Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7728 — Amcor/Sidel/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2015-09-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, packaging








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4.9.2015   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 290/12





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7728 — Amcor/Sidel/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2015/C 290/07)






1.


On 27 August 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Amcor Group GmbH (Switzerland) belonging to the Amcor group and Sidel Participations SAS (France) controlled by Tetra Laval Group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a joint venture consisting of an existing legal entity, DISCMA AG (‘DISCMA’, Switzerland) and a newly created entity, LiquiForm Group LLC (‘LiquiForm’, USA) by way of agreements.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Amcor: the manufacture and supply of rigid and flexible packaging products into the food, beverage, healthcare, home and personal care and tobacco industries.
—   for Sidel: Sidel is part of the Tetra Laval Group, a privately held group of companies consisting of three industry groups: Tetra Pak, Sidel and DeLaval. Tetra Pak is active in food processing and packaging solutions. Its core business includes the sale of packaging and distribution solutions for food in carton packaging material. Sidel is a global provider of packaging equipment and solutions, in particular stretch blow moulding machinery for blowing PET plastic bottles and filling machines for plastic and glass bottles and cans. DeLaval is a full-service supplier to dairy farmers. The company develops, manufactures and markets equipment and complete solutions for milk production and animal husbandry worldwide.
—   for DISCMA and LiquiForm: commercialise a new technology for forming and filling polymer-based containers for consumables.










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 this 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. 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 M.7728 — Amcor/Sidel/JV, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.