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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10205 – ORANGE / CDC / EDF / OC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 267/02)

On 25 August 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 French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition 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 32021M10205. 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.10818 – TOTALENERGIES / GIP / CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP / SUNPOWER GROUP)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 283/08)

1. On 18 July 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: — TotalEnergies SE (‘TotalEnergies’, France), — Global Infrastructure Management, LLC (‘GIP’, United States), — Clearway Energy Group, LLC (‘CEG’, United States) and its subsidiaries (together, ‘Clearway Energy Group’), — SunPower Corporation (‘SPWR’, United States) and its subsidiaries (together, ‘SunPower Group’). TotalEnergies and GIP will acquire indirectly within the meaning of Articles 3(1)b and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Clearway Energy Group and SunPower Group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — TotalEnergies: publicly traded energy company engaged on a global scale in the oil and gas industry. TotalEnergies is also globally active in the renewable energy, power generation sectors, and carbon neutrality businesses, — GIP: global independent infrastructure fund manager primarily focused on investing in transportation, energy, digital infrastructure and waster/water sectors, — Clearway Energy Group: energy infrastructure investor focusing on investments in the United States, — SunPower Group: solar technology and energy services provider in the United States and Canada.

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.10818 – TOTALENERGIES / GIP / CLEARWAY ENERGY GROUP / SUNPOWER GROUP 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.10805 – MDP / HPS / PREMFINA / iGO4)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 278/05)

1. On 12 July 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: — Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (‘MDP’, United States), — HPS Investment Partners, LLC (‘HPS’, United States), — Premfina Limited (‘Premfina’, United Kingdom), controlled by MDP, — i GO 4 Ltd. (‘iGO4’, United Kingdom), controlled by MDP. MDP and HPS will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Premfina and iGO4. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — MDP is a US-based private equity investment firm, mainly active in the following sectors: Basic Industries, Business & Government Software and Services, Financial & Transaction Services, Health Care, and Telecom, Media & Technology. — HPS is a US-based investment firm active in syndicated leveraged loans and high yield bonds, privately negotiated senior secured debt and mezzanine investments, asset-based leasing and private equity. — Premfina provides premium financing as lender of record, and white label insurance software solutions to insurance brokers in the United Kingdom. — iGO4 provides car insurance and telematics insurance products to consumers 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 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.10805 – MDP / HPS / PREMFINA / iGO4 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.
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To address the concerns in the RTGs and straddle and shuttle carriers markets, Cargotec commits to divest its port cranes and straddle/shuttle carriers’ business unit, known as ‘Kalmar Automation Solutions’ or ‘KAS’. The Divestment of KAS includes all tangible and intangible assets and the personnel as described in the Schedule and Appendixes of the Commitments (the ‘KAS Package’), amongst others: (a) All product lines, related inventory of finished goods, components, raw materials and spare parts, as well as tools and equipment used for project delivery on-site installation. (b) Product development projects. (c) Customer agreements and at the request of the Purchaser, supply and dealership/agency agreements. (d) Patents, and other intellectual property rights and knowhow (IPR) currently used exclusively or predominantly by the KAS business. In addition, at the request of the purchaser, a license to the IPR currently used in products outside the scope of the Divestment Business, but also used in the KAS business. (e) The divestment of the ‘Kalmar’ brand for use in relation to the supply and servicing of Port Cranes and HTE, in case the Purchase does not have a known brand in the material handling or heavy-duty equipment industry. The Parties retain the right to use the Kalmar brand in relation to any other equipment, but will differentiate it. (f) In case the purchaser has already a known brand in this industry, it can request that the Notifying Parties do not use the Kalmar brand to sell any port cranes and/or horizontal equipment for a period of ten (10) years from Closing. Also at the option of the purchaser, the Parties and the purchaser will enter into arrangements to allow the purchaser to sell port cranes and horizontal equipment using the Kalmar brand for a period of five years. (g) At the request of the purchaser, the transfer of the assembly contract that Cargotec currently has with the Chinese sub-contractor and the final assembly service contract by PTZ in Poland.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10624 – ENEL / INTESA / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 288/03)

On 17 June 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 Italian 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 32022M10624. 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-10865 – ASTORG / IPCOM)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 309/06)

1. On 4 August 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: — Astorg VIII SCSpl (‘Astorg Fund VIII’ or ‘Acquirer’, Luxembourg), which is managed by Astorg Asset Management S.à.r.l. (‘AAM’, Luxembourg), which in turn is controlled by Astorg Group S.á.r.l. (‘Astorg Group’, Luxembourg) (Astorg Group together with Astorg Fund VIII and other funds managed by AAM, ‘Astorg’); — Isolstar Holding (‘IPCOM’, Belgium). Astorg will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of IPCOM. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Astorg Fund VIII is part of Astorg, which is an independent European private equity firm. It also has offices in London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, and New York. The funds belonging to the Astorg Group have invested in a broad range of industries, — IPCOM is a European industrial player, headquartered in Belgium, specialized in insulation solutions, serving a wide range of industries e.g. construction, shipbuilding, process industry, energy, petrochemical, automotive, domestic appliances, etc.

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.10865 – ASTORG / IPCOM 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.10829 – KKR / HITACHI TRANSPORT SYSTEM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 305/02)

On 19 July 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 32022M10829. 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.10844 – INFRAVIA / P4 / FIBERFORCE)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 321/06)

1. On 17 August 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: — InfraVia V Invest S.à r.l. (Luxemburg), special purpose vehicle controlled by Infravia Capital Partners SAS (Infravia, France), — P4 sp. zo. o (P4, Poland), — FiberForce sp z o.o. (Fiberforce, Poland). Infravia and P4 acquire joint control, in the meaning of Article 3(1) and 3(4) of the EUMR, over Fiberforce.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Infravia: investment manager on behalf of the InfraVia investment funds, dedicated to the infrastructure and technology sectors, including transportation, environment, energy and social infrastructure; — for P4: one of the four Mobile Network Operators present on the Polish retail mobile market; — for Fiberforce: the provision of wholesale telecommunication access services in Poland through its own access network in the Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial (‘HFC’) technology and in the Fiber-to-the-Home (‘FTTH’) technology.

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.10844 – INFRAVIA / P4 / FIBERFORCE 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.10795 – TA ASSOCIATES / VISTA / iCIMS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 319/03)

On 12 August 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 32022M10795. 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.10839 – APOLLO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT / SCHUR FLEXIBLES GROUP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 335/01)

On 25 August 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 32022M10839. 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.10870 - CAPVEST / NATRA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 329/04)

1. On 22 August 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: — CapVest LLP (‘CapVest’, United Kingdom) — Natra S.A.U. (‘Natra’, Spain) CapVest will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Natra. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — CapVest is a mid-market private equity firm primarily focused on identifying and managing investments in the healthcare, consumer non-durables, information technology, manufacturing, telecom/media/technology, and life sciences industries, mostly in Europe and North America. CapVest controls the companies Lakeview and Second Nature, two suppliers of desserts and snacks; — Natra is a company producing and distributing chocolate and cocoa ingredients all over the world.

4. 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.

5. 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.10870 – CAPVEST / NATRA 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.10651 – FAERCH / PACCOR)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 353/01)

On 11 August 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 32022M10651. 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.10879 – WISHCARD / EMZ PARTNERS / IK INVESTMENT / OAKLEY CAPITAL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 349/05)

1. On 1 September 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: — EMZ Partners SAS (‘EMZ’, France), via Saulire S.à r.l. — IK Investment Partners S.à.r.l. (‘IK’, Luxembourg), via IK PF II Luxco 3 S.à r.l.; — Oakley Capital (‘Oakley’, Germany), via Wishcard CoInvestCo S.à r.l.; — Mr. Valentin Schütt (Mr. Schütt, Austria) through his wholly owned special purpose vehicle company Nexec Holding GmbH; — Wishcard Technologies Group GmbH (‘Wishcard’, Germany). EMZ, IK, Oakley and Mr. Schütt will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Wishcard. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — EMZ is a private equity firm with a focus on long-term investments in medium-sized companies in various sectors. — IK is a private equity firm that invests in a wide range of sectors with a focus on business services, food and consumer products, industrials and healthcare. — Oakley is a private equity firm that invests in mid-market companies across three core sectors, consumer, education and technology. — Mr. Valentin Schütt is a natural person and founder of Wishcard. — Wishcard is through its subsidiaries a provider of two-step gift vouchers and B2B gift cards.

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: Case M.10879 – WISHCARD / EMZ PARTNERS / IK INVESTMENT / OAKLEY CAPITAL 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.