CELEX: 32021M10508
Language: en
Date: 2021-11-04 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 04/11/2021 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10508 - HUTCHISON 3 INDONESIA / INDOSAT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                 Brussels, 4.11.2021
                                                                 C(2021) 8002 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                 PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia
                                                                 Capital Place Building, Level 31-33,
                                                                 Jalan Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav. 18,
                                                                 Kuningan Barat,
                                                                 Mampang Prapatan,
                                                                 Jakarta Selatan 12710
                                                                 Indonesia
                                                                 PT Indosat Tbk
                                                                 Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 21,
                                                                 Jakarta 10110
                                                                 Indonesia
Subject:         Case M.10508 - HUTCHISON 3 INDONESIA / INDOSAT
                 Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
                 (EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
                 Economic Area2
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 6 October 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which CK Hutchison
        Holdings Limited (“CKHH”, Hong Kong) and Ooredoo Q.P.S.C. (“Ooredoo”, Qatar),
        acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint
        control of the entity resulting from the merger between PT Hutchison 3 Indonesia
        (“H3I”, Indonesia), controlled by CKHH and PT Indosat TBK (“Indosat”, Indonesia),
        controlled by Ooredoo, by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             for H3I: provider of cellular telecommunications services in Indonesia, including
              traditional mobile data, voice, SMS, roaming services, as well as value-added
1       OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on
        the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) has introduced certain changes, such as the
        replacement of ‘Community’ by ‘Union’ and ‘common market’ by ‘internal market’. The terminology
        of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.
2       OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the ‘EEA Agreement’).
3       Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 417,14.10.2021, p.28.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak---         services such as games, music, movies. H3I is currently controlled by CKHH, a
        multinational conglomerate that has four core businesses: ports and related
        services, retail, infrastructure and telecommunications,
       for Indosat: provider of telecommunication services in Indonesia, including
        mobile data, voice, SMS and roaming services, fixed data and wireless broadband
        services as well as fixed telecommunication and digital services. Indosat is
        currently controlled by Ooredoo, a telecommunications group, ultimately
        controlled by Qatar Investment Authority, which provides telecommunication
        services in Qatar and in the Asia and Middle East and North African region.
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that
   the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of
   paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of
   certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.4
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European
   Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it
   compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is
   adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of
   the EEA Agreement.
                                                     For the Commission
                                                     (Signed)
                                                     Olivier GUERSENT
                                                     Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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