Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11697 – FORFARMERS / DLG / FORFARMERS TEAM AGRAR JV) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-11-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, cooperative, economic concentration, energy industry, foodstuff, housing, logistics, merger control, pet food








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/7086


22.11.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11697 – FORFARMERS / DLG / FORFARMERS TEAM AGRAR JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/7086)


1.   
On 13 November 2024, 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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ForFarmers N.V. (‘ForFarmers’, the Netherlands),










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team agrar GmbH (‘team agrar’, Germany), controlled by DLG a.m.b.a. (‘DLG’, Denmark),










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ForFarmers team agrar GmbH (‘ForFarmers team agrar’ or ‘JV’, Germany), to be controlled by ForFarmers and team agrar.




ForFarmers and DLG will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of ForFarmers team agrar.
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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ForFarmers is an internationally operating feed company that offers total feed solutions for conventional and organic livestock farming in Europe.










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DLG is a Danish cooperative which is active in the areas of Food, Energy and Housing, including feed solutions for livestock farming.






3.   
The business activities of the ForFarmers team agrar (JV) will be the following:






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Production and supply of compound animal feed and single feed/raw materials for ruminants, pigs and poultry and transhipment and logistics services.






4.   
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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


5.   
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.11697 – FORFARMERS / DLG / FORFARMERS TEAM AGRAR JV
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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/7086/oj
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