CELEX: 32017M8521
Language: en
Date: 2017-07-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11/07/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8521 - SEGRO / PSPIB / SELP / CAT SITE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                     
                  
               
               Brussels, 11.7.2017
            
            
               C(2017) 5030 final
               
            
            
               To the notifying parties:
            
            
               Subject:Case M.8521 - SEGRO / PSPIB / SELP / CAT SITE
                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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                and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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               Dear Sir or Madam,
            
            
               1.On 13 June 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings SEGRO plc (''SEGRO'', United Kingdom) and Public Sector Pension Investment Board (''PSPIB'', Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, through SEGRO European Logistics Partnership S.à r.l. (''SELP'', Luxembourg), joint control over a parcel of land in Madrid which is leased as a car park ("CAT Site", Spain), by way of purchase of assets.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            
            
               -for SEGRO: ownership, asset management and development of modern warehousing and light industrial properties located around major conurbations and at key transportation hubs across a number of EU countries.
            
            
               -for PSPIB: investment of net contributions to the pension funds of the federal Public Service, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Reserve Force. It manages a diversified global portfolio including stocks, bonds and other fixed-income securities, and investments in private equity, real estate, infrastructure, natural resources and private debt.
            
            
               -for CAT Site: is a 5.3 hectare parcel of land in San Fernando de Henares, at the beginning of the A2 corridor running east out of Madrid and close to the M50 ring road, south east of the main international airport at Barajas, Spain. The Target Asset is currently leased to a car logistics operator as parking space.
            
            
               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 paragraphs 5(a) and 5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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               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
            
            
         
         
            
                  
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                        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.
                  
               
               
                  
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                        OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
               
               
                  
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                        Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 197, 21.06.2017, p. 26.
               
               
                  
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                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.