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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 388/2

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8671 — BP/Bridas/Axion)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 388/03)

On 14 November 2017, 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 32017M8671. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
On 21 November 2017, 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:

— Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. (“CEPSA”, Spain), controlled by Mubadala Investment Company;

— CEPSA Gas Comercializadora, S.A. (“CEPSA Gas”, Spain), currently jointly controlled by Compañía Española de Petróleos, S.A.U. and Total S.A.

CEPSA acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control over the whole of CEPSA Gas.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 17 November 2017, 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:

— Rubis Terminal (France), belonging to the Rubis Group,

— Phillips 66 Central Europe Inc. (USA), belonging to the Phillips 66 Group,

— Zeller et Compagnie (France).

Rubis Terminal and Phillips 66 Central Europe Inc. acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Zeller et Compagnie.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 28 November 2017, 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:

— Aviva Investors Luxembourg SA (‘Aviva Investors’, Luxembourg),

— Établissement de retraite additionnelle de la fonction publique (‘ERAFP’, France),

— Place des Halles shopping centre (‘Place des Halles’, France).

Aviva Investors and ERAFP acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Place des Halles.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.
On 17 November 2017, 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:

— BC Partners Holdings Limited,

— CeramTec Holding GmbH.

BC Partners Holdings Limited acquire — indirectly through the fund BC European Capital X, acting by its general partner BC European Capital Management X Limited — within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of CeramTec Holding GmbH.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 429/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8681 — Endowment Strategies/Benvic Europe)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 429/02)

On 5 December 2017, 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 32017M8681. 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 428/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8700 — Engie/Omnes Capital/Prédica Prévoyance/Target)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 428/07)

On 7 December 2017, 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 32017M8700. 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 441/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8717 — Engie/IPM Energy Trading/International Power Fuel Company)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 441/02)

On 15 December 2017, 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 32017M8717. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
On 13 December 2017, 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:

— APG Asset Management N.V. (‘APG’, the Netherlands), controlled by Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP,

— Ardian S.A.S. (‘Ardian’, France),

— A portfolio of 10 companies (the ‘Portfolio’, Spain, Italy and France).

APG and Ardian acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a portfolio of 10 companies.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 18 December 2017 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:

— Koninklijke Bunge BV (Bunge) (The Netherlands), a subsidiary of Bunge Limited.

— IOI Corporation Berhad (IOI) (Malaysia), is a public company limited by shares and listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad

— Loders Croklaan Group BV (Loders) (The Netherlands), belonging to the IOI group,

Bunge and IOI acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Loders.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 9 January 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:

— Nordic Capital VIII Limited acting in its capacity as general partner for and on behalf of Nordic Capital VIII Alpha, L.P. and Nordic Capital VIII Beta, L.P. (together ‘Nordic Capital Fund VIII’, Jersey),

— Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen Holding SE (‘Alloheim’, Germany).

Nordic Capital Fund VIII indirectly acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Alloheim.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 9/2

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8707 — CPPIB/Allianz/GNF/GNDB)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 9/03)

On 19 December 2017, 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 32017M8707. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
On 22 January 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:

— Dr. August Oetker KG (‘Dr. Oetker’, Germany),

— Columbus Container Services (‘CCS’, Belgium), controlled by Dr. Oetker,

— Bake & Co NV (‘Bake & Co’, Belgium),

— Diversi Foods Group (‘DF’, Belgium), controlled by Bake & Co.

Dr. Oetker, through its wholly-owned direct subsidiary CCS, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Bake & Co, which is the holding company of DF. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 16 January 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:

— Bell Food Group AG (‘Bell’, Switzerland), belonging to Coop-Gruppe Genossenschaft (‘Coop’, Switzerland),

— Hügli Holding AG (‘Hügli’, Switzerland).

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

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 45/2

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8749 — Verdane/Vitruvian/Easypark)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 45/04)

On 25 January 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 32018M8749. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
On 22 January 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:

— The Shell Petroleum Company Limited (‘Shell Petroleum’, United Kingdom), belonging to the Shell Group of companies, controlled by Royal Dutch Shell plc. (‘Shell’, United Kingdom),

— Impello Limited (‘Impello’, United Kingdom).

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

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 60/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8633 — Lufthansa/Certain Air Berlin assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 60/05)

On 21 December 2017, 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 32017M8633. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
On 5 February 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:

— Oney Bank SA (France), controlled by Auchan Holding (France), and

— 4finance Holding SA (Luxembourg), controlled by Tirona Limited (Cyprus).

Oney Bank SA and 4finance Holding SA acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Finey SA, a newly created company constituting a joint venture. The concentration is accomplished by way of a purchase of shares.
On 14 February 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:

— Swiss Life GIO II Lime SARL (‘Swiss Life GIO II’, Switzerland), controlled by Swiss Life Group (‘Swiss Life’, Switzerland);

— Infra Invest France SAS (France), controlled by CNP Assurances (France);

— Predica Prévoyance Dialogue du Crédit Agricole (France), controlled by group Crédit Agricole (‘Crédit Agricole’, France);

— MacqPisto SAS (‘Pisto’, France), currently jointly controlled by Macquarie, Crédit Agricole and CNP Assurances.

Swiss Life acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of Pisto along with CNP Assurances and Crédit Agricole. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 12 February 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:

— Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (‘CDPQ’, Canada),

— Hyperion Insurance Group Limited (‘Hyperion’, UK), ultimately controlled by General Atlantic Hawthorn BV (‘GA’, The Netherlands), part of General Atlantic Group (‘GA Group’, United States), and certain natural persons.

CDPQ, together with GA and certain natural persons, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Hyperion.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 20 February 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:

— Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (‘MISI’, Japan), controlled by Itochu Corporation (Japan) and Marubeni Corporation (Japan),

— Sumitomo Corporation (‘Sumitomo’, Japan),

— Hiroshima Steel Center Co. Ltd (‘Hiroshima Steel’, Japan), currently controlled by MISI.

MISI and Sumitomo will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Hiroshima Steel.

The concentration will be accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 21 February 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:

— Ardian France, SA (‘Ardian’, France),

— Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques, SA (‘DRT’, France).

Ardian acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of DRT. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 2 March 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:

— AION Investments Private II Limited, controlled by investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Capital Management, L.P. (‘Apollo’) (United States),

— JSW Steel Limited (‘JSW’) (India),

— Monnet Ispat and Energy Limited (‘Monnet’) (India).

Apollo and JSW acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Monnet.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
On 1 March 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:

— 3i Group plc (The United Kingdom),

— Crown Bidco BV, controlled by 3i Group plc,

— Sits Holding BV (The Netherlands)

3i Group plc (3i) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, and through Crown Bidco BV, control of the whole of Sits Holding BV (Sits).

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 106/1

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case M.8492 — Quaker/Global Houghton)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 106/01)

Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004

On 2 February 2018, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration between Quaker and Global Houghton. On 16 March 2018, the notifying party/ies informed the Commission that it/they withdrew its/their notification.
On 9 March 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:

— Promontoria Marina, SLU (‘Promontoria Marina’, Spain), an affiliated entity of Cerberus Capital Management, LP (‘Cerberus’, USA),

— a business currently operated under the sole control of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, SA (‘BBVA’, Spain) (‘Target Business’, Spain).

Cerberus acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control over the Target Business. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
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The Commission considers that: (i) The ‘carve-out’ remedy aims at neutralising the Notifying Party's ability to leverage NXP's NFC patents in licensing negotiations in order to obtain disproportionate licensing terms. Carving out a number of NFC patents from Qualcomm's acquisition constitutes an appropriate remedy and it also prevents any sale or transfer of the carved-out patents to an entity related to Qualcomm as well as an increase of royalties for the relevant patents following such a sale; (ii) By committing to not assert the NFC patents that it will acquire from NXP, Qualcomm effectively forgoes the possibility to use them in order to extract any royalties from licensees, a remedy proportionate to the Commission's concerns. The merged entity's competitors, device OEMs and device OEMs' customers will be able to incorporate in their products NXP's NFC chip and security level patents without needing to obtain any license from Qualcomm or to pay any compensation to that effect. Nevertheless, should third parties request a license to the relevant patents, the Notifying Party commits to grant such a license on a royalty-free basis and without the provision of any other consideration; (iii) The interoperability remedy effectively addresses the concern that the merged entity would degrade the interoperability of third parties' products with the LTE baseband chipsets, NFC and SE chips of the merged entity. It enables third party suppliers to offer standalone products that would interoperate with the products of the merged entity, and that device OEMs would thus be able to consider as viable and functioning alternative options to the products of the merged entity; (iv) The MIFARE remedy addresses the concern that the merged entity would raise the MIFARE licensing royalties or cease the licensing of MIFARE altogether. It enables interested third party competitors to request and obtain from the merged entity a MIFARE licence, which would enable them to offer MIFARE-compatible SE chips and thus compete with a product offering matching that of the merged entity.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 111/21

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8799 — Marubeni Itochu Steel/Sumitomo Corporation/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 111/03)

On 19 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 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 32018M8799. 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 130/1

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8809 — Prime Credit 3/Oxalis Holding/Lennon/Tavani/Lo Giudice/Phoenix Asset Management)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2018/C 130/01)

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 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 32018M8809. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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