Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10674 – INTERPARKING SERVIZI / OSR / PARKING LOT JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 168/15
Date: 2022-04-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Lombardy, economic concentration, indemnity insurance, life assurance, medical institution, merger control, parking area








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22.4.2022   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 168/16






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10674 – INTERPARKING SERVIZI / OSR / PARKING LOT JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 168/15)

1.   
On 11 April 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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Interparking Servizi S.r.l. (‘Interparking’, Italy), belonging to the Ageas Group,










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Ospedale San Raffaele S.r.l. (‘OSR’, Italy), belonging to Gruppo San Donato (‘GSD’),










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Three parking lots located in the San Raffaele area in Milan, one belonging to OSR and the other two to Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele and MM S.pA (the ‘Target’, Milan).




Interparking and OSR will acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Target through a newly created JV (the ‘JV’).
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture and by way of purchase of assets.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned:






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Interparking is active in the management of paid parking lots in Italy. Interparking is controlled by Ageas Group, which mainly provides life and non-life insurance services to personal, business and institutional customers, active in Europe and in Asia,










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OSR is a Scientific Hospitalization and Care Institute, part of Gruppo San Donato, a private hospital group in Italy,










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The Target consists of (i) an off-street parking lot and related assets located in Milan, in the area nearby the San Raffaele Hospital, currently owned by OSR and managed by a third party, as well as (ii) two parking lots (‘P6 and P7’) located in the same area, owned by Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele and MM S.pA, and managed by OSR.






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.10674 – INTERPARKING SERVIZI / OSR / PARKING LOT 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.