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

(Case M.9402 — Patrizia/KGAL/HIH/CVV/KW/RW/Control.IT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 313/01)

On 7 August 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 German language 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 32019M9402. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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

(Case M.9471 — Clearlake/TA/DigiCert)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 322/01)

On 4 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 32019M9471. 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.9437 — Würth Group/GES)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 318/03)

On 23 August 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 32019M9437. 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.9523 — Munich RE/DIF/Green Investment Group/Covanta/Dublin Waste-To-Energy facility)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 332/03)

On 24 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 32019M9523. 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.9513 — Apax Partners/ADCO)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 329/01)

On 23 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 32019M9513. 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.9522 — Brookfield/ENGIE/TAG Pipelines Sur)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 344/01)

On 2 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 32019M9522. 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.9524 — Fortress Investment Group/Majestic Wine Warehouses/Les Celliers De Calais)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 341/05)

1. On 30 September 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: — Fortress Investment Group LLC (‘Fortress Investment’, USA), — Majestic Wine Warehouses Limited (‘Majestic Wine Warehouses’, UK) and Les Celliers de Calais S.A.S (‘Les Celliers de Calais’, France). Fortress Investment acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Majestic Wine Warehouses and Les Celliers de Calais. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Fortress Investment: an investment management firm, — for Majestic Wine Warehouses and Les Celliers de Calais: retailers of wine, beer, spirits and other beverages.

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.9524 — Fortress Investment Group/Majestic Wine Warehouses/Les Celliers De Calais 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.9484 — Semler/VWFS/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 352/19)

1. On 9 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:

— Semler Gruppen A/S (‘Semler’, Denmark),

— Volkswagen Financial Services AG (‘VWFS’, Germany) through its wholly owned subsidiary Volkswagen Finance Overseas BV (Netherlands),

Semler and VWFS acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture, namely Volkswagen Semler Finans Danmark A/S (the ‘JV’).

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: — for Semler: the import and retail sale of vehicles in Denmark, — for VWFS: financial services mainly relating to the distribution of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles of the Volkswagen group, — for the JV: the provision of financing and leasing of vehicles to customers, dealer financing and related services in Denmark.

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.9484 — Semler/VWFS/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.9405 — CPF/Itochu/HyLife)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 349/01)

On 9 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 32019M9405. 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.9534 — CKA/Greene King)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 361/01)

On 16 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 32019M9534. 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.9409 — Aurubis/Metallo Group Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 356/07)

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:

— Aurubis AG (‘Aurubis’, Germany),

— Metallo Group Holding N.V. (‘Metallo’, Belgium).

Aurubis AG acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole Metallo Group Holding N.V.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The same concentration was already notified to the Commission on 30 August 2019, but the notification was subsequently withdrawn on 25 September 2019.

3. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Aurubis: is a provider of non-ferrous metals. In particular, Aurubis processes copper concentrates and copper scrap; produces copper cathodes and by-products of the copper refining process, as well as supplies copper shapes and semi-finished copper and copper alloys products such as flat rolled, bars, rods and wires, — for Metallo: active in recycling, processing and trading of non-ferrous metals. In particular, Metallo refines copper scrap to produce copper cathodes and by-products of the refining process.

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.

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.9409 — Aurubis/Metallo Group Holding

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.9597 — Cinven/Stichting Barentz Beheer/Barentz)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 371/07)

1. On 25 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: — Cinven Capital Management (VI) Genera Partner Limited (‘Cinven’, Guernsey), — Stichting Barentz Beheer (‘the Foundation’, Netherlands), — H.L. Barentz B.V. (‘Barentz’, Netherlands). Cinven and the Foundation acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Barentz. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Cinven: private equity business engaged in the provision of investment management and investment advisory services to a number of investment funds. Cinven controls a number of portfolio companies which are active in a variety of sectors across a range of jurisdictions, — for the Foundation: Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting). Its sole purpose, is to support and further develop the business of Barentz, — for Barentz: distribution of ingredients and additives for the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics, chemical and animal nutrition industries.

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.9597 — Cinven/Stichting Barentz Beheer/Barentz 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.9095 — UPL/Arysta LifeScience)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 364/02)

On 23 January 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 32019M9095. 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.9557 — Swisscom/AMAG Group/Zürich Insurance Group/autoSense)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 384/07)

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:

— Swisscom (Schweiz) AG (‘Swisscom’, Switzerland), belonging to Swisscom AG,

— AMAG Import AG (‘AMAG’, Switzerland), belonging to AMAG Group AG,

— Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (‘Zurich’, Switzerland), belonging to Zurich Insurance Group AG,

— autoSense AG (‘autoSense’, Switzerland), currently controlled by Swisscom and AMAG.

Swisscom, AMAG and Zurich acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of autoSense.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Swisscom: Swiss telecommunications provider, — for AMAG: Swiss car importer and dealer, active also in related services such as leasing and maintenance, — for Zurich: Swiss diversified insurance company active in international and local markets, — for autoSense: Swiss provider of products and services in the field of connected cars.

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:

Case M.9557 — Swisscom/AMAG Group/Zürich Insurance Group/autoSense

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.9512 — EQT/Colony Capital/Zayo)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 379/05)

1. On 30 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:

— EQT Fund Management S.à r.l. (‘EQT’, Luxembourg),

— Digital Colony GP, LLC (‘Digital Colony’, United States), controlled by Colony Capital, Inc. (‘Colony Capital’, United States),

— Zayo Group Holding, Inc. (‘Zayo’, United States).

EQT and Digital Colony acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Zayo.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for EQT: investment fund investing in infrastructure and infrastructure-related assets and businesses in primarily Europe and North America, — for Digital Colony: investment firm, controlled by global real estate and investment management firm Colony Capital, investing in digital infrastructure companies, — for Zayo: provider of communications infrastructure services in Europe and North America, including leased dark fibre, private data networks, wavelength connections, Ethernet, IP connectivity, cloud offerings, colocation services and other high-bandwidth offerings.

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.9512 — EQT/Colony Capital/Zayo

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.