Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8410 — Zen-Noh/LDC/Amaggi/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agro-industry, economic concentration, merger control, soya bean, wholesale trade








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22.4.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 128/6





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8410 — Zen-Noh/LDC/Amaggi/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 128/05)






1.


On 12 April 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Zen-Noh Grain Brasil Holdings Ltda. (ZGB, Brazil), controlled by the Japanese National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations (Zen-Noh, Japan), Louis Dreyfus Company Brasil SA (LDCB, Brazil), controlled by Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. (LDC, Netherlands) and ultimately the Louis Dreyfus family, and Amaggi Exportação e Importação Ltda. (AEI, Brazil) (together with ZGB and LDCB, the Notifying Parties), controlled by the Maggi family (Amaggi group, Brazil), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) in connection with Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Amaggi & LDC Holding SA (the JV, Brazil) (together with the Notifying Parties, the Parties) by way of a purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Zen-Noh: the marketing of agricultural and livestock products produced by its members, as well as the supply of necessary materials such as feed and fertilizers to its members.
—   for the LDC group: the production, processing and trading of various agricultural commodities and metals worldwide.
—   for the Amaggi group: the production, origination, processing and marketing of agricultural commodities, as well as energy and fluvial transport.
—   for the JV: the origination and commercialisation of soybeans and corn produced in the Matopiba region of Brazil, as well as the rendering of services of storage, elevation, and the loading of agricultural commodities in the Port of Itaqui, Brazil. In the EEA, the JV is only active in the wholesale of soybeans.










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 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 M.8410 — Zen-Noh/LDC/Amaggi/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.