 September 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10864. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10615 – BOOKING HOLDINGS / ETRAVELI GROUP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 402/07)

1. On 10 October 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Booking Holdings Inc (‘Booking’, US), — Flugo Group Holdings AB (‘Flugo’, Sweden). Booking will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of parts of Flugo. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Booking: public, global travel company active in the supply of online travel agency (‘OTA’) and metasearch (‘MSS’) services primarily for accommodations, whilst also providing services for flights, car rental and activities. Booking’s core brands include Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, Rentalcars.com and OpenTable. — Flugo: offers under the trading name ‘eTraveli’ OTA services almost exclusively focussed on the sale of flights, whilst it is also active, to a limited extent, in the accommodation and car rental sales (ETG is also active in the supply of airline content distribution services, via TripStack. Flugo’s MSS activities operated under the Flygresor brand do not form part of the proposed concentration.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10615 – BOOKING HOLDINGS / ETRAVELI GROUP Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10800 – AHLSELL / SANISTAL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 410/09)

1. On 17 October 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Ahlsell Danmark ApS (Denmark, ‘Ahlsell’), controlled by CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. (Luxembourg, ‘CVC’), — Sanistål A/S (Denmark, ‘Sanistal’). Ahlsell will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Sanistal. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares as well as by way of public bid accounced on 24 May 2022.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — CVC is a large global investment manager focussed on private equity, secondaries and credit. — Ahlsell is a CVC fund’s portfolio company and a retailer and distributor of mainly installation products and tools & supplies to professional customers in the Nordic region. — Sanistal provides a wide assortment of products with a primary focus on plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and tools & supplies, including personal protective equipment, for industry and construction in Denmark and the Baltics.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10800 – AHLSELL / SANISTAL Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10763 – NORDEA / TOPDANMARK LIV HOLDING)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 431/01)

On 18 October 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10763. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10950 – OTPP / MAHINDRA / MSPL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 426/02)

On 4 November 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10950. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10640 – SAFRAN / MBDA / COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DES LASERS CILAS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 440/01)

On 14 October 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10640. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10165 – ASTRAZENECA / ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 435/01)

On 5 July 2021, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10165. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Initiation of proceedings

(Case M.10615 – BOOKING HOLDINGS / ETRAVELI GROUP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 448/01)

On 16 November 2022, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference No. M.10615 – BOOKING HOLDINGS / ETRAVELI GROUP, to the following address:

European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10854 – GIC INVESTOR / KIA / OMERS / DCLI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 444/02)

On 8 November 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10854. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10900 – PLATINUM EQUITY GROUP / IMERYS HTSM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 464/05)

On 24 November 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10900. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10940 – CPPIB / MONTAGU / UNIVERSAL INVESTMENT / JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 454/07)

1. On 22 November 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Montagu Private Equity LLP (‘Montagu’, United Kingdom), — Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘CPPIB’, Canada), — Universal Investment GmbH (‘Universal Investment’, Germany), ultimately controlled by Alpha LuxCo 2 SARL (Germany). Montagu and CPPIB will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Universal Investment. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Montagu is a private equity firm, headquartered in the United Kingdom. It focuses on arrangements and investments in buyouts of companies, particularly in Northern Europe, — CPPIB is a professional investment management organisation, CPPIB invests the funds transferred to it by the Canada Pension Plan (‘CPP’) that are not needed by the CPP to pay current benefits on behalf of 21 million contributors and beneficiaries, — Universal Investment is a service provider to the investment fund industry headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10940 – CPPIB / MONTAGU / UNIVERSAL INVESTMENT / JV Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10349 – AMAZON / MGM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 474/02)

On 15 March 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10349. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10894 – BC PARTNERS / BAIN CAPITAL / FEDRIGONI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 467/01)

On 19 September 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10894. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10982 – STELLANTIS / HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY / JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 494/06)

1. On 14 December 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Stellantis N.V. (‘Stellantis’, the Netherlands), — Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. (‘Hon Hai’, Taiwan). Stellantis and Hon Hai will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint venture (‘JV’, the Netherlands). The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Stellantis is a global automotive group active in designing, engineering, manufacturing, distributing and selling automotive vehicles, components and production systems worldwide, — Hon Hai provides electronic manufacturing services for computers, communications, and consumer electronic products.

3. The business activities of the JV will be the following: — The JV will be a greenfield joint venture set up for the purposes of developing semiconductors for the automotive market and performing all the activities of an autonomous economic entity.

4. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

5. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10982 – STELLANTIS / HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY / JV Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10987 – BAIN CAPITAL / CAVERION)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 481/03)

1. On 9 December 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Bain Capital Investors, LLC (‘Bain Capital’, USA), — Caverion Corporation (‘Caverion’, Finland). Bain Capital will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Caverion. The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Bain Capital is a private equity investment firm that invests, through its family of funds, in companies across a number of industries, including information technology, healthcare, retail and consumer products, communications, financial services and industrial/manufacturing, — Caverion is a public limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Finland. Caverion operates in building technology and industrial processes installation and maintenance, notably in heating, electricity, energy, ventilation, cooling, building automation and building security technical disciplines. In addition, Caverion provides maintenance services for industrial manufacturing processes such as hydropower, pulp & paper manufacturing and chemical processes.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10987 – BAIN CAPITAL / CAVERION Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.