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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9680 — La Voix Du Nord/SIM/Mediacontact/Roof Media)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 31/04)

1. On 17 January 2020, 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: — La Voix du Nord (France), belonging to the group Rossel & Cie (Belgium), — Mediacontact (France), belonging to the group SIPA (France), — Société d’Investissements Medias (‘SIM’, France), belonging to the group Crédit Mutuel (France), — Roof Media (France), currently jointly controlled by Mediacontact and La Voix du Nord. SIM acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control, with La Voix du Nord and Mediacontact, of the whole of Roof Media. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — La Voix du Nord is active in the print and digital media sector, both free and fee-paying, mainly in Hauts-de-France and Champagne-Ardenne; — Mediacontact is active in the print and digital media sector, both free and fee‐paying, mainly in western France; — SIM represents the commercial brand ‘EBRA’ (Est Bourgogne Rhône Alpes), which is a media arm of the Crédit Mutuel group active in the print and digital media sector, both free and fee-paying; — Roof Media specialises in streaming technology for video content.

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.9680 – La Voix du Nord/SIM/Mediacontact/Roof Media 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.9703 — SCP/Real)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 48/14)

1. On 4 February 2020, 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: — SCP Group S.à.r.l. (‘SCP Group’, Luxembourg), controlled by: (i) joint stock financial corporation Sistema (Russia), ultimately controlled by Mr. Vladimir Evtushenkov and (ii) Mr. Felix Evtushenkov (Russia), — ‘real’ business (‘real Group’, Germany), controlled by METRO AG (Germany). SCP acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the real Group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for SCP Group: real estate-based investments and advisory services, — for the real Group: food and non-food retail supply by means of 276 hypermarkets in Germany and an online marketplace, as well as meat‐processing (‘Meister feines Fleisch - feine Wurst GmbH’) and digital payment services.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9703 — SCP/Real 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.9642 — Acerinox/VDM)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 46/11)

1. On 31 January 2020, 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: — Acerinox, S.A. (Spain, ‘Acerinox’), — VDM Metals Holding GmbH (Germany, ‘VDM’) Acerinox acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of VDM. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Acerinox: manufacture and supply of stainless steel, — for VDM: manufacture and supply of high-performance alloys such as nickel-based alloys.

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.9642 — Acerinox/VDM 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.9649 — TSR Recycling/Sims Metal Management (Certain recycling assets))

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 56/07)

1. On 10 February 2020, 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: — TSR Recycling GmbH & Co. KG and TSR Recycling Holding GmbH (together ‘TSR Recycling’, Germany), belonging to the Remondis group (Germany), which is ultimately controlled by Rethmann SE & Co. KG (Germany), — Mirec B.V. (Netherlands), Sims M+R GmbH (Germany), Sims Recycling Solutions AB (Sweden), Sims Recycling Solutions Austrian Holdings GmbH (Austria) (together the ‘Target Companies’), all belonging to Sims Metal Management Limited (US). TSR Recycling acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Target Companies. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — TSR Recycling: trading and processing of secondary raw material for steel producers and the foundry industry. TSR Recycling collects, stores and processes metal and electronic scrap. TSR Recycling also offers waste disposal and environmental services. TSR Recycling operates recycling facilities in Germany and across Europe, — Target Companies: electronic recycling and processing of metal mixtures from different recycling processes. The Target Companies operate facilities in Bergkamen (Germany), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Sint Niklaas (Belgium), Mullendorf (Austria) and Katrinenholm (Sweden).

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.9649 — TSR Recycling/Sims Metal Management (Certain recycling assets) Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: E-mail: 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.9591 — MHI/PT)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 49/01)

On 8 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 32019M9591. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9724 — Generali/UIR/Zaragoza)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 63/03)

1. On 18 February 2020, 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: — Generali Shopping Centre Fund S.C.S. SICAV-SIF (‘GSCF’, Luxembourg), belonging to the group Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. (‘Generali’, Italy), — Union Investment Real Estate GmbH (‘UIR’, Germany), belonging to the group of DZ Bank AG (‘DZ Bank’, Germany), — Zaragoza Properties SOCIMI, S.A. (‘Zaragoza’, Spain). GSCF and UIR acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Zaragoza. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for GSCF: an investment fund established in 2019, with a specific focus on investing in, and managing, shopping centres in the continental European retail sector. It belongs to Generali, an international group of companies active in the insurance and financial sector, — for UIR: a real estate investment firm, specialized in real estate funds for private and institutional investors in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. UIR is a subsidiary of Union Asset Management Holding AG (Germany), which is the investment arm and a subsidiary of DZ Bank, — for Zaragoza: real estate activities, in particular, ownership, management and rental of the Puerto Venecia shopping centre and retail park located in Zaragoza, Aragon, 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.9724 — Generali/UIR/Zaragoza 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.9684 — Parks Bottom/Omers/Accor/Fairmont Hotels)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 58/06)

1. On 14 February 2020, 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: — Parks Bottom Co Real Estate Holdings Inc. (‘Parks Bottom’, Canada), wholly-owned by GIC (Realty) Private Limited (‘GIC Realty’, Singapore); — OMERS Administration Corporation (‘OMERS’, Canada); — Accor Management Canada Inc. (‘Accor’, Canada); — Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Fairmont Chateau Whistler (‘Fairmont Hotels’, Canada). Parks Bottom, OMERS and Accor acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Fairmont Hotels. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares, by way of contract and a pre-existing hotel management agreement.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Parks Bottom: an indirect subsidiary of GIC Realty which was established for the purpose of the acquisition and ownership of the Fairmont Hotels, and which is active in Canada. GIC Realty focuses on the ownership of real estate assets on behalf of the government of Singapore; — for OMERS: a global real estate owner, investor, developer and property manager; — for Accor: operates hotels across Canada; — for Fairmont Hotels: four Canadian luxury hotels Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge and Fairmont Chateau Whistler.

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.9684 — Parks Bottom/Omers/Accor/Fairmont Hotels Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9764 — Red Rock Power/Capman Infra Lux Management/NH-Amundi Asset Management/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 73/05)

1. On 26 February 2020, 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: — Red Rock Power Limited (‘Red Rock Power’), an indirect subsidiary of SDIC Power Holdings Co Ltd (‘SDIC Power’, China), — CapMan Plc (‘CapMan’, Finland), — NH-Amundi Asset Management Co. Ltd (‘NH-Amundi’, Korea), jointly controlled by NongHyup Financial Group (ultimately owned by the Korean National Agricultural Cooperative Federation) and Amundi Asset Management (ultimately owned by Crédit Agricole Group), — Cloud Snurran AB (‘Cloud Snurran’, Sweden). Red Rock Power, CapMan and NH-Amundi acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Cloud Snurran. Cloud Snurran is currently jointly controlled by CapMan, NH-Amundi and Macquarie. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Red Rock Power is the holding company for SDIC Power’s European wind sector investments; SDIC Power is a China-based company principally engaged in the investment, construction, operation and management of electric power plants mainly in China, — CapMan is a Nordic investment and specialised asset management undertaking, — NH-Amundi is an asset management company, which provides investment trust and mutual fund management for all types of investments, — Cloud Snurran is the JV that will develop, construct and operate an onshore wind farm in Sweden.

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.9764 — Red Rock Power/Capman Infra Lux Management/NH-Amundi Asset Management/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.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9768 — OFL/Trenitalia/ILSA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 69/02)

On 25 February 2020, 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 32020M9768. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9739 — AXA/Groupe Crédit Agricole/ELL Luxembourg 2)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 88/02)

On 5 March 2020, 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 32020M9739. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9590 — Oaktree/RAFI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 83/02)

On 11 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 32019M9590. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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

(Case M.9683 — Colony Capital/PSP/Etix)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 98/05)

On 16 January 2020, 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 32020M9683. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law.

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