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Document C2007/202/07

    Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4617 — Nutreco/BASF) Text with EEA relevance

    OJ C 202, 30.8.2007, p. 8–8 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    30.8.2007   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 202/8


    Prior notification of a concentration

    (Case COMP/M.4617 — Nutreco/BASF)

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    (2007/C 202/07)

    1.

    On 21 August 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Nutreco International B.V., controlled by Nutreco Holding N.V., (‘Nutreco’, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of parts of the animal premixes and third party trading business of BASF Aktiengesellschaft (‘BASF’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

    2.

    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    for Nutreco: manufacture of premixes and complete animal feed, meat processing,

    for BASF: production of chemicals, plastics, oil and gas, agricultural and nutritional products.

    3.

    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.

    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 ((32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.4617 — Nutreco/BASF, to the following address:

    European Commission

    Directorate-General for Competition

    Merger Registry

    J-70

    B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel


    (1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.


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