19.5.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 157/18

1.

On 12 May 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Ardian France S.A. (‘Ardian’, France) and LaSalle Investment Management (‘LaSalle’, France) indirectly acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of an office building known as ‘Europa’ (‘Europa’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Ardian: private equity investor and asset manager, fully owned by Ardian S.A.S (France) and part of Ardian Group,

—   for LaSalle: a real estate investment management firm wholly-owned by Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated group,

—   Europa: an office building located in Levallois-Perret, France.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. 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 this Notice.

4.

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 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.8494 — Ardian France/LaSalle Investment Management/Europa to the following address: