ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10521 – ORANGE / PUBLICIS / VOILA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 476/08)

1. On 17 November 2021, 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: — Orange Participations S.A. (France), belonging to Orange S.A. (‘Orange’ France), — Multi Market Services France Holdings S.A.S. (France), belonging to Publicis Group S.A. (‘Publicis’, France), — RAPP 85 S.A.S. (‘Voila’ or ‘Joint venture’, France). Orange et Publicis acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Voila. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a pre-existing company that has never been active, in order to form a joint venture.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned and Voila are: — for Orange: telecommunications operator active in many countries. Orange provides a wide range of electronic communications services, mainly in the field of fixed telephony, the Internet and mobile telephony. Orange also provides technical solutions (network and media) for the organisation of sporting, institutional, professional or media events through its Orange Events business unit. — for Publicis: operator active in the communications and advertising sector. Publicis also operates as an events agency through its subsidiary PublicisLive France, which is itself 100 % owned by Multi Market Services France Holdings. — for Voila: future joint venture to market a cloud platform to professionals for the production of hybrid events, accessible in Software as a Service (‘SaaS’) mode.

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 to it any observations they may have on the proposed operation. Observations must reach the Commission no later than ten days following the date on which this notification is published. The following reference should always be specified: M.10521 – Orange/Publicis/Voila 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.10556 – BELLIS / KKR / JAJA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 489/04)

1. On 26 November 2021, 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: — Bellis Phantom Holdco Limited (‘Bellis’, United Kingdom), jointly controlled by Mr. Mohsin Issa and Mr. Zuber Issa (the ‘Issa Brothers’) on the one hand and TDR Capital LLP (‘TDR Capital’) on the other — KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, United States), and — Jaja Finance Holding (UK) Limited (‘Jaja’, United Kingdom). Bellis and KKR acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Jaja. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Bellis is a special purpose vehicle, controlled by the Issa Brothers and TDR Capital. — The Issa Brothers are founders of the Euro Garages group. — TDR Capital is a private equity firm, active in a variety of sectors including motor fuel and grocery retail, gyms and health clubs, pubs and restaurants, debt purchasing, life insurance and others. — KKR is a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions. — Jaja is active in the UK in the provision of credit card issuing services and co-branded payment solutions.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under 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.10556 – BELLIS / KKR / JAJA 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.10075 – Nexi/Nets Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 484/03)

On 8 March 2021, 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 32021M10075. 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.10435 – REFRESCO GROUP / HANSA-HEEMANN)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 509/13)

Refresco acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Hansa Heemann. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

Refresco Deutschland Services & IT GmbH & Co. KG (wholly-owned by Refresco Holding B.V., together ‘Refresco’, the Netherlands), jointly controlled by PAI Partners SAS (France) and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (Canada),

On 9 December 2021, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 )

for Hansa Heemann: production and bottling of non-alcoholic beverages, more specifically carbonated soft drinks (including carbonated sports and energy drinks), packaged mineral water and, to a lesser extent, other types of non-carbonated soft drinks.

for Refresco: production and bottling of a large variety of non-alcoholic beverages for private label belonging to retailers and for brand owners under contract manufacturing;

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.10435 – REFRESCO GROUP / HANSA-HEEMANN

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.10532 – GIP / IFM / SYDNEY AIRPORT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 504/07)

On 2 December 2021, 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 policy’ 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 32021M10532. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

(Case M.10585 – APMH INVEST / UNILABS)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 523/07)

1. On 17 December 2021 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: — APMH Invest A/S (‘APMHI’, Denmark), controlled by A.P. Møller Holding A/S (‘APMH’, Denmark); — Unilabs Holding AB (‘Unilabs’, Switzerland), controlled by Cidra GP S.à.r.l (Luxembourg). APMHI acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Unilabs. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for APMHI: globally active investment company, with investments in Maersk Tankers, Maersk Product Tankers, A.P. Moller Capital, KK Wind Solutions Holding A/S, Faerch, Nissens Cooling Solutions, Maersk Drilling, Danske Bank A/S and other financial investments in fixed income and securities. APHM also controls A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S, an integrated transport and logistics company with worldwide activities. — for Unilabs: provider of diagnostic services, which is active in the provision of bio-medical testing services (also known as CLTS), medical imaging services, reproductive medicine services and drug development services. It has laboratories and/or imaging centres in several EU- and non-EU countries.

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 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.10585 – APMH INVEST / UNILABS 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.10536 – TOTALENERGIES / THREE GORGES CORPORATION / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 512 I/01)

On 14 December 2021, 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 policy’ 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 32021M10536. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

(M.10545 – PSA / TIL / PNIT)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 14 I/06)

1. On 20 December 2021, 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: — PSA International Pte. Ltd. (‘PSA’, Singapore), — Terminal Investment Limited Sàrl (‘TIL’, Switzerland), — Pusan Newport International Terminal Co., Ltd. (‘PNIT’, Korea), controlled by PSA. TIL, through Terminal Investment Switzerland Sàrl (‘TIS’), and PSA acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of PNIT. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for PSA: an international operator of port terminals. It is mainly active in the provision of stevedoring services at ports, with a particular focus on providing container terminal services for ocean carriers, — for TIL: it invests in, develops and manages container terminals around the world, often in joint ventures with other terminal operators. TIL is indirectly jointly controlled by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company of Switzerland and certain funds managed by Global Infrastructure Management, LLC. of the United States, — for PNIT: operates a container terminal in Busan New Port located in South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan. It is currently controlled by PSA.

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 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.10545 – PSA / TIL / PNIT 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.10556 – BELLIS / KKR / JAJA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 5/02)

On 20 December 2021, 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 policy’ 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 32021M10556. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

(Case M.10314 – VINCI / ENERGIA Y SERVICIOS DINSA II)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 27/03)

On 25 October 2021, 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 policy’ 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 32021M10314. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

(Case M.10444 – RWE GENERATION / MESSER INDUSTRIEGASE / KREIS DÜREN / SIEMENS PROJECT VENTURES / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 21/01)

On 12 October 2021, 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 policy’ 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 32021M10444. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

(Case M.10581 – SPIE / STRUKTON SERVICES)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 49/04)

On 24 January 2022, 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 policy’ 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 32022M10581. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10540 – ECDC / HPIL / JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 31/07)

1. On 12 January 2022, 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: — Energy City Development Company (‘ECDC’, Saudi Arabia), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabian Oil Company (‘Saudi Aramco’, Saudi Arabia), — Hutchison Port Investments Limited (‘HPIL’, Cayman Islands) belonging to CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (‘CKHH’, Hong-Kong). ECDC and HPIL acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Energy City Logistics Company LLC (the Joint Venture, Saudi Arabia). 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 ECDC: owner and developer of the King Salman Energy Park (SPARK), an in-development industrial area in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, — for HPIL: a global developer and operator of container terminals and provider of associated logistical services, — for Joint Venture: it will be established and be active in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It will develop, market and operate the dry port and related logistics zone in SPARK.

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 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.10540 – ECDC / HPIL / 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.