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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11075 – EBERT HERA ESSER HOLDING / SERVICECO) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 136/04
Date: 2023-04-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Limburg, Netherlands, chemical industry, contract, economic concentration, heavy industry, maintenance, merger control, provision of services, public procurement








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19.4.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 136/10






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11075 – EBERT HERA ESSER HOLDING / SERVICECO)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 136/04)

1.   
On 4 April 2023, 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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Ebert HERA Esser Holding GmbH (‘Ebert HERA’, Germany),










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ServiceCo (the Netherlands).




Ebert HERA, through EHE Dutch Holding B.V., will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole ServiceCo.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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Ebert HERA provides blue collar brownfield industrial and mechanical contracting services for heavy industry such as chemical plants, pharmaceutical plants, petrochemical plants and refineries in the Benelux and Germany,










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ServiceCo will provide Engineering, Procurement, Contracting and Maintenance services to existing chemical plants currently supplied by Sitech Manufacturing Services C.V., Sitech Services B.V. and its affiliated companies (‘Sitech’) on the Chemelot Campus park in Geleen, the Netherlands. ServiceCo will be the result of a prior restructuring of Sitech.






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.11075 – EBERT HERA ESSER HOLDING / SERVICECO
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
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.