23.10.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 376/10

1.

On 16 October 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Orange SA (France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Jazztel plc (United Kingdom) by way of public bid announced on 16 September 2014.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Orange SA: provision of telecommunication services at both wholesale and retail level (fixed and mobile telephony, fixed broadband internet services) in more than 30 countries,

—   for Jazztel plc: provision of retail telecommunication services (fixed and mobile telephony, fixed broadband internet services) to residential and corporate customers in Spain.

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.

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 number M.7421 — Orange/Jazztel, to the following address: