Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6604 — CPPIB/Atlantia/Grupo Costanera) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-05-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, food industry, investment, merger control, motorway








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23.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 144/5





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6604 — CPPIB/Atlantia/Grupo Costanera)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 144/07






1.


On 10 May 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (‘CPPIB’, Canada) and Edizione S.r.l. (‘Edizione’, Italy), through its indirectly controlled company Atlantia SpA (‘Atlantia’), will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Grupo Costanera SA (‘Grupo Costanera’, Chile) by way of purchase of shares.










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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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CPPIB: professional investment management organization investing the assets of the Canada Pension Plan. CPPIB’s investments range from fixed income to private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt. In the area of the operation of toll motorways, CPPIB has a interest in the 407 toll motorway in Ontario, Canada, and in the M7 Westlink toll motorway in Sydney, Australia,










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Edizione: retail, food and beverage, mobility services, real estate and agriculture. Edizione also has interests in certain infrastructure assets, including rail stations and airports,










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Atlantia: management of toll motorways, and provision of ancillary services, in Brazil, Chile, India, Italy and Poland,










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Grupo Costanera: management of urban toll motorways, and provision of ancillary services, in Chile.














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.6604 — CPPIB/Atlantia/Grupo Costanera, 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’).