Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6017 — APMT/DPW/COSCO/QPGL/QQCT) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2010-11-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: container, economic concentration, exchange of information, inland transport, maritime transport, merger control








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23.11.2010   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 318/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6017 — APMT/DPW/COSCO/QPGL/QQCT)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2010/C 318/11






1.


On 16 November 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings APM Terminals China Company Limited (‘APMT China’), belonging to the AP Møller-Maersk A/S group (‘APMM’, Denmark), DP World (POSN) BV (‘DPW POSN’, the Netherlands) and DP World Red BV (‘DPW Red’, the Netherlands), both belonging to the DP World group (‘DPW’, UAE), COSCO Ports (Qianwan) Limited (‘COSCO Qianwan’, China), belonging to the China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (‘COSCO’) group, and Qingdao Port Group (‘QPGL’, China), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal Co. Ltd (‘QQCT’, China) by way purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for APMM: development and operation of container terminals and related activities worldwide, containerized liner shipping, inland transportation and logistics, harbour towage, tankers, oil and gas exploration and production, retail and air transport,










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for DPW: operation of marine terminals worldwide,










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for COSCO: cargo shipping, logistics, ship building and repairing, ship management services, marine engineering, terminal operations and related financial and IT services,










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for QPGL: formerly the Qingdao Port Authority, offering comprehensive services in the Port of Qingdao, Shandong Province, China,










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for QQCT: operation of a shipping container terminal in the Port of Qingdao.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.










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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. 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 number COMP/M.6017 — APMT/DPW/COSCO/QPGL/QQCT, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).