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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9282 — HCL Technologies/Certain IBM Assets)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 94/07)

1. On 5 March 2019, 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: — HCL Technologies Limited (‘HCL’) (India), — Certain assets and liabilities from International Business Machines Corporation (‘IBM’) (United States) comprising four selected software product portfolios (‘the Target’). HCL acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of parts of IBM. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for HCL: the supply of technology and IT services, — for the Target: certain IT software portfolios concerning marketing, commerce, security and collaboration software.

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.9282 — HCL Technologies/Certain IBM Assets 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.8652 — Accuride/Mefro Wheels)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 111/01)

On 30 April 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) 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 32018M8652. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9288 — CACF/BBPM/Agos Ducato/ProFamily)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 125/06)

1. On 29 March 2019, 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: — CA Consumer Finance S.A. (‘CACF’, France), solely controlled by Crédit Agricole S.A. (France), — Banco BPM S.p.A (‘BBPM’, Italy), — Agos Ducato S.p.A. (‘Agos Ducato’, Italy), jointly controlled by CACF and BBPM, — ProFamily S.p.A. (‘ProFamily’, Italy), a wholly owned subsidiary of BBPM. CACF and BBPM acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over ProFamily through Agos Ducato, a pre-existing joint venture company. ProFamily is currently exclusively controlled by BBPM. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — CACF is active in the consumer finance sector in France and several other European countries, as well as in China and Morocco, — BBPM is a banking group mainly active in Italy, — Agos Ducato operates in the consumer credit sector in Italy, — ProFamily offers consumer credit products in Italy. The business of ProFamily that is not distributed through the banking network of BBPM is not part of the proposed concentration.

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.9288 — CACF/BBPM/Agos Ducato/ProFamily 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.8883 — PPF Group/Telenor Target Companies)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 123/03)

On 27 July 2018, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

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

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32018M8883. 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.9335 — Triton/Luxinva/IFCO Systems)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 140/10)

Triton Fund V and Luxinva acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the IFCO Group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

On 9 April 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 )

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Triton Fund V: belongs to a group of independent European private equity funds managed and advised by the Triton group (collectively ‘Triton’, Channel Islands). The private equity funds managed by the Triton group, including Triton Fund V, are dedicated to investing primarily in medium-sized businesses headquartered in Northern Europe, with particular focus on businesses in three core sectors: Business Services, Industrials and Consumer/Health,

— for Luxinva: an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (‘ADIA’) and owns private equity investments. ADIA is a government entity owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It invests funds allocated to it by the government of Abu Dhabi and manages a global investment portfolio that is diversified across multiple asset classes,

— for the IFCO Group: active in the food transportation packaging sector. It provides pooled reusable plastic containers (‘RPCs’) that are primarily used to transport fresh food products (including fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry, seafood, eggs and bakery goods) from growers or manufacturers to grocery retailers. The IFCO Group also provides management services in relation to its RPCs ranging from delivering clean containers to producers, collecting them from retailers, to cleaning and sanitizing them for re-use.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9344 — Swiss Life/Montagu/Pondus)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 130/10)

1. On 29 March 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Swiss Life Holding AG (‘Swiss Life’, Switzerland), — Montagu Private Equity LLP (‘Montagu’, United Kingdom), — Pondus GmbH & Co. KG (‘Pondus’, Germany). Swiss Life and Montagu acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Pondus. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Swiss Life: an insurance company, — for Montagu: a private equity firm, — for Pondus: a real estate company that leases out a retail and office building in Berlin, Germany.

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.9344 — Swiss Life/Montagu/Pondus 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.
3.

On 12 September 2018, the Commission adopted a Statement of Objections (the ‘SO’), which was notified to DT on the same day. Tele2 NL received a (redacted) copy of the SO. According to the SO, the Commission came to the preliminary view that the Proposed Transaction would significantly impede effective competition in a substantial part of the internal market within the meaning of Article 2(3) of the Merger Regulation as a result of horizontal non-coordinated effects in the overall market for the supply of retail mobile telecommunications services in the Netherlands as well as in the market segment for the supply of retail mobile telecommunications services to private customers in the Netherlands.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9308 — Ansaldo/REPH/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 146/01)

On 15 April 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 32019M9308. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9380 — Bâloise/Fidea)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 165/08)

1. On 6 May 2019, 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: — Bâloise (Luxembourg) Holding S.A. (Luxembourg), controlled by Bâloise Holding AG (‘Bâloise’, Switzerland), — Fidea NV (‘Fidea’, Belgium), ultimately controlled by Anbang Insurance Group Company Limited (China). Bâloise acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Fidea. The concentration is accomplished by way of a purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Bâloise provides prevention, pension, assistance and insurance solutions in Europe, — Fidea provides life and non-life insurance products predominantly in Belgium.

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.9380 — Bâloise/Fidea 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.9346 — Investcorp/Aberdeen/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 156/01)

On 26 April 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 32019M9346. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9373 — PAI Partners/Areas Worldwide)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 181/06)

1. On 17 May 2019, 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: — PAI Europe VII funds (Luxembourg), belonging to the group of PAI Partners SAS (‘PAI Partners’, France), — Areas Worldwide (France). PAI Partners acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Areas Worldwide. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for PAI Partners: a private equity company that manages and advises a number of funds that own companies active in a variety of business sectors, such as business services, food and consumer, general industries, healthcare, and retail and distribution, — for Areas Worldwide: management of travel concession catering, mainly in motorways, airports and railway stations.

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.9373 — PAI Partners/Areas Worldwide 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.9335 — Triton/Luxinva/IFCO Systems)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 176/01)

On 8 May 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 32019M9335. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9377 — MIRA/BCI/iGH)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 192/18)

1. On 29 May 2019, 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: — Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) Limited (‘MIRA’, Australia), belonging to Macquarie Group Limited (Australia), — British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (‘BCI’, Canada), — innogy Grid Holdings, a.s. (‘iGH’, Czech Republic), currently solely controlled by RWE Czech Gas Grid Holding B.V. (Czech Republic). MIRA and BCI acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of iGH. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — MIRA focuses on the management of infrastructure and other real assets, including real estate, energy and agricultural assets. — BCI invests in fixed income, mortgages, public and private equity, real estate, infrastructure and renewable resources. — iGH is a holding company for GasNet, s.r.o. (which operates iGH’s gas distribution gas pipeline system) and GridServices, s.r.o., (which maintains the distribution system and gas installations for GasNet) in Czechia.

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.9377 — MIRA/BCI/iGH 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.9412 — EQT Fund Management/Nestlé Skin Health)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 217/11)

1. On 20 June 2019, 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: — EQT VIII SCSp (‘EQT’ Luxembourg), controlled by the EQT group of private equity funds, — Nestlé Skin Health S.A. (‘NSH’ Switzerland), EQT acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of NSH. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — EQT is a financial investor that seeks to make investments primarily in Northern Europe, — NSH offers a range of medical and consumer skin health solutions through three business units: Aesthetics, Prescription, and Consumer.

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.9412 — EQT Fund Management/Nestlé Skin Health 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.