CELEX: 32018M9151
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27/11/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9151 - IFM / Trafigura / Simba Holdings) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 27.11.2018
                                                                C(2018) 8076 final
                                                                     PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties :
Subject:        Case M.9151 – IFM/Trafigura/Simba Holdings
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 31 October 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation, by which IFM Investors Pty
        Ltd ('IFM', Australia) and Trafigura Group Pte Ltd ('Trafigura', Singapore) acquire within
        the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Simba
        Holding S.à r.l ('Simba Holdings', Luxembourg), Trafigura's subsidiary owning and
        operating marine terminal facilities for dry bulk cargo, and providing transport services for
        liquid bulk cargo, as well as global freight forwarding and logistics services, by way of
        purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        –          for IFM: global provider of investment services across infrastructure, debt
                   investments, listed equities and private equity,
        –          for Trafigura: independent commodity trading and logistics group.
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
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 402, 08.11.2018, p. 8.
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---    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)
                                                   Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                   Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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