7.10.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 352/15

1.

On 30 September 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 VINCI Energies SA, belonging to the group VINCI (‘VINCI Group’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Imtech ICT Group (‘Imtech ICT’, the Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for VINCI Group: energy and IT services, building, public works and civil engineering, concessions and infrastructures, road works,

—   for Imtech ICT: provision of IT services.

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 the 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7423 — VINCI/Imtech ICT, to the following address: