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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9615 — Glory Ltd/Grenke Bank AG/Cash Payment Solutions GmbH)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 427/02)

1. On 11 December 2019, 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: — Glory Ltd (‘Glory’, Japan), — Grenke Bank AG (‘Grenke’, Germany), — Cash Payment Solutions GmbH (‘CPS’, Germany). Glory and Grenke acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Cash Payment Solutions. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Glory develops and manufactures various products such as cash management systems, vending machines and coin operated lockers. — Grenke is a licenced German bank that mainly focusses on providing online banking and other financial services to SMEs. — CPS operates an online payment service that enables consumers to shop online and pay for these purchases in cash at retail partners such as supermarkets.

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 the 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.9615 — Glory Ltd/Grenke Bank/Cash Payment Solutions GmbH 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.9667 — BlackRock Group/Raffles/Kellas Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 424/09)

1. On 6 December 2019, 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: — Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III L.P. (‘GEPIF III’, USA), belonging to the BlackRock Group (‘BlackRock’, USA), — Raffles Infra Holdings Limited (‘Raffles’, Singapore), belonging to the GIC Group, — Kellas Group Holdings Limited (‘Kellas Group’, United Kingdom), currently owned by Antin Infrastructure Partners Luxembourg II S.a.r.l. and certain members of Kellas Group’s management. BlackRock and the GIC Group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Kellas Group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — GEPIF III is a fund focussing on investments in the energy and power infrastructure value chain. It is managed by a subsidiary of BlackRock, — Raffles is an investment vehicle managed by GIC Special Investments Private Limited (‘GICSI’) which manages a global portfolio of investments in private equity, venture capital and infrastructure funds, as well as direct investments in private companies. GICSI belongs to the GIC Group, — Kellas Group is a midstream infrastructure business active in the transportation and processing of natural gas and natural gas liquids.

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 the 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.9667 — BlackRock Group//Raffles/Kellas 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’).

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

(Case M.9553 — Domo Investment Group/Solvay’s EEA EP and P&I Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 434/01)

On 25 November 2019, 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 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 32019M9553. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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

(Case M.9634 — PSP/Aviva/Galleri K)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 431/06)

On 17 December 2019, 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 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 32019M9634. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9640 — BCP/CD&R Fund X/BrandSafway)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 4/06)

1. On 20 December 2019, 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: — BCP Acquisitions LLC (‘BCP’, USA), — CD&R Fund X (USA), — Brand Industrial Holdings, Inc. (‘BrandSafway’, USA), controlled by, — CDR Bullseye Holdings L.P. (‘CDR Bullseye’, USA). BCP and CD&R Fund X acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of BrandSafway. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for BCP: a limited liability company controlled by Brookfield Assets Management Inc., a global asset manager, — for CD&R Fund X: a fund of the Clayton, Dubilier & Rice private equity investment fund, — for BrandSafway: a trade contractor providing specialised services to industrial, commercial and infrastructure customers and operates across three business units: scaffolding and access solutions, specialty industrial services, and forming and shoring.

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 the 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.9640 — BCP/CD&R Fund X/BrandSafway 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.9555 — Recruit/MUBK/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 12/04)

On 2 December 2019, 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 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 32019M9555. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(M.9559 — Telefónica/Prosegur/Prosegur Alarmas España)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 6/03)

Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004

On 27 November 2019, the European Commission received notification (1) of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (‘Merger Regulation’).

On 20 December 2019, the notifying parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.

(1) Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union C 412, 9.12.2019, p. 21.
Opinion of the Advisory Committee on mergers at its meeting of 20 February 2019 concerning a preliminary draft decision relating to Case M.8436 — General Electric Company/LM Wind Power Holding (Art.14(1) proc.)

Rapporteur: ROMANIA

(2020/C 24/03)

1. The Advisory Committee (9 Member States) agrees with the Commission that GE negligently submitted incorrect information in the Form CO in case M.8283 — GE/LM WIND in violation of Article 14(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation (1) and Article 4(1) of the Implementing Regulation (2). One Member State abstains.

2. The Advisory Committee (10 Member States) agrees with the Commission that a fine should be imposed on GE pursuant to Article 14(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the ‘Merger Regulation’) (OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1).

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 of 21 April 2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the ‘Implementing Regulation’) (OJ L 133, 30.4.2004, p. 1), as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1033/2008 (OJ L 279, 22.10.2008, p. 3) and by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1269/2013 (OJ L 336, 14.12.2013, p. 1).
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9641 — SNAM/FSI/OLT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 20/06)

SNAM and FSI acquire joint control, in the meaning of Article 3(1) and 3(4) of the EUMR, over OLT.

On 7 January 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. ( 1 )

for OLT: the management of a floating storage and regasification unit for liquified natural gas in Italy, provision of regasification capacity to all interested market participants under transparent and non-discriminatory conditions.

for FSI: asset management division of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, which is one of Japan’s largest asset managers and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.;

for SNAM: the development and integrated management of gas infrastructures and, in particular, the transmission, regasification and storage of natural gas in Italy as well as in other European Union countries;

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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.9641 – SNAM/FSI/OLT

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:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9612 — Central Group/SIGNA Prime/Mahis JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 35/01)

On 23 January 2020, 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 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 32020M9612. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9658 — Daiwa Securities Group/Aquila Holding/Aquila Capital Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 30/03)

On 22 January 2020, 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 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 32020M9658. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9610 — CVC/Royal FrieslandCampina/DMV Fonterra Excipients)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 48/01)

On 7 January 2020, 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 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 32020M9610. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9693 — Liberty/Aleris Divestment Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 44/03)

On 20 January 2020, 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 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 32020M9693. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9740 — ISQ/Rubis/Rubis Terminal)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 56/09)

1. On 12 February 2020, 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: — I Squared Capital Advisors LLC (‘ISQ’, United States), — Rubis SCA (‘Rubis’, France), — Rubis Terminal S.A. (‘Rubis Terminal’, France), currently controlled by Rubis. ISQ acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Rubis Terminal, alongside Rubis. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for ISQ: investment company focusing on sectors such as energy, utilities, telecommunication and transport at a global level. — for Rubis: company specialised in the distribution of petroleum products and storage of liquid products (including petroleum products, chemicals, agricultural products and fertilizers) at a global level. — for Rubis Terminal: business division of Rubis that mainly operates bulk storage terminals in Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Turkey.

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 the 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.9740 — ISQ/Rubis/Rubis Terminal 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.9494 — Equistone/Heras)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 49/03)

On 11 September 2019, 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 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 32019M9494. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9727 — AccorInvest/Accor/Hotel Portfolio)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 62/03)

On 18 February 2020, 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 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 32020M9727. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.