Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6989 — Aqualia/Mitsui/Severomoravksé vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava/Aqualia Infraestructuras Inzenyring) — Candidate case for simplified procedure  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-08-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Poland, economic concentration, merger control, metallurgical industry, waste management, water management








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13.8.2013   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 234/7





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6989 — Aqualia/Mitsui/Severomoravksé vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava/Aqualia Infraestructuras Inzenyring)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 234/03






1.


On 5 August 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Aqualia Gestión Integral del Agua, SA (‘Aqualia’, Spain), ultimately controlled by Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA, and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (‘Mitsui’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Severomoravské vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava, a.s. (‘SmVaK’, Czech Republic) and Aqualia Infraestructuras Inzenyring, s.r.o. (‘AII’, Czech Republic) by way of purchase of shares.










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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Aqualia: services for the treatment, recovery, disposal and purification of solid and liquid waste and drinking water, water related civil works, construction and infrastructure, management of the whole water cycle,










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for Mitsui: active in various industrial markets, inter alia iron and steel, non-ferrous metals, electronics, chemicals, energy-related commodities, motor vehicle and motorcycle parts, investing in infrastructure assets,










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for SmVaK: water distribution, wastewater treatment, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater treatment facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland,










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for AII: design and provision of water and waste water treatment systems for industrial purposes and for municipalities, analysis of water and sewage sludge and water sampling in the Czech Republic.














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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.6989 — Aqualia/Mitsui/Severomoravksé vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava/Aqualia Infraestructuras Inzenyring, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




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(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’).