CELEX: 32013M7067
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18/11/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7067 - 3i / SCANDFERRIES HOLDINGS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 18.11.2013

                                        C(2013) 8220

                                        |To the notifying party:                                                    |                                                                  |

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7067 - 3i/ SCANDFERRIES HOLDINGS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

   1. On 18.10.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
      which the undertaking 3i Group plc ("3i Group", United Kingdom) and investment entities managed  by  3i  Investments  plc  (together  "3i")
      acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Scandferries Holding  GmBH  ("Scandferries",
      Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

   2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

         – 3i holds investments in various sectors of industry and services including business and  financial  services,  consumer,  healthcare,
           infrastructure and TMT. 3i Group is a leading international investor focusing on private equity, infrastructure and  debt  management
           that makes investments and provides management advice to, and manages investments on behalf of, investment funds. .

         – Scandferries is the top holding company of the Scandlines group, offering ferry services on three  routes  between  Germany,  Denmark
           and Sweden.[2].

 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) and 5(d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of  certain  concentrations  under
    Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[3].

 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.

                                        For the Commission

                                        (Signed)
                                        Alexander ITALIANER
                                        Director General
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[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]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 312, 26/10/2013, p.23

[3]   OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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