22.9.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/10

1.

On 13 September 2011 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Mitsubishi Corporation (‘Mitsubishi’, Japan) and Sungwoo Hitech Company Limited (‘Sungwoo’, Korea) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Sungwoo Hitech s.r.o (‘Sungwoo CZ’, the Czech Republic) and Sungwoo Hitech Slovakia s.r.o (‘Sungwoo SK’, Slovakia) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the 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 number COMP/M.6373 — Sungwoo/Mitsubishi/Sungwoo CZ/Sungwoo SK, to the following address: