Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9659 — Telia Company/CapMan AIFM/JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 57/06
Date: 2020-02-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Internet, economic concentration, investment company, merger control, provision of services, telecommunications, television, wholesale trade








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20.2.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 57/9






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9659 — Telia Company/CapMan AIFM/JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 57/06)

1.   
On 11 February 2020, 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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Telia Company AB (‘Telia Company’, Sweden),










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CapMan AIFM Oy (‘CapMan AIFM’, Finland), belonging to the CapMan group,










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the Joint Venture (‘JV’, Finland).




Telia Company and CapMan AIFM acquire(s) within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the JV.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Telia Company: the provision of mobile and fixed telecommunications services, and broadband and television services in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, as well as the provision of mobile telecommunications services in Latvia and wholesale network access (carrier services) worldwide,










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for CapMan AIFM: the management of the investment fund CapMan Nordic Infrastructure SCSP,










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for the JV: the provision of fixed internet access at wholesale level, namely the building, owning, operating and maintaining of passive fiber-to-the-home (‘FTTH’) local networks for single dwelling units (‘SDUs’) in Finland, and certain limited passive fiber-to-the-building (‘FTTB’) assets for multi dwelling units (‘MDUs’) in Finland.






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.9659 — Telia Company/CapMan AIFM/JV
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.