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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9509 — Warburg Pincus/CDPQ/Allied Universal)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 358/06)

1. On 15 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: — Warburg Pincus LLC (‘Warburg Pincus’, United States), — Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (‘CDPQ’, Canada), — Allied Universal Topco LLC (‘Allied Universal’, United States). Warburg Pincus and CDPQ acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Allied Universal. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Warburg Pincus: global private equity firm active in a variety of sectors, — for CDPQ: Canadian long-term institutional investor managing funds essentially for public and parapublic pension and insurance plans, — for Allied Universal: security services and facilities management company providing integrated security solutions, cleaning and maintenance services, risk advisory and consulting services as well as temporary and permanent staffing solutions, predominantly in the United States and to a lesser extent in other countries, including in the United Kingdom.

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.9509 — Warburg Pincus/CDPQ/Allied Universal 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.9576 — Blackstone/Dream Global REIT)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 373/07)

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: — The Blackstone Group Inc. (‘Blackstone’, US), — Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (‘Dream Global REIT’, Canada). Blackstone acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Dream Global REIT. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets and other means.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Blackstone: a global asset manager, active in the real estate sector in Europe, — for Dream Global REIT: an open-ended real estate investment trust operating in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium.

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.9576 — Blackstone/Dream Global REIT 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.9421 —Triton/Corendon)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 364/11)

1. On 21 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:

— Triton Group (‘Triton’, Luxembourg),

— Corendon Holding B.V. (‘Corendon’, the Netherlands).

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

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Triton: is an investment firm that invests primarily in medium-sized businesses headquartered in Northern Europe, with particular focus on businesses in three core sectors: Business Services, Industrials and Consumer/Health. Triton owns Sunweb, a European online tour operator based in the Netherlands that provides packaged holidays primarily to sunshine destinations across Europe and the Mediterranean, — for Corendon: is a leisure services provider based in the Netherlands that operates as a leisure tour operator via its own website, its telephone contact centre and through third party channels (high street travel agencies and online). Corendon also operates a small airline.

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.9421 — Triton/Corendon

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.9478 — Archer/Hilton/Earlsfort)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 385/05)

On 4 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 32019M9478. 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.9573 — Brookfield/Iridium/Global Borealis)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 382/10)

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: — Brookfield Asset Management Inc (‘Brookfield’, Canada), — Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras, S.A.D (‘Iridium’, Spain), belonging to the group Actividades De Construcción Y Servicios, S.A. (ACS group, Spain), — Global Borealis S.L. (‘Global Borealis’, Spain). Brookfield and Iridium acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Global Borealis. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Brookfield: Providing asset management services globally. Focused on real estate, infrastructure, renewable power and private equity, — for Iridium: active globally in the development, management and maintenance of concessions involving transport and public works, part of the ACS construction group, already jointly controlling Global Borealis, — for Global Borealis: holding and management of concessions in the transport infrastructure and hospital sector in 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.9573 — Brookfield/Iridium/Global Borealis 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.9509 — Warburg Pincus/CDPQ/Allied Universal)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 392/03)

On 11 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 32019M9509. 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.9360 — Daimler/Geely/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 387/07)

Daimler and Geely acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

On 8 November 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 )

for the JV: the development, manufacture and distribution of pure battery electric vehicles (BEV) of the ‘smart’ brand.

for Geely: the production and sale of passenger vehicles,

for Daimler: the development, manufacture and distribution of automotive products, mainly passenger cars, trucks, vans and buses,

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4.

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

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9360 — Daimler/Geely/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:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8658 — UTC/Rockwell Collins)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 400/03)

On 4 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) in conjunction with Article 6(2) 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 32018M8658. 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.9505 — Daimler AG/Swiss Re Ltd/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 395/06)

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: — Daimler Insurance Services GmbH (‘DIS’, Germany), and — Swiss Re Life Capital Ltd (‘SRLC’, Switzerland), DIS and SRLC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created 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: — DIS is a subsidiary of Daimler AG, which is globally active in the development, manufacturing and distribution of automotive products, mainly passenger cars, trucks, vans and buses, — SRLC is a subsidiary of Swiss Re Ltd, which is a wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance, and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer, — the JV is intended to develop, distribute and administer insurance products through the establishment and operation of new digital insurance platform(s).

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.9505 — Daimler AG/Swiss Re Ltd/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.9610 — CVC/Royal FrieslandCampina/DMV Fonterra Excipients)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 405/10)

1. On 22 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: — CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. (‘CVC’, Luxembourg), — Royal FrieslandCampina N.V. (‘RFC’, Netherlands), — DMV Fonterra Excipients GmbH & Co. KG (‘DMV’, Germany). CVC and RFC acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of DMV. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — CVC and/or its subsidiaries manages investment funds and platforms, — RFC produces and sells dairy and dairy related consumer products, — DMV manufactures and supplies pharmaceutical grade lactose and non lactose-based excipients to pharmaceutical companies.

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.9610 — CVC/Royal FrieslandCampina/DMV Fonterra Excipients 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.9576 — Blackstone/Dream Global Reit)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 402/02)

On 19 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 32019M9576. 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.9475 — TDR/BCA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 416/01)

On 22 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 32019M9475. 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.9540 — Permira/Cambrex)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 409/03)

On 27 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 32019M9540. 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.9399 — Remondis/ALFA Rohstoffhandel München/Geiger Beteiligung/Durmin Beteiligung/Garching Hochbrück)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 425/01)

On 6 December 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in 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 32019M9399. 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.9580 — Permira/Smith&Williamson)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 422/03)

On 3 December 2019, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32019M9580. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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