ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9348 — OMERS Infrastructure/Morgan Stanley/VTG)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 142/06)

1. On 11 April 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: — OMERS Infrastructure European Holdings B.V. (‘OMERS Infrastructure’, The Netherlands), — Morgan Stanley (‘Morgan Stanley’, United States). OMERS Infrastructure and Morgan Stanley acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of VTG Aktiengesellschaft (‘VTG’, Germany). The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for OMERS Infrastructure: the European investment platform for infrastructure investments for OMERS Administration Corporation, Canada, which manages a diversified global portfolio of stocks and bonds as well as real estate, infrastructure and private equity investments for a Canadian pension plan, — for Morgan Stanley: a leading US global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services, — for VTG: a wagon hire and rail logistics provider headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, with an extensive fleet of vehicles, consisting mainly of tank wagons, intermodal wagons, standard freight wagons, and sliding wall wagons. In addition to leasing rail freight wagons, VTG provides multi-modal logistics services, focusing on rail transport and global tank container transport.

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.9348 — OMERS Infrastructure/Morgan Stanley/VTG Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9339 — Kennedy Wilson/AXA/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 158/08)

1. On 25 April 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: — Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (‘Kennedy Wilson’, United States of America), — AXA SA (‘AXA’, France). Kennedy Wilson and AXA acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of three newly created companies (together, the ‘JV’), which will acquire, hold, and manage private rented accommodation and office space in Ireland. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in the JV.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Kennedy Wilson: investment in, development, and management of real estate, — for AXA: life, health and other forms of insurance, as well as investment management.

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.9339 — Kennedy Wilson/AXA/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.9234 — Harris Corporation/L3 Technologies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 154/05)

1. On 26 April 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: — Harris Corporation (‘Harris’) (USA) — L3 Technologies, Inc. (‘L3’) (USA) Harris acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of L3. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Harris: international aerospace and defence technology supplier of products, systems and services for defence, civil government and commercial applications, — for L3: international aerospace and defence company supplying intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, communications and electronic systems for military, homeland security and commercial aviation customers.

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.9234 — Harris Corporation/L3 Technologies 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.9365 — EPPL/APG/KRC/citizenM)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 179/09)

1. On 16 May 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: — Euro Petunia Private Limited (‘EPPL’, Singapore), controlled by GIC (Realty) Private Limited (‘GIC Realty’, Singapore), — Stichting Depositary APG Strategic Real Estate Pool (‘APG’, Netherlands), controlled by Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (‘ABP’, Netherlands), — KRC Capital B.V. (‘KRC’, Netherlands), — citizenM Holding B.V. (‘citizenM’, Netherlands). EPPL, APG and KRC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of citizenM. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for EPPL: an investment company belonging to GIC Reality, focusing on the ownership of real estate assets on behalf of the Government of Singapore, — for APG: a depositary for an investment fund whose ultimate beneficial owner is ABP, a Dutch pension administration organisation that specialises in the field of collective pensions in the public sector, — for KRC: a managing company for investments in leisure and hospitality, — for citizen: active in the development, acquisition and operation of luxury hotels worldwide.

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.9365 — EPPL/APG/KRC/citizenM 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.9304 — Tenaris/Severstal/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 169/01)

On 10 May 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 32019M9304. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
4.

The Advisory Committee (8 Member States) agrees with the Commission’s assessment that the notified transaction would lead to a significant impediment of effective competition as a result of horizontal non-coordinated effects in: a. Markets for the supply of industrial gases identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; b. Markets for the supply of medical gases identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; c. Markets for the supply of noble gases and noble gas mixtures identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; d. Markets for the supply of electronic specialty gases identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; e. Markets for the supply of chemical gases identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; f. Markets for the supply of calibration gases and other gas mixtures identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; g. The market for the wholesale supply of helium; h. Markets for the retail supply of helium identified in Section 8.14 of the draft Decision; i. The markets for the supply of respiratory homecare services in Portugal and in Spain.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9353 — Advent International Corporation/Evonik Methacrylates Business Division)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 186/07)

1. On 23 May 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: — Advent International Corporation (‘Advent’, USA), — Methacrylates Business Division of Evonik Industries AG (‘Evonik’, Germany) (‘the Target’). Advent acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of Evonik. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Advent is a private equity investor that advises and manages funds investing globally. Advent has an equity stake in and controls (among others) portfolio company Allnex, which is active in the manufacture and supply of coating resins worldwide, — the Target is a collection of assets in Germany, China and the United States dedicated to the manufacture and worldwide supply of methyl methacrylate and base monomers, polymethyl methacrylate molding compounds, acrylic products, methacrylate resins and cyanides.

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.9353 — Advent International Corporation/Evonik Methacrylates Business Division 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.9404 — Goldman Sachs/B&B Hotels)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 212/03)

1. On 17 June 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: — The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs,’ USA), — Financière Sun SAS (‘Financière Sun,’ France), operating the B&B Hotels chain, controlled by PAI Partners. Goldman Sachs acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Financière Sun, the owner of the B&B Hotels chain. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Goldman Sachs: a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. One of Goldman Sachs’ controlled portfolio companies is K+K Hotels, a boutique hotel company that operates ten hotels in eight cities in the EU: Munich, Vienna, Prague, Barcelona, London, Paris, Budapest and Bucharest, — for Financière Sun: operates the B&B Hotels chain. B&B Hotels is a French hotel company headquartered in Brest, France, with a portfolio of 476 hotels in ten EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain), and in Switzerland and Brazil.

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.9404 — Goldman Sachs/B&B Hotels 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.9370 — Telenor/DNA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 203/05)

1. On 7 June 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: — Telenor ASA (‘Telenor’, Norway), — DNA Plc (‘DNA’, Finland) Telenor acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of DNA. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Telenor: telecommunications operator, providing mobile and fixed telecommunications services and TV distribution services in the Nordic region; — for DNA: telecommunications operator, providing mobile and fixed telecommunications services, broadband internet services and TV distribution services in Finland.

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.9370 — Telenor/DNA 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.9371 — DSV/Panalpina Welttransport)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 232/10)

1. On 3 July 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: — DSV A/S (‘DSV’, Denmark), — Panalpina Welttransport Holding AG (‘Panalpina’, Switzerland). DSV acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Panalpina. The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced on 1 April 2019.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for DSV: provision of freight forwarding services for land, air and sea freight forwarding and contract logistics services. DSV offers door-to-door freight forwarding services to businesses, — for Panalpina: provision of freight forwarding services to businesses and focuses on land, air and sea freight forwarding and contract logistics 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.9371 — DSV/Panalpina Welttransport 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.9385 — Orange/SecureLink)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 219/01)

On 21 June 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 32019M9385. 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.9326 — Saudi Aramco/Total Marketing/Sahel)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 247/03)

On 7 May 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 32019M9326. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Initiation of proceedings

(Case M.9064 — Telia Company/Bonnier Broadcasting Holding)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 239/01)

On 10 May 2019, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the abovementioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference No M.9064 — Telia Company/Bonnier Broadcasting Holding, to the following 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’).