Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10321 — DSV/Agility) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 262/10
Date: 2021-07-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: air transport, carriage for hire or reward, economic concentration, logistics, maritime transport, merger control, provision of services, road transport, supply chain








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5.7.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 262/22






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10321 — DSV/Agility)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 262/10)

1.   
On 28 June 2021, 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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DSV Panalpina A/S (‘DSV’, Denmark),










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Agility Logistics International B.V. (the Netherlands) and Agility International GIL Holdings I Limited (United Arab Emirates) (together referred to as ‘GIL’), belonging to the Agility Public Warehousing Company K.S.C.P (‘Agility’, Kuwait).




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


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for DSV: provides and manages supply chain solutions, including freight forwarding and contract logistics services. DSV’s services portfolio is organised into three lines of business: i) Air and Sea, ii) Road and iii) Solutions (logistics services including warehousing). DSV is active in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, the Middle-East and Africa,










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for GIL: offers a portfolio of logistics services including air, ocean and road freight forwarding services, contract logistics, with a focus on emerging markets. GIL is active in APAC, the Middle East and Africa, Europe and the Americas.






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.10321 — DSV/Agility
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.