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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9815 – Advent/Cinven/thyssenkrupp Elevator) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 174/06
Date: 2020-05-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: acquisition of property, economic concentration, financial services, investment, investment company, lift, merger control, provision of services








C_2020174EN.01000701.xml










25.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 174/7






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9815 – Advent/Cinven/thyssenkrupp Elevator)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 174/06)

1.   
On 12 May 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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Advent International Corporation (US, ‘Advent’),










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Cinven Capital Management (VII) General Partner Limited (UK, ‘Cinven’),










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thyssenkrupp Elevator AG (Germany, ‘tkE’), controlled by thyssenkrupp AG.




Advent and Cinven acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of tkE.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Advent: acquisition of equity stakes and the management of investment funds in various sectors, including business and financial services,










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for Cinven: provision of investment management and investment advisory services to a number of investment funds,










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for tkE: installation and servicing of elevators, escalators, passenger boarding bridges and stairlifts, as well as directly related ancillary activities.






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.



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.9815 – Advent/Cinven/thyssenkrupp Elevator
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’).
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9564 – LSEG/Refinitiv Business) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 174/04
Date: 2020-05-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: capital market, data processing, economic concentration, financial market, merger control, risk management, service








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25.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 174/4






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9564 – LSEG/Refinitiv Business)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 174/04)

1.   
On 13 May 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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London Stock Exchange Group plc (‘LSEG’, United Kingdom),










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Refinitiv Business (the ‘Target’, United States).




LSEG acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the Target.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for LSEG: an international financial markets infrastructure business. LSEG’s main activities are in (i) capital markets through international equity, exchange-traded funds, fixed income and derivatives venues (LSE, Borsa Italiana, MTS, Turquoise, and CurveGlobal Limited); (ii) post-trade and risk management through clearing houses (LCH and CC&G) and a custody and settlement business (Monte Titoli); (iii) information services through data products providers (e.g. index provider FTSE Russell); and (iv) technology services through trading, market surveillance and post-trade systems for organisations and exchanges,










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for the Target: a financial markets data and infrastructure business. The Target is active in (i) data and analytics (e.g. through its desktop solution Eikon; its consolidated-real-time-data feed Elektron; its market data platform Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform; and its index business); (ii) capital markets and workflow solutions (through Tradeweb, FXall, and Matching); and (iii) risk management 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.



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.9564 – LSEG/Refinitiv Business
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’).
Council Decision of 25 May 2020 adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 4 of the European Union for the financial year 2020 2020/C 178 I/01
Date: 2020-05-25
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU Member State, European Union Solidarity Fund, aid to disaster victims, amending budget, draft budget (EU), emergency aid, financial year, general budget (EU), natural disaster




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28.5.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


CI 178/1






COUNCIL DECISION
of 25 May 2020
adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 4 of the European Union for the financial year 2020
(2020/C 178 I/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (1), and in particular Article 44 thereof,
Whereas:






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the Union’s budget for the financial year 2020 was definitively adopted on 27 November 2019 (2),










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on 30 April 2020, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 4 to the general budget for the financial year 2020,










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it is important to enable a swift adoption of draft amending budget No 4/2020 to provide assistance from the European Union Solidarity Fund to the Member States concerned, struck by natural disasters, having regard also to the COVID-19 situation, which is already putting increased pressure on those Member States’ finances. Therefore, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the eight-week period for the information of national Parliaments laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1,




HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article
The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 4 of the European Union for the financial year 2020 was adopted on 25 May 2020.
The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/


Done at Brussels, 25 May 2020.


For the Council


The President

G. GRLIĆ RADMAN




(1)  OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 57, 27.2.2020, p. 1.