CELEX: 32020M9859
Language: en
Date: 2020-06-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25/06/2020 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9859 - ALCOPA COORDINATION CENTER / BERAN CENTRAL EUROPE / ALCOMOTIVE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 25.06.2020
                                                                C(2020) 4374 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M. 9859 – ALCOPA COORDINATION CENTER / BERAN
                CENTRAL EUROPE / ALCOMOTIVE
                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 3 June 2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the
        undertakings (i) Alcopa Coordination Center NV, ultimately controlled by Alcopa NV
        (“Alcopa”, Belgium) and (ii) Beran Central Europe, S.L. (“Beran”, Spain), jointly
        ultimately controlled by the Berge Group (Spain), Mitsubishi Corporation (“MC”,
        Japan) and Inmobiliaria Algeciras Limitada (“Algeciras”, Chile), acquire within the
        meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the
        whole of the undertaking Alcomotive (“Alcomotive”, Belgium), currently solely
        controlled by ACC, by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
          —        For ACC: ACC is the holding company of the Alcopa group and holds the
                   shares of the different entities of the Alcopa group. Alcopa is active in the
                   investment in a broad range of products and industries including automotive,
                   real estate, solar screens, furniture and pharmacy;
          —        For the Berge Group: The Berge Group is active within maritime ports,
                   distribution of motor vehicles, logistics, renewable energy and finance;
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 197, 12.6.2020, p. 17.
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---      —       For MC: MC is active across several industries, including industrial finance,
             energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, food and environment, and the
             distribution of motor vehicles;
     —       For Algeciras: Algeciras’ only activities in the EEA are its activities in joint
             ventures with Berge Auto in Finland for the distribution of passenger cars
             and light commercial vehicles and related spare parts, after sales and
             financing. Outside the EEA, its main activities relate to the sale and
             marketing of motor vehicles and related services, construction and marketing
             of residential real estate units, as well as development, execution and
             exploitation of the real estate business related to commercial real estate (e.g.
             shopping malls), and financial intermediation;
     —       For Alcomotive: the import and wholesale distribution of 4 wheels motor-
             vehicles.
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(c) 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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