Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8684 — La Poste/Generali/Malakoff Médéric/EAP France) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance. )
Date: 2017-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: banking, data processing, economic concentration, electronic commerce, insurance, logistics, merger control, postal service, provision of services, telemedicine








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6.12.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 416/28





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.8684 — La Poste/Generali/Malakoff Médéric/EAP France)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2017/C 416/07)






1.


On 28 November 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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La Poste Silver SAS (France), belonging to the La Poste group (France),










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Europ Assistance France SA (France), controlled by Assicurazioni Generali SpA (‘Generali’, Italy),










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Malakoff Médéric Assurances SA (France), a subsidiary of Malakoff Médéric group (France)










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EAP France SAS (France).




La Poste, Generali and Malakoff Médéric acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of EAP France.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
—   for La Poste: centred on five main business arms: the post and parcel services arm, the express courier arm GeoPost, the La Banque Postale banking and insurance services arm, the Réseau La Poste network of post offices and the Numérique digital services arm (digital transformation of organisations, data processing, e-commerce and e-health),
—   for Generali: life insurance and non-life insurance worldwide,
—   for Malakoff Médéric: personal insurance,
—   for EAP France: corporate concierge services.










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 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.8684 — La Poste/Generali/Malakoff Médéric/EAP France
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.