11.6.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 193/10

1.

On 3 June 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Leverandørselskabet Danish Crown Amba (‘Danish Crown’, Denmark) and Andelsselskabet Tican Amba (‘Tican’, Denmark) enter into a full merger within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation. Tican will transfer all its activities, assets and liabilities to Danish Crown and the cooperative members of Tican will collectively join Danish Crown as cooperative members.

2.

Both Danish Crown and Tican are active internationally in the food industry, specialised in the slaughtering, deboning and processing of meat as well as the sale of meat and meat products. Both companies are cooperative companies owned by a significant number of cooperative members who supply pigs and sows (and for Danish Crown also cattle and calves) to its slaughterhouses.

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.7565 — Danish Crown/Tican, to the following address: