3.10.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 231/12

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On 24 September 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration, consisting of two interrelated transactions, pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings CPI Capital Partners Europe L.P. and CPI Capital Partners Europe (NFR) L.P. (together ‘CPI Europe Fund’, UK), belonging to Citibank International plc, and Corpus Immobiliengruppe GmbH & Co. KG (‘Corpus’, Germany) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of 149 properties and four real estate companies (ZBI Invest 1 AG, ZBI Wohnen GmbH, DIB Vermögensverwaltungs AG und GbR Erfurt) (together ‘Real Estate Portfolio’). Next, the undertaking CitCor Commercial Properties GmbH & Co. KG, jointly controlled by CPI Europe Fund und Corpus acquires four business properties.

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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4906 — CPI Europe Fund/Corpus/Real Estate Portfolio, to the following address: