Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9247 — MC/Franz Haniel/ELG)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 57/15)

On 6 February 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

—	Mitsubishi Corporation (Japan),

—	ELG Haniel GmbH (‘ELG’, Germany), solely controlled by Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH (‘Franz Haniel’, Germany),

—	ELG Carbon Fibre Limited (‘ECF’, United Kingdom), a wholly owned subsidiary of ELG.

Mitsubishi Corporation and Franz Haniel acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of ECF. ECF is currently exclusively controlled by Franz Haniel.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Mitsubishi Corporation: development and businesses operations across a variety of industries, including environment and infrastructure, manufacturing, finance, energy, metals, machinery, chemicals, and food,

— for ELG: trading, processing, and recycling of raw materials for the stainless steel industry as well as high-performance materials such as carbon fibre,

— for ECF: recycling of carbon fibre from manufacturing waste and end-of-life composite components, manufacture of recycled carbon fibre products.

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 the Notice.

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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9247 — MC/Franz Haniel/ELG

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.