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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10840 – INFINIGATE / NUVIAS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 367/07)

1. On 16 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: — Infinigate Holding AG (‘Infinigate’, Switzerland), ultimately controlled by Bridgepoint Group plc (UK), — RPE Investments Limited (‘RPE’, UK), ultimately controlled by Rigby Group (RG) plc (UK). Infinigate will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of RPE. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Infinigate is a wholesale distributor of IT products with a focus on cybersecurity products (including firewalls, VPN gateways, intrusion detection and prevention systems, encryption, virus protection, email and content security solutions, and cloud-enabled security solutions) in Western-Europe, — RPE is the holding company of the Nuvias Group (‘Nuvias’), which consists of Nuvias Group Ltd. (UK) and Nuvias UC Overseas Limited (UK). Nuvias is a wholesale distributor of IT products, with a focus on cybersecurity products and networking solutions in Western-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.

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.10840 – INFINIGATE / NUVIAS 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.10847 – NBH / NLMK DANSTEEL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 362/05)

1. On 12 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: — NLMK Belgium Holdings SA (‘NBH’, Belgium), jointly controlled by Société Wallonne de Gestion et des Participations SA (‘Sogepa’, Belgium) and NLMK International B.V., which in turn is ultimately controlled by Novolipetsk Steel PJSC (‘NLMK’, Russia), — NLMK DanSteel A/S (‘NLMK DanSteel’, Denmark), ultimately controlled by NLMK. NBH intends to acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of NLMK DanSteel. The concentration is to be accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — NBH and its subsidiaries are active in production, sale and distribution of semi-finished and finished flat steel products, including hot-rolled steel plates (quarto plates) in Europe, — NLMK DanSteel and its subsidiary are active in the production of hot-rolled steel plates (quarto plates) and distribution of steel products in 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 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.10847 – NBH / NLMK DANSTEEL 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.10697 – ARAMCO OVERSEAS COMPANY / LOTOS SPV 1)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 385/08)

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

AOC will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Target.

On 27 September 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 )

The Target is a special purpose vehicle and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lotos (currently Orlen) active in the wholesale distribution of fuels in Poland.

AOC provides its affiliates in the Saudi Aramco group with a wide range of services including finance support services, supply chain management, technical support services and a variety of administrative support services,

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

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.10697 – ARAMCO OVERSEAS COMPANY / LOTOS SPV 1

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10436 – MOËT HENNESSY / CAMPARI / CLASS A TANNICO SHAREHOLDERS / TANNICO)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 372/01)

On 20 December 2021, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32021M10436. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Initiation of proceedings

(Case M.10658 – NORSK HYDRO / ALUMETAL)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 393/01)

On 6 October 2022, 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.10658 – NORSK HYDRO / ALUMETAL, 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’).
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10893 – QUATTROR / IMTC / MTD)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 388/08)

1. On 3 October 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: — QuattroR SGR S.p.A. (‘QuattroR’, Italy), — International Medical Technology Collective S.C.A. (‘IMTC’, Luxembourg), controlled by Investindustrial S.A. (‘Investindustrial’, Luxembourg), — Medical Technology and Devices SA (‘MTD’, Switzerland). QuattroR and IMTC will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of MTD. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings are the following: — QuattroR manages an Italian private equity fund and currently controls five portfolio companies in the area of engineering, logistics and manufacturing, — IMTC is an investment subsidiary of Investindustrial, an investment group focusing on consumer and leisure, healthcare and services, industrial manufacturing and technology, — MTD, a Swiss-based med-tech group that designs, develops, and provides globally medical devices, particularly diabetes management devices, standard and safety sharp devices, electro-medical devices and wound-care products.

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.10893 – QUATTROR / IMTC / MTD 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.10863 – HANWHA Q CELLS / ENERCITY / LYNQTECH)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 404/02)

On 13 October 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 32022M10863. 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.10826 – GOLDMAN SACHS / NORGINE)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 401/02)

On 15 September 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 32022M10826. 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.10928 – ICI / BENVIC)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 409/11)

1. On 13 October 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: — International Chemical Investors 4 SE (‘ICI’, Luxembourg), — Benvic Group SAS (‘Benvic’, France). ICI will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Benvic. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — ICI is an industrial group, focusing on mid-sized chemical and pharmaceutical businesses and through Vynova Holding S.A. is active in the production of commodity suspension PVC (‘S-PVC’) resins, — BENVIC is a producer of PVC compounds.

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.10928 – ICI / BENVIC 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.10763 – NORDEA / TOPDANMARK LIV HOLDING)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 429/01)

On 18 October 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 32022M10763. 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.10941 – ENI / SONATRACH / EQUINOR / IN SALAH JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 425/03)

1. On 26 October 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: — Eni Algeria Exploration B.V., wholly-owned subsidiary of Eni (‘Eni’, Italy), — Société Nationale pour la Recherche, la Production, le Transport, la Transformation, et la Commercialisation des Hydrocarbures s.p.a. (‘Sonatrach’, Algeria), — Equinor, ASA (‘Equinor’, Norway), — In Salah Gas Limited (‘In Salah JV’, Algeria). Eni, Sonatrach and Equinor will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of In Salah JV. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Eni explores, develops and extracts oil and natural gas, is active in the generation of electricity, biorefining and chemicals, and in infrastructures for gas transport, — Sonatrach explores, develops and extracts oil and natural gas and is active in infrastructures for gas transport, — Equinor explores, develops and extracts oil and natural gas and is active in renewable energies.

3. The business activities of In Salah JV are the exploration, development, production and upstream wholesale supply of gas.

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.

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.10941 – ENI / SONATRACH / EQUINOR / IN SALAH 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’).
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10897 – PREDICA / VAUBAN / TELEFONICA / BLUEVIA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 438/08)

1. On 3 November 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: — Predica or Prévoyance Dialogue du Crédit Agricole S.A. (‘Predica’, France), — Vauban Infrastructure Partners S.C.A. (‘Vauban’, France), — Telefonica S.A. (‘Telefonica’, Spain), — Bluevia Fibra, S.L. (‘Bluevia’, Spain). Predica, Vauban and Telefonica acquire joint control of Bluevia within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings are: — Predica is a life and health insurance company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crédit Agricole Assurances S.A, — Vauban is a European asset management company with a focus on infrastructure equity investments in the design, construction, maintenance, financing and operation of essential infrastructure assets in the transportation, social, digital and utilities sectors, — Telefonica is active in the telecommunications, media and entertainment sectors, focused around services of wireline and wireless telephony, broadband, internet, data traffic, Pay TV and other digital services, — Bluevia will operate and exploit an FTTH network in rural and other less populated areas in 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.10897 – PREDICA / VAUBAN / TELEFONICA / BLUEVIA 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.10873 – SANLAM / ALLIANZ / SANLAM ALLIANZ AFRICA JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 435/03)

On 19 October 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 32022M10873. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

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