7.4.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 109/6

1.

On 31 March 2017, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Vivendi SA (‘Vivendi’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Telecom Italia SpA (‘Telecom Italia’, Italy).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Vivendi: active in music, TV, cinema, video sharing and video games businesses,

—   for Telecom Italia: provision of (i) voice and data services through mobile and fixed technologies; (ii) digital content services; and (iii) IT services to enterprises in Italy.

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 M.8465 — Vivendi/Telecom Italia, to the following address: