Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.7890 — La Compagnie des Cartes Carburant (Edenred)/UNION TANK Eckstein) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2016-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, holding company, merger control, provision of services, remuneration of work








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14.1.2016   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 11/3





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.7890 — La Compagnie des Cartes Carburant (Edenred)/UNION TANK Eckstein)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 11/03)






1.


On 5 January 2016, 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 La Compagnie des Cartes Carburant (‘LCCC’, France), jointly controlled by the undertaking Edenred (France) and private individuals, and UNION TANK Eckstein (‘UTA’, Germany), jointly controlled by Edenred and Hermes Mineralöl-GmbH (‘Hermes’, Germany) and Familien-Gesellshaft Eckstein mbH Verwaltungs-KG (‘Eckstein’, Germany), each acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (the ‘JV’, France) by way of purchase of shares.










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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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Edenred provides prepaid corporate services with respect to employee benefits, expense management, incentives and rewards and management of public social programs at global level,










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LCCC issues and resells fuel and service cards for customers active in commercial goods transport and passenger transport in France,










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UTA issues fuel and service cards for customers active in commercial goods transport and passengers transport in Europe,










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Hermes and Eckstein: family-owned holding companies without business operations,










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the JV will design, process and operate corporate fuel, toll and parking cards in France.














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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 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.










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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 M.7890 — La Compagnie des Cartes Carburant (Edenred)/UNION TANK Eckstein, 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.