CELEX: 32020M9794
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 08/05/2020 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9794 - RENAULT / FERROVIAL / CAR SHARING MOBILITY SERVICES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 08.05.2020
                                                                C(2020) 3126 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M.9794 – Renault/Ferrovial/Car Sharing Mobility Services
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 14 April 2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Renault
        Mobility as an Industry, controlled by Renault, S.A.S. (“Renault”, France), and
        Ferrovial Mobility, S.L.U., controlled by Ferrovial, S.A. (“Ferrovial”, Spain) acquire
        within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control
        of Car Sharing Mobility Services, S.L. (“Zity Hub”, Spain), currently solely controlled
        by Ferriovial, by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             − for Renault: a multinational company active in the automotive sector, its main
                 activity being the manufacturing and supply of passenger cars. While its main
                 activity is the manufacturing and supply of passenger cars under the Renault,
                 Dacia, Renault Samsung Motors, Alpine and LADA brands, it also sells
                 second-hand vehicles, spare parts for Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung
                 Motors and vehicles to other manufacturers that sell them under their own
                 brands (for example, Fiat, Daimler and GM);
             − for Ferrovial: an international infrastructure constructor and operator and
                 a service provider, active in four main business lines services (currently
                 subject to a divestment), toll roads, construction and airports. In addition, it has
                 also activities in the construction and operation of water treatment, purification
                 and desalination plants, management of over 400 kilometers of power lines
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 131, 22.4.2020, p. 19.
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---            and a newly created mobility unit that seeks to promote and develop
           opportunities for new forms of mobility;
       − for Zity Hub: a company active in the provision of car-sharing services,
           currently in the urban area of Madrid (and post-transaction also in other
           cities/countries) under the Zity trademark.
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(a) 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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