Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6894 — Syral China Investment/Wilmar China New Investments/Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-05-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Singapore, agricultural cooperative, economic concentration, holding company, merger control








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1.5.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 125/3





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6894 — Syral China Investment/Wilmar China New Investments/Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 125/04






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On 24 April 2013 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 Syral China Investment (‘Syral China’), which belongs to the Tereos group, and Wilmar China New Investments Pte. Ltd (‘WCNI’), which belongs to the Wilmar group, acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1) (b) of the EC Merger Regulation, joint control of an existing company, Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry Co. Ltd, currently under control of Wilmar.










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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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Syral China is a company member of the Tereos group (‘Tereos’) incorporated in Belgium. Tereos is a French cooperative agro-industrial group specialized in the primary processing of sugar beet, sugar cane and grains into a range of sugars, starches, alcohols, bioethanol and co-products intended for animal feed and electrical power,










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WCNI is a company member of the Wilmar group (‘Wilmar’) incorporated in Singapore. Wilmar is an Asian agribusiness group active in oil palm cultivation, oilseeds crushing, edible oils processing and merchandising, specialty fats, oleochemicals and biodiesel manufacturing, grains processing and merchandising,










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Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry Co. Ltd (the ‘Company’) is a company currently controlled by Wilmar and active in the production and sale of native corn starch, corn gluten meal, corn germs and corn gluten feed for human food and animal feed uses.














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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.6894 — Syral China Investment/Wilmar China New Investments/Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




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’).