ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10248 – AP/Lutech)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 161/03)

1. On 26 April 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: — Apax Partner LLP (‘AP’, UK), — Lutech S.p.A. (‘Lutech’, Italy), indirectly controlled by One Equity Partners (‘OEP’, USA). AP acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Lutech. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for AP: provider of investment advisory services, — for Lutech: active in the provision of IT services and solutions and in the resale of IT products, primarily in Italy.

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.10248 – AP/Lutech 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.10170 — Shell/NXK)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 149/05)

1. On 19 April 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: — Shell Overseas Investments B.V. (‘SOI’, the Netherlands), a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (‘Shell’, United Kingdom), — Next Kraftwerke GmbH (‘NXK’, Germany). Shell acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of NXK. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Shell: a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with businesses including oil and gas exploration, production, manufacturing, marketing and shipping of oil products and chemicals, and renewable energy products, — for NXK: an electricity aggregator and trader with subsidiaries in several European countries. It is specialised in the direct selling of electricity from renewable energy sources.

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.10170 — Shell/NXK 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.10162 — AmerisourceBergen/Parts of Walgreens Boots Alliance’s pharmaceutical business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 190/01)

On 29 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) 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 32021M10162. 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.10254 — Apax Partners/Rodenstock)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 170/09)

1. On 26 April 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: — Apax Partners LLP (‘Apax’, United Kingdom); and — The Rodenstock Group (‘Rodenstock’, Germany). Apax acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Rodenstock. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Apax: provision of investment advisory services to private equity funds investing in a range of industry sectors; — for Rodenstock: manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic lenses as well as – to a limited extent – of optical frames, sunglasses, ophthalmic substrate and ophthalmic equipment.

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.10254 — Apax Partners/Rodenstock 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.10265 — Hisense Group/Sanden)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 197/02)

On 19 May 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 32021M10265. 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.10173 — Luminus/Essent Belgium)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 194/01)

On 30 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) 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 32021M10173. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notif ication of a concentration 
(Case M.10269 – TDR Capit al/Ar row Global) 
Candidate case for simplif ied procedure 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
(2021/C 207/03)
1. On 21 May 2021 , the Commission received notificati on of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council 
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notificati on concer ns the followi ng under takings:
— TDR Capital LLP (‘TDR Capital ’, UK),
— Arrow Global Group plc (‘Arrow Global ’, UK).
TDR Capital acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Arrow Global.
The concentration is accompl ished by way of purchase of shares.
2. The business activities of the under takings concer ned are:
— for TDR Capital: TDR Capital is a private equity firm investing in a variety of sector s including in motor fuels retail, 
gyms and health clubs, conve yor car washes, vacant proper ty services, UK social housing refurbishment services, 
modular constr uction, pubs and restaurants, logistic pallet retur n, coastal transpor t, life insurance and UK retirement 
income products;
— for Arrow Global: Arrow Global is an invest or and asset manager . Arrow Global target s three core asset classes, 
compris ing unsecured and secured non-performi ng, and performin g portfolio investments across the consumer , SME, 
mor tgage, real estate, master servicing / secur itization / credit bureau and fund management niches . Arrow Global 
operat es a number of investment and servicing brands, through which it provides investment oppor tunities for 
institutional funds and deleveraging solutions for banks.
3. On preliminar y 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 reser ved.
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 invit es interested third parties to submit their possible obser vations on the proposed operation to 
the Commission.
Obser vations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days follo wing the date of this publication. The followi ng 
referen ce should alwa ys be specif ied:
M.10269— TDR Capital/Ar row Global
Obser vations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP -MER GER -REGISTR Y@ec.europa.eu
Fax +32 22964301
(1)OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
(2)OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.EN Offi cial Jour nal of the European Union C 207/4                                                                                                                                            1.6.2021  
Postal address:
European Commission
Direct orate-General for Com petition
Merger Registr y
1049 Bruxelles/Br ussel
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10221 — PLD/NBIM/Target Assets)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 201/13)

1. On 19 May 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: — Prologis, L.P. (‘PLD’, United States of America), — Norges Bank Investment Management (‘NBIM’, Norway), — 10 real estate properties located in Germany (‘Target Assets’). PLD and NBIM acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of the Target Assets. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for PLD: real estate investment trust which ows, operates and develops real estate properties, mainly for industrial purposes, in the Americas, Europa and Asia, — for NBIM: institutional investment for the Government Pension Fund Global (‘GPFG’) on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Finance, focusing on worldwide investments including real estate investments in North America, Europa and Japan, — for the Target Assets: 10 real estate properties located in Germany, which are primarily used as logistics facilities but also for other commercial purposes, mainly in the Berlin-region, but also in the Duisburg-Lower Rhine-area.

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.10221 — PLD/NBIM/Target 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.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10291 — Arçelik/Whirlpool Beyaz)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 219/11)

1. On 27 May 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: — Arçelik (Turkey), controlled by by Koç Holding A.S — Whirlpool Beyaz (Turkey), belonging to Whirlpool. Arçelik acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Whirlpool Beyaz. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Arçelik: manufacturing and supplying of a broad range of household appliances, consumer electronics and components. In the EEA, Arcelik supplies appliances under the brands Beko, Blomberg, Arctic, Altus, Grundig, Flavel, and ElektraBregenz, — for Whirlpool Beyaz: manufacturing refrigerators, freezers and washing machines sold under the brands Whirlpool, Bauknecht, Ignis, Indesit, Maytag, Laden, Poland, Privileg and Kitchen Aid.

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.10291 — Arçelik/Whirlpool Beyaz 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.10097 – AMD/Xilinx)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 210/04)

1. On 26 May 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: — Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (‘AMD’, United States), — Xilinx, Inc. (‘Xilinx’, United States). AMD acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Xilinx. The concentration is accomplished by way of a merger between Throne Merger Sub, Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of AMD, and Xilinx. Xilinx will survive the merger as a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of AMD.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for AMD: AMD is a publicly listed global semiconductor company. AMD is active primarily in the supply of central processing units (‘CPUs’), based on the x86 instruction set, and graphics processing units (‘GPUs’); — for Xilinx: Xilinx is a publicly listed global semiconductor company. Xilinx is active in the supply of field programmable gate arrays (‘FPGAs’), a chip that customers can program after fabrication to perform desired logic functions.

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.10097 – AMD/Xilinx 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.10281 — Astorg/Cobepa/Corsearch)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 234/01)

On 10 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 32021M10281. 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.10312 — Astorg Asset Management/Solina)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 222/07)

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: — Astorg Asset Management S.à.r.l. (‘Astorg’, Luxembourg); and — Solina Corporate S.A.S. (‘Solina’, France). Astorg acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Solina. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Astorg: private equity investments. The funds managed by Astorg have invested in a broad range of industries, — for Solina: supply of aromatic and functional ingredients for the food processing industry, as well as for catering and retail food service customers, and in the nutrition industry.

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.10312 — Astorg Asset Management/Solina 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.