ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10289 — PSP/Aviva/10 Station Road)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 222/06)

1. On 4 June 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: — Public Sector Pension Investment Board (‘PSP’, Canada); — Aviva Plc Group (‘Aviva’, United Kingdom); — 10 Station Road (United Kingdom). PSP and Aviva acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of 10 Station Road. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for PSP: the pension investment manager of the pension plans of the Canadian Federal Public Service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. It manages a diversified global portfolio including stocks, bonds and other fixed-income securities as well as investments in private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and credit investments, — for Aviva: a UK incorporated listed company operating in the insurance sector. Aviva Plc is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Aviva’s group provides a broad range of insurance, savings and investment products across 16 countries. Aviva’s group is principally active in the UK, France and Canada but also has operations elsewhere in Europe and Asia, — For 10 Station Road: an office building situated on 10 Station Road in Cambridge, CB1, United Kingdom.

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

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10289 — PSP/Aviva/10 Station Road 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.10294 — MUFG/SMFG/MHFG/Resona HD/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 245/02)

On 18. June 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 32021M10294. 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.10250 — Accor/Keys/Hotel Portfolio)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 241/08)

1. On 11 June 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: — Keys REIM (‘Keys’, France), ultimately controlled by the BPCE group (‘BPCE’, France), — Accor SA (‘Accor’, France), — Hotel Portfolio (France). Keys, through a newly created joint venture (LeaseCo, France) and Accor, through a newly created joint venture (ManCo, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Hotel Portfolio. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture and by way of contract.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Keys: an asset management company specialised in the acquisition and management of real estate assets, ultimately controlled by the French banking group BPCE. The assets managed by Keys are mainly located in France, — for Accor: a hotel group whose shares are listed on NYSE Euronext Paris. Accor is mainly active in the hotel sector as a hotel manager and franchisor in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, North and Central America and South America. Accor also marginally runs a casino business, — for Hotel Portfolio: consists of 17 trading hotels and 6 pipeline hotels, mostly of the upper midscale and upscale comfort categories, located in Austria (Vienna), Denmark (Copenhagen), Germany (Berlin, Cologne, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich), France (Bordeaux, Hossegor, Lyon, Marseille, Paris), Italy (Florence) and Switzerland.

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 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.10250 — Accor/Keys/Hotel Portfolio 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’).
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10323 — KKR/LGP/CNG)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 256/05)

1. On 18 June 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: — KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, US) — Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. (‘LGP’, US) — Charter Next Generation Inc. (‘CNG’, US), solely controlled by LGP KKR and LGP acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of CNG. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — KKR: global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions, — LGP: private equity investment firm, — CNG: producer of high-performance, specialty films used in flexible packaging.

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.10323 — KKR/LGP/CNG 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.10188 — Illumina/GRAIL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 248/05)

1.

On 16 June 2021, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 22 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 )

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

— Illumina, Inc. (‘Illumina’, US),

— GRAIL, Inc. (‘GRAIL’, US)

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

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

The concentration has been referred to the Commission by the French Autorité de la Concurrence pursuant to Article 22 (3) of the Merger Regulation. The referral was subsequently joined by Belgium, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands and Norway.
Initiation of proceedings

(Case M.9637 - IAG/AIR EUROPA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 266/02)

On 29 June 2021, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified concentration, and is without prejudice to the final decision on the case. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

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

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference No. M.9637 - IAG / AIR EUROPA, to the following 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’).
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10321 — DSV/Agility)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 262/10)

1. On 28 June 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: — DSV Panalpina A/S (‘DSV’, Denmark), — Agility Logistics International B.V. (the Netherlands) and Agility International GIL Holdings I Limited (United Arab Emirates) (together referred to as ‘GIL’), belonging to the Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P (‘Agility’, Kuwait). DSV acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of GIL. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for DSV: provides and manages supply chain solutions, including freight forwarding and contract logistics services. DSV’s services portfolio is organised into three lines of business: i) Air and Sea, ii) Road and iii) Solutions (logistics services including warehousing). DSV is active in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa, — for GIL: offers a portfolio of logistics services including air, ocean and road freight forwarding services, contract logistics, with a focus on emerging markets. GIL is active in APAC, the Middle East and Africa, Europe and the Americas.

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.10321 — DSV/Agility 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.10293 — Gilde Fund VI/EDCO)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 279/06)

1. On 1 July 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: — Gilde Buy-Out Fund VI C.V. and Gilde Buy-Out Fund VI2C.V., jointly referred to as ‘Gilde Fund VI’ (Netherlands), — Jadi International S.A., ‘EDCO’ (Luxembourg). Gilde Fund VI acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of EDCO. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Gilde Fund VI: investing, as a private equity fund, in mid-market companies that are active in various sectors in Europe, — for EDCO: wholesale distribution of non-food fast moving consumer goods, both private label and branded, mainly to large retail chains and petrol stations across Europe.

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.10293 — Gilde Fund VI/EDCO 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.10328 — CDPQ/ATI/ATI European Communications Infrastructure Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 272/01)

On 28 June 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 32021M10328. 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.10284 — KPS/Crown European Tinplate)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 292/03)

KPS acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Crown European Tinplate. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

Food, Aerosol and Promotional Packaging business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (‘Crown European Tinplate’), controlled by Crown Holdings, Inc. (USA).

On 15 July 2021, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 )

for Crown European Tinplate: active in the design, manufacture and sale of packaging products for consumer goods including the following: aerosol cans and ends; food cans and ends; metal closures; and promotional packaging.

for KPS: equity investment fund active across a diverse array of industries, including basic materials, branded consumer, healthcare and luxury products, automotive parts, capital equipment and general manufacturing. KPS recently acquired Hydro Rolling, a company active in the production and supply of aluminium flat rolled products, including aluminium sheet for food cans,

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.10284 — KPS/Crown European Tinplate

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:
Official Journal of the European Union

Withdrawal of notification of a concentration

(Case M.10288 — DH 13/RFR Immo4/Bürogebäude)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 290/03)

On 3 June 2021, the European Commission received notification (1) of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) (‘Merger Regulation’).

On 25 June 2021, the notifying parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.

(1) OJ C 226, 14 June 2021, p. 7.

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

(Case M.10047 — Schwarz Group/SUEZ Waste Management Companies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 305/02)

On 14 April 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) 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 32021M10047. 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.10332 — KKR/Equitix Tetragon/Target)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 299/06)

1.

On 19 July 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:

— KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, United States),

— Equitix Holdings Limited (‘Equitix’, United Kingdom), controlled by Reade Griffith, a UK citizen who controls the Tetragon Financial Group Limited (‘Tetragon’) (United Kingdom),

— John Laing Group plc (United Kingdom), and John Laing Investments Limited (United Kingdom), currently controlled by John Laing Group plc (together ‘John Laing’).

KKR acquires acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect sole control of the whole of John Laing Group plc.

Subsequently, KKR and Equitix acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of the whole of John Laing Investments Limited, the main portfolio company of John Laing Group plc.

The concentration is accomplished by way of public bid announced on 19 May 2021, and by way of purchase of shares.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10295 — Orange Polska/APG/FiberCo JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 321/01)

On 3 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 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 32021M10295. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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

(Case M.10351 — BDT Capital Partners/Culligan Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 309/07)

On 14 July 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 32021M10351. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

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