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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M. 9756 – Nouryon/CP Kelco)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 176/04)

1. On 14 May 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. (‘Nouryon’, the Netherlands), — CP Kelco CMC (Denmark). Nouryon acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of CP Kelco CMC. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of equity and assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Nouryon: a global manufacturer and supplier of specialty chemicals company producing a wide range of chemicals such as salt, chlorine and caustic products; chemical intermediates, surfactants and processing chemicals and cellulose derivatives. It was formerly known as Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals and is solely controlled by funds managed by affiliates of the Carlyle group, — CP Kelco CMC: the carboxymethyl cellulose (‘CMC’) business of CP Kelco ApS and Huber.

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: Case M.9756 – Nouryon/CP Kelco 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.9836 – Bunker Holding/OceanConnect Marine)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 200/02)

On 9 June 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 32020M9836. 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.9814 – Firmenich/Les Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 193/01)

On 26 May 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 32020M9814. 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.9331 – Danaher/GE Healthcare Life Sciences Biopharma)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 204/04)

On 18 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) 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 32019M9331. 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.9834 – IRPC/JPP/Mytex)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 218/02)

On 2 June 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 32020M9834. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Final Report of the Hearing Officer (1)

(M.8909 – KME/MKM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 216/09)

1. On 4 June 2018, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration (the ‘Concentration’), according to which KME AG (‘KME’) proposed to acquire sole control of MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (‘MKM’) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) (the ‘Merger Regulation’) by way of purchase of shares. KME and MKM are designated hereinafter as the ‘Parties’.

2. On 23 July 2018, the Commission adopted a decision initiating proceedings pursuant to Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation (the ‘Article 6(1)(c) Decision’). In that decision, the Commission found that the Concentration raised serious doubts as to its compatibility with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area. On 23 August 2018, the Parties submitted written comments on the Article 6(1)(c) Decision.

3. The results of the in-depth market investigation did not confirm the serious doubts of the previous phase and the draft decision declares the Concentration compatible with the internal market and the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The Commission did not issue a statement of objections pursuant to Article 13(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 (3) and there was no formal oral hearing in accordance with Article 14 of that regulation.

4. Five interested third persons were admitted in the present proceedings.

5. Overall, I consider that the effective exercise of procedural rights has been respected during the present proceedings.

Brussels, 4 December 2018. Joos STRAGIER

(1) Pursuant to Articles 16 and 17 of Decision 2011/695/EU of the President of the European Commission of 13 October 2011 on the function and terms of reference of the hearing officer in certain competition proceedings (OJ L 275, 20.10.2011, p. 29) (‘Decision 2011/695/EU’).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1).

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 802/2004 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (OJ L 133, 30.4.2004, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 172, 6.5.2004, p. 9).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9804 – Saudi Aramco Development/Baker Hughes/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 227/03)

On 30 April 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 32020M9804. 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.9582 – Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy/Senvion (European onshore wind turbine service)/Ria Blades)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 221/02)

On 20 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 32019M9582. 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.9885 – HAL Investments/De Drie Eiken)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 241/04)

1. On 10 July 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: — HAL Investments B.V. (‘HAL’, European investment subsidiary of HAL Holding N.V., Curaçao), — De Drie Eiken N.V. (holding company of the Van Wijnen group, Netherlands). HAL acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of De Drie Eiken/Van Wijnen group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for HAL: investments in a variety of sectors, including the maritime sector, tank storage, media, financial services, retail, office furniture, timber and building supplies and decorative laminates, — for De Drie Eiken/Van Wijnen group: project development, construction of residential and non-residential buildings, renovation and area development, primarily in the Netherlands.

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.9885 – HAL Investments/De Drie Eiken 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.9815 – Advent/Cinven/thyssenkrupp Elevator)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 233/01)

On 18 June 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 32020M9815. 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.9891 – Hayfin Capital Management/Frans Bonhomme Group)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 263/04)

1. On 3 August 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: — Hayfin Capital Management LLP (‘Hayfin’, United Kingdom), controlled by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (‘BCI’, Canada). — Frans Bonhomme Group (‘Frans Bonhomme’, France) Hayfin acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Frans Bonhomme The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for undertaking Hayfin: provision of lending solutions to corporates and asset management services to institutional clients, — for undertaking Frans Bonhomme: distribution of system solutions (materials for the construction of water, sanitation, rainwater systems, etc.) and pipes for public works and construction professionals.

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.9891 – Hayfin Capital Management/Frans Bonhomme Group 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.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9899 — KKR/Koos Holding Cooperatief)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 251/15)

1. On 24 July 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: — KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, United States) — Koos Holding Coöperatief U.A. (‘Koos Holding’, the Netherlands) KKR acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Koos Holding. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for KKR: global investment firm, which offers a broad range of alternative asset funds and other investment products to investors and provides capital markets solutions for the firm, its portfolio companies and other clients, — for Koos Holding: development and refurbishing of holiday parks, which it either manages and operates itself or for which it partners with the operator to act as booking agent. The holiday parks are operated under the ‘Roompot’ brand and range from basic campsites offering tents or bungalow accommodation to a selection of more upscale villas. Koos Holding Operates parks in the Netherlands and Germany, and is active as a booking agent for parks in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain and Denmark.

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.9899 — KKR/Koos Holding Cooperatief) 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 +32 229-64301 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.9867 – Allianz/BBVA Allianz Seguros y Reaseguros)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 274/01)

On 13 August 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 32020M9867. 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.9830 – Avacon Natur/NEW AG/Stadtenfalter JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 270/02)

On 10 July 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 German 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 32020M9830. 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.9895 – KKR/Waves UK Divestco)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 289/03)

1. On 18 August 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: — KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, US), — Waves UK Divestco Limited (‘Waves’, UK), controlled by Coty Inc. KKR acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Waves. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for KKR: global investment firm offering investing in a broad range of alternative asset funds and other investment products to investors and providing capital markets solutions for the firm, its portfolio companies and other clients, — for Waves: developing, marketing, manufacturing and distributing professional and retail hair products and nail 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 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.9895 – KKR/Waves UK Divestco 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.