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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10579 – PON HOLDINGS / AUTOHAUS ADELBERT MOLL / FLEXXDRIVE)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 193/05)

1. On 2 May 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: — Pon Holding Germany GmbH (‘Pon Holding’, Germany), belonging to the Pon group, — Mr. Timm Moll (Germany), — Pon Luxury Cars GmbH (‘PLC’, Germany), belonging to the Pon group, — Autohaus Adelbert Moll GmbH & Co. KG (‘Autohaus Moll’, Germany), controlled by Mr. Timm Moll, — FlexxDrive GmbH (‘FlexxDrive’, Germany), controlled by Mr. Timm Moll. Pon Holding and Mr. Timm Moll will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of PLC, Autohaus Moll and FlexxDrive. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Pon group operates in a wide range of markets, from passenger and commercial vehicles and bicycles to road construction and earthmoving machines, generators and total solutions for the shipping industry, — Mr Timm Moll is a natural person residing in Düsseldorf, Germany. His business activities focus on the automotive sector and are concentrated in Autohaus Moll and FlexxDrive, — PLC is a luxury car dealer, based in Cologne, Germany, — Autohaus Moll is a car dealer of multiple brands based in and around Düsseldorf and Hannover, Germany, — FlexxDrive is a company active in the short-term car rental business in 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.

4. 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.10579 – PON HOLDINGS / AUTOHAUS ADELBERT MOLL / FLEXXDRIVE 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.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10629 – CSL / VIFOR PHARMA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 180/05)

1. On 26 April 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: — CSL Behring AG (‘CSL Behring’, Australia), controlled by CSL Limited (‘CSL’, Australia), a public company listed on the Australian Security Exchange, — Vifor Pharma Limited (‘Vifor Pharma’, Switzerland), a public company listed on the Swiss Stock Exchange. CSL will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over Vifor Pharma. The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced by CSL Limited on 14 December 2021.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — CSL is a biotechnology company with a portfolio of medicines, including those that treat hemophilia and immune deficiencies (through CSL Behring), as well as vaccines to prevent influenza (through Seqirus), and through CSL Plasma, a division of CSL Behring, it operates a plasma collection network, — Vifor Pharma is active worldwide in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceutical products for the treatment of iron deficiency, nephrology (kidney care), and cardio-renal therapies.

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.10629 – CSL / VIFOR PHARMA 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.10658 – NORSK HYDRO / ALUMETAL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 208/05)

1. On 13 May 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: — Norsk Hydro ASA (‘Hydro’, Norway), — Alumetal S.A. (‘Alumetal’, Poland). Hydro will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Alumetal. The concentration is accomplished by way of a public bid.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Hydro is a fully integrated aluminium company, and has activities throughout the aluminium value chain from bauxite, alumina and energy generation to the production of primary aluminium, aluminium extruded products and aluminium recycling. In particular, Hydro produces foundry alloys based mainly on primary aluminium. — Alumetal is mainly a producer of aluminium foundry alloys produced mainly from secondary aluminium. Alumetal also produces master alloys, which it uses internally but also sells to third party customers, including Hydro.

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.10658 – NORSK HYDRO / ALUMETAL 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.10688 – AXA / ATALANTE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 201/02)

On 13 May 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 32022M10688. 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.10765 – KKR / OTPP / HIGHWAYS TRUST)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 218/05)

1. On 18 May 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: — KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, United States), — Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (‘OTPP’, Canada), — Highways Infrastructure Trust (‘Highways Trust’, India), controlled by KKR. KKR and OTPP will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Highways Trust. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — KKR is a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions worldwide. — OTPP administrates pension benefits and the investment of pension plan assets of active and retired teachers in the Canadian province of Ontario worldwide. — Highways Trust is an infrastructure investment trust which holds companies active in the design, finance, construction, operation and maintenance of roads in India.

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.10765 – KKR / OTPP / HIGHWAYS TRUST 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.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10739 – FORD OTOSAN / FORD ROMANIA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 210/15)

1. On 17 May 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: — Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.Ş. (‘Ford Otosan’, Turkey), — Ford Romania S.A. (‘Ford Romania’, Romania). Ford Otosan will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Ford Romania. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Ford Otosan is an automotive manufacturer and distributor based in Turkey that is equally owned by Ford Motor Company and Koç Holding, — Ford Romania will hold and operate at closing only an assembly plant and automobile manufacturing facility located in Craiova, Romania.

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.10739 – FORD OTOSAN / FORD ROMANIA 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.10700 – HY24 / ENAGAS / ENAGAS RENOVABLE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 228/02)

On 7 June 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 32022M10700. 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.10664 – XLCEE / DEROT / BLACK RED WHITE)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 223/05)

1. On 25 May 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: — XLCEE-Holding GmbH (‘XLCEE’, Austria), belonging to the XXXLutz Group (‘XXXLutz’, Austria), — Derot Fund S.À R.L. (‘Derot’, Luxembourg), controlled by Mr Formela, — BLACK RED WHITE S.A. (‘BRW’, Poland), controlled by Derot. XLCEE and Derot will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of BRW. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — XLCEE is an investement holding company within the XXXLutz group. XXXLutz is primarily active in the operation of retail brick-and-mortar and online stores for furniture, furnishings and household goods in Europe. — Derot is an investment holding company, controlled by Mr Formela. Mr Formela also controls BRW Trading Company (Belarus) which operates four retail stores for furniture, furnishings and household goods in Belarus, — BRW is a furniture manufacturing and retail company active in the manufacturing of furtniture and operation of retail brick-and-mortar stores for furniture, furnishings and household goods mainly in Poland and – to a smaller extent – in Slovakia and Belarus.

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.10664 – XLCEE / DEROT / BLACK RED WHITE 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.10755 – ADVENT / IRCA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 240/07)

1. On 13 June 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: — AI Tiramisù S.r.l. (‘Bidco’, Italy), controlled by Advent International Corporation (‘Advent’,USA), — IRCA S.p.A. (‘IRCA’, Italy), controlled by The Carlyle Group (USA). Advent will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control of the whole of IRCA. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Advent, is an international private equity investor, based in Boston USA, active in the acquisition of equity stakes and the management of investment funds in various sectors, including healthcare, industrial, technology, retail, consumer and leisure and business and financial services. One of its portfolio companies is Caldic, a distributor of functional ingredients and specialty chemicals active in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, — IRCA is a food ingredient company based in Italy active in the production and sale of semi-finished ingredients for chocolate, bakery (pastry and bread), and gelato. It is mainly active in Italy and to a more limited extend across the EEA and globally.

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 no later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10755 – ADVENT / IRCA 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.10731 – APOLLO MANAGEMENT / PRIMAFRIO)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 234/03)

On 10 June 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 32022M10731. 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.10663 – ORANGE / VOO / BRUTÉLÉ)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 246/05)

1. On 22 June 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: — Orange Belgium S.A. (‘OBE’, Belgium), controlled by Orange S.A. (‘Orange’, France), — VOO S.A. (‘VOO’, Belgium), controlled by Nethys SA (‘Nethys’, Belgium), in turn controlled by Enodia SC (‘Enodia’, Belgium) — The telecommunication, media and technology activities of Societe Intercommunale pour la Diffusion de la Television (‘Brutélé’, Belgium). Orange, through OBE, will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of VOO and Brutélé. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — for Orange: a global telecommunications operator, activein Belgium through OBE providing retail mobile telecommunications services based on its own mobile network and retail fixed telecommunications services based on third party fixed networks, — for VOO: a cable operator mainly active in the Walloon Region of Belgium providing retail fixed telecommunications services based on its own network and retail mobile telecommunications services based on third party mobile networks, — for Brutélé: a cable operator mainly active in the Region of Brussels Capital and certain municipalities of the Walloon Region of Belgium providing retail fixed telecommunications services based on its own network.

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.10663 – ORANGE / VOO / BRUTÉLÉ 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’).