29.9.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 357/33

1.

On 21 September 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Randstad Holding n.v. (‘Randstad’, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (‘Monster’, United States of America) by way of public bid announced on 9 August 2016.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Randstad: provision of temporary employment services (‘TES’), permanent employment services (‘PES’) and other HR related services;

—   for Monster: provision of online job advertising and online recruitment 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.

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.8201 — Randstad Holding/Monster Worldwide, to the following address: