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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9570 — Bridgepoint/Latour/Primonial)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 361/09)

1. On 17 October 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: — Bridgepoint SAS (‘Bridgepoint’, France), controlled by Atlantic Investments Holdings Limited (UK), the parent holding company of the Bridgepoint group, — Latour Capital Management SAS (‘Latour’, France) controlled jointly by Mr Philippe Leoni and Mr Cédric Bannel, — New Primonial Holding SAS (‘Primonial’, France) currently controlled by Bridgepoint. Bridgepoint and Latour acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Primonial. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Bridgepoint is an independent private equity company, — Latour is an independent private equity company, — Primonial operates in France providing selection, design, management and advisory services in the field of investment solutions.

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.9570 — Bridgepoint/Latour/Primonial Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: E-mail: 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.9539 — BNP Paribas/Deutsche Bank (global prime finance and electronic equities business assets))

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 358/05)

1. On 14 October 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: — BNP Paribas SA (‘BNP Paribas’; France), — Certain assets of Deutsche Bank’s prime finance and electronic equities business (the ‘Deustche Bank Target Business’, Germany). BNP Paribas acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the Deutsche Bank Target Business. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for BNP Paribas: international banking group active in retail banking, asset management, as well as corporate and investment banking, including prime financing and electronic execution services, — for Deutsche Bank Target Business: prime financing and electronic execution services.

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.9539 — BNP Paribas/Deutsche Bank (global prime finance and electronic equities business assets) 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.9462 — Emil Frey Group/Autocommerce/Avto Triglav/AC-Mobil)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 373/01)

On 18 October 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 32019M9462. 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.9588 — Shell Energy Retail/Hudson Energy Supply)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 364/10)

1. On 22 October 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: — Shell Energy Retail Limited (‘SERL’, of Great Britain), belonging to the Shell Group, whose ultimate parent is Royal Dutch Shell plc. — Hudson Energy Supply UK Limited (‘Hudson Energy Supply’ or the ‘Target’, of Great Britain), controlled by Hudson Energy Holdings UK Limited, belonging to the Just Energy Group Inc. SERL acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Hudson Energy Supply. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for SERL: the retail supply of gas and electricity to household and business customers in the UK, — for Hudson Energy Supply: the retail supply of gas and electricity to household and business customers in the UK.

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.9588 — Shell Energy Retail/Hudson Energy Supply 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.9062 — Fortress Investment Group/Air Investment Valencia/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 384/01)

On 23 July 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 32019M9062. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9582 — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy/Senvion (European onshore wind turbine service)/Ria Blades)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 382/11)

1. On 31 October 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:

— Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, S.A. (‘SGRE’, Spain), controlled by Siemens AG (Germany),

— Senvion GmbH (‘Senvion’, Germany) European onshore servicing business for wind farms including all related assets, as well as Senvion’s wind turbine blades manufacturing facilities in Vagos (Portugal) and Oliveira de Frades (Portugal), currently operated by Ria Blades S.A., (all ‘the Senvion Target Business’).

SGRE acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the Senvion Target Business.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets and purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — SGRE is a supplier of wind power solutions and its activities are divided into three business segments: Onshore Wind Power, Offshore Wind Power and Service; SGRE was created in April 2017 by the merger of Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, — The Senvion Target Business is a large part of the Senvion Group’s European onshore servicing business, all of Senvion Group’s IP and IT and Senvion’s wind turbine blades manufacturing facilities in Vagos (Portugal) and Oliveira de Frades (Portugal), currently operated by Ria Blades S.A., a subsidiary of the Senvion Group; The onshore servicing business consists of different services, such as regular maintenance, remote monitoring, spare parts exchange and blade inspection; the Senvion Target Business does not include the wind turbine manufacturing business of Senvion, nor the actual blade manufacturing business of Senvion (only the two blade manufacturing facilities).

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.9582 — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy/Senvion (European onshore wind turbine service)/Ria Blades

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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9548 — Apollo Capital Management/Covivio/Hilton Kilmainham)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 392/01)

On 8 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 32019M9548. 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.9555 — Recruit/MUBK/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 387/06)

1. On 8 November 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: — Recruit Co, Ltd (‘Recruit’, Japan), — MUFG Bank Ltd (‘MUBK’, Japan), — newly formed JV (‘JV’, Japan). Recruit and MUBK acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Recruit: provision of information technology services for various purposes such as recruiting, education and booking, — MUBK: retail banking in Japan, with offices in Japan and 40 other countries, — JV: finance services for major enterprises and small to medium businesses only in Japan to support their day-to-day management and operations.

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.9555 — Recruit/MUBK/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.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9672 — Apollo/Gamenet)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 400/13)

1. On 15 November 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: — Apollo Management, L.P. (‘Apollo’, United States), — Gamenet Group S.p.A (‘Gamenet’, Italy). Apollo acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Gamenet. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Apollo: invests in companies and debt issued by companies involved in various businesses throughout the world such as companies in the chemical, hospital, security, insurance, financial services, and real estate businesses, — for Gamenet: offers a diversified product range across four operating segments: (i) concessionaries of betting and online games; (ii) direct managers of owned gaming halls and amusement with prizes (AWPs); (iii) concessionaries of slot machines/amusement with prize terminals; and (iv) concessionaires of video lottery terminals.

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.9672 — Apollo/Gamenet 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’).
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9652 — Marquard & Bahls/Starwood Capital/GCA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 395/10)

1. On 14 November 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: — Marquard & Bahls AG (‘M&B’, Germany), — Starwood Energy Group Global, L.L.C. (‘Starwood Energy’, USA), an affiliate of Starwood Capital L.L.C. (‘Starwood’, USA), — GCA Holdings LLC (‘GCA’, USA). M&B and Starwood Energy acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of GCA. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — M&B is active in the supply, trading, storage and logistics of energy/petroleum products and chemicals. Its core operating units include tank storage logistics, trading and aviation fueling, — Starwood Energy is a private equity investment firm that specializes in energy infrastructure investments, — Starwood is a private investment firm with a primary focus on global real estate, — GCA is a project company that will build and operate an ammonia production facility in Texas, USA. It is currently jointly controlled by M&B and AMGCA Partners LLC.

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.9652 — Marquard & Bahls/Starwood Capital/GCA 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.9452 — Global Payments/TSYS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 405/02)

On 16 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 32019M9452. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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

(Case M.9627 — APG/Elecnor/CC&I)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 402/09)

1. On 20 November 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: — APG Asset Management N.V. (‘APG’, Netherlands), part of the APG Group N.V., — Grupo Elecnor S.A. (‘Elecnor’, Spain), — Celeo Concesiones e Inversiones S.L. (‘CC&I’ or the ‘JV’, Spain), currently part of Grupo Elecnor. APG and Elecnor acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of CC&I. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for APG: APG carries out executive consultancy, asset management, pension administration and communication for pension funds in the field of collective pensions, — for Elecnor: Elecnor carries out engineering, construction and services projects in areas including electricity, power generation, gas, telecommunications and railways. Elecnor is also active in wind and solar power generation, — for CC&I: CC&I manages Elecnor’s investment in power transmission projects and as principal concessionaire with concessions in Brazil and Chile, delevops and manages photovoltaic and thermoelectric electricity generation in Spain and is active in generation and wholesale supply of electricity. Post-transaction, CC&I will serve as joint platform to develop and manage energy transmission infrastructure projects and renewable energy projects (except for wind renewable energy projects), mainly in Chile, Brazil and Spain.

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.9627 — APG/Elecnor/CC&I 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.