CELEX: 32018M8902
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31/05/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8902 - 3i GROUP / DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT / ATTERO HOLDING) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 31.05.2018
                                                                C(2018) 3615 final
                                                                       PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the Notifying Parties
Subject:        Case M.8902 - 3i GROUP / DEUTSCHE ALTERNATIVE ASSET
                MANAGEMENT / ATTERO HOLDING
                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 3 May 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings 3i
        Infrastructure plc ( "3iN", UK) and Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global)
        Limited ("DAAM", UK), ultimately controlled by Deutscmassmane Bank AG ("DB",
        Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint
        control over the whole of the undertaking Attero Holding N.V. ("Attero", The Netherlands)
        by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        –          3i is an investment management business focused on mid-market private equity
                   and infrastructure;
        –          DAAM manages and controls investment funds, focussing on infrastructure assets
                   in Europe;
        –          Attero is a waste management company active in the collection, treatment and
                   disposal of ordinary and hazardous waste in the Netherlands.
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 169, 16.5.2018, p. 7.
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--- 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(b) 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)
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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