ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
On 14 March 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The notification concerned the following undertakings:

— Liberty Global plc (United Kingdom),

— Ziggo NV (the Netherlands)

Liberty Global acquired within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Ziggo.

The concentration was accomplished by way of public bid announced on 14 March 2014.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 119/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8841 — Equistone Partners Europe/FRAM/Karavel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 119/01)

On 27 March 2018, 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 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 32018M8841. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
On 19 April 2018, 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:

— Advent International Corporation (‘Advent’, United States),

— Laird PLC (‘Laird’, the United Kingdom).

Advent acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Laird.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 11 April 2018, 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:

— Mondi Finland Services Oy, controlled by Mondi AG and belonging to the Mondi Group (‘Mondi’, Austria),

— Powerflute Group Holdings Oy (‘Powerflute’, Finland), indirectly controlled by Nordic Packaging and Container International Inc.

Mondi acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Powerflute.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

The concentration has been referred to the Commission by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority pursuant to Article 22(3) of the Merger Regulation. The referral was subsequently joined by the Kingdom of Spain.
On 30 April 2018, 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:

— HPS Investment Partners, LLC (United States) (‘HPS’),

— Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (United States) (‘MDP’),

— Capita Specialist Insurance Solutions Limited (United Kingdom) (‘CSIS’).

HPS and MDP acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of CSIS.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 25 April 2018, 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:

— Alps Electric Co., Ltd (‘Alps’, Japan),

— Alpine Electronics, Inc. (‘Alpine’, Japan).

Alps acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Alpine.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 15 May 2018, 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:

— Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, United States),

— Antin Infrastructure Partners (‘AIP’, France).

— CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings (‘CityFibre’, United Kingdom).

Funds managed by Goldman Sachs and funds managed by AIP acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of CityFibre.

The concentration is accomplished by way of a public bid.
2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Comcast Corporation: Comcast is a US listed global media, technology and entertainment company, with two primary businesses: Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal (‘NBCU’). Comcast is present in Europe almost entirely through NBCU, which is active in Europe in: (i) production, sales and distribution of film and television content; (ii) wholesale supply of TV channels and on-demand services; (iii) CNBC, a business news service, as well as NBC News; (iv) the provision of television content to end-users through NBCU’s video-on- demand service; (v) the licensing of its intellectual property to manufacturers and distributors of consumer products; (vi) minor golf-related digital businesses; and (vii) minor direct-to-consumer DVD and Blu-ray, SteelBooks and music disk sales, — for Sky plc: Sky is a UK public company whose shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange. Sky is the holding company of a number of subsidiaries carrying on business in a variety of sectors predominantly in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy, including: (i) licensing/acquisition of audiovisual programming; (ii) TV channel wholesale supply in the UK and Ireland; (iii) retailing of audiovisual programming to subscribers; (iv) provision of technical platform services to broadcasters on Sky’s DTH platforms in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Austria; (v) sale of TV advertising; (vi) in the UK and Ireland, the provision of fixed-line retail telephony and broadband services; (vii) in the UK, the provision of mobile communications services; and (viii) in the UK, provision of access to public Wi-Fi hotspots.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 187/4

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8901 — HSBC/Global Payments)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 187/05)

1. On 28 May 2018, 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: — HSBC Holdings plc. (‘HSBC’, United Kingdom), — Global Payments Inc. (‘GP’, United States), — Joint Venture (‘JV’, Mexico). HSBC and GP acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of 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 HSBC: provision of retail banking, commercial banking, insurance, asset management and global liquidity as well as cash management products, — for GP: provision of services relating to card payment processing, and — for JV: provision of merchant acquiring services in Mexico.

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.8901 — HSBC/Global Payments 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.8856 — Archer Daniels Midland/Cargill/JV Egypt)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 183/01)

On 18 May 2018, 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 32018M8856. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 201/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8872 — Advent International/Laird)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 201/02)

On 24 May 2018, 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 32018M8872. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 195/6

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8887 — Platinum Equity/LifeScan)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 195/02)

On 4 June 2018, 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 32018M8887. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 214/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8829 — Total Produce/Dole Food Company)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 214/07)

1. On 11 June 2018, 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: — Total Produce PLC (Republic of Ireland), — DFC Holdings LLC (The United States). Total Produce PLC (‘Total Produce’) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of DFC Holdings LLC, and indirectly in its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dole Food Company Incorporated (together referred to as ‘Dole’). The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Total Produce: Import and distribution of a wide range of fresh fruit and vegetables, including bananas and pineapples. Total Produce also operates banana ripening centres. Total Produce is active worldwide, with its geographic focus being Europe, — for Dole: Production, sales and distribution of fresh fruit and vegetables, including bananas and pineapples, in North America, Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Dubai, with a principal geographic focus on North America.

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.8829 — Total Produce/Dole Food Company 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’).
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 208/6

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8869 — Ryanair/LaudaMotion)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 208/05)

1. On 7 June 2018, 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: — Ryanair Holdings plc (‘Ryanair’, Ireland), — LaudaMotion GmbH (‘LaudaMotion’, Austria). Ryanair acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of LaudaMotion. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Ryanair: low-cost point-to-point airline operating throughout Europe, — for LaudaMotion: Austrian Air Operator Certificate holder owned by the private foundation of Niki Lauda, which has acquired assets of the former airline NIKI, and has recently started a range of scheduled services primarily from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to Mediterranean and Canary Island leisure destinations.

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.8869 — Ryanair/LaudaMotion 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’).
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 223/10

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8910 — Bouygues Construction S.A./Alpiq InTec AG/Kraftanlagen München GmbH)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 223/09)

1. On 13 June 2018, 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: — Bouygues Construction S.A. (‘Bouygues Construction’, France), — Alpiq InTec AG (‘Alpiq InTec’, Switzerland), belonging to Alpiq Group, — Kraftanlagen München GmbH (‘KAM’, Germany), belonging to Alpiq Group. Bouygues Construction acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Alpiq InTec and KAM, which together constitute the Engineering Services division of Alpiq group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Bouygues Construction: construction, real estate development, media and telecommunications, — for Alpiq InTec: building technology, facility management and transport and energy supply technology, — for KAM: energy and power plant technology, nuclear technology, utility services and engineering services for industrial plants.

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.8910 — Bouygues Construction S.A./Alpiq InTec AG/Kraftanlagen München 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.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 220/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8940 — Blackstone/Cirsa)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 220/01)

On 14 June 2018, 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 32018M8940. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 235/4

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8893 — Thyssen ALFA/Max Aicher Recycling/Noris Metallrecycling)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 235/04)

On 13 June 2018, 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 32018M8893. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 232/17

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8980 — Partners Group/Techem)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 232/06)

1. On 22 June 2018, 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: — Partners Group AG (‘Partners Group’, Switzerland), — Techem GmbH (‘Techem’, Germany) Partners Group acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Techem. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Partners Group is a global private markets investment management company, — Techem is mainly active in the supply of cost allocation services comprising (i) the supply of sub-meters for residential water and heat; and (ii) the supply of sub-metering services for residential water and heat.

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.8980 — Partners Group/Techem 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.