Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9848 — CMI/Rockaway/Mr MC/Gjirafa Tech) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 412/10
Date: 2020-11-30
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electronic commerce, information technology industry, investment company, mass media, merger control, parent company, publishing, search engine, travel








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30.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 412/10






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9848 — CMI/Rockaway/Mr MC/Gjirafa Tech)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 412/10)

1.   
On 19 November 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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Czech Media Invest a.s. (‘CMI’, Czech Republic),










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Rockaway Capital SE (‘Rockaway’, Czech Republic),










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Gjirafa, Inc. (‘Gjirafa’, USA), currently jointly controlled by Rockaway and Mr Mergim Cahani (‘Mr MC’),










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Gjirafa Tech (Czech Republic).




CMI, Rockaway and Mr MC, through Gjirafa, acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation, joint control over Gjirafa Tech.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for CMI: ultimate parent company of a private investment group that focuses on the acquisition and management of media assets in Central and Western Europe,










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for Rockaway: parent company of a business group primarily active in the area of e-commerce, e-travel, media, book publishing and venture capital,










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for Gjirafa: operating an Albanian-language search engine, a video/news content platform, an online marketing platform and an e-commerce platform, almost exclusively in Albania, the Republic of Kosovo and North Macedonia,










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for Gjirafa Tech: will be active in the sale of software packages and other related services on a software-as-a-service (‘SaaS’) basis and primarily focused on Czechia.






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.9848 — CMI/Rockaway/Mr MC/Gjirafa Tech
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.