Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8622 — Unibail-Rodamco/Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft/CGI Metropole) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: building, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, ownership, property development, shopping centre








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16.9.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 308/17





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8622 — Unibail-Rodamco/Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft/CGI Metropole)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 308/07)






1.


On 7 September 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Unibail-Rodamco SE (‘Unibail-Rodamco’, France), belonging to the group Unibail Rodamco










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Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbH (‘Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbH’, Germany),










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CGI Metropole, s.r.o. (‘CGI Metropole’, Czech Republic).




Unibail-Rodamco and Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of CGI Metropole.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for Unibail-Rodamco: operates in the commercial real estate sector as an investor, developer and asset manager of shopping centres in European cities as well as office buildings and convention & exhibition centres in the Paris region,
—   for Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft: management of open-ended real estate funds, in particular with management of the open-ended real estate fund hausInvest,
—   for CGI Metropole: a limited liability company organized under the laws of the Czech Republic which owns the Metropole Zličín shopping centre located in Prague in the Czech Republic.










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 the 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. The following reference should always be specified:
M.8622 — Unibail-Rodamco/Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft/CGI Metropole
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:





Email:




COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu




Fax




+32 22964301




Postal 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.