Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10514 – DASSAULT SYSTEMES INTERNATIONAL / SZSW / JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 72/09
Date: 2022-02-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: China, economic concentration, information technology applications, marketing, merger control, software, supply








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14.2.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 72/10






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10514 – DASSAULT SYSTEMES INTERNATIONAL / SZSW / JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 72/09)

1.   
On 3 February 2022, 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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Dassault Systemes International SAS (‘DSI’, France), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes SE (France), which is in turn controlled by Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault (France).










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Beijing Shenzhou Aerospace Software Technology Co., Ltd (‘SZSW’, China), controlled by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (China), which is in turn controlled by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China.










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the Joint Venture (‘JV’, China).




DSI and SZSW acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)b and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the newly created JV. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting the joint venture.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for DSI: development and marketing of product life-cycle management (‘PLM’) software, enabling 3D design, engineering, modelling, simulation, data management and process management.










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for SZSW: development and marketing of software for various applications, including the air and space sector, only in China.










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for the JV: supply of PLM software products and solutions in China, including the development of specific applications and the supply of associated services in the civil domain.






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.10514 – DASSAULT SYSTEMES INTERNATIONAL / SZSW / 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.