1.   

On 17 April 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:

—	Monaco Resources Group (‘MRG’, Monaco),

—	Participatie Maatschappij Vlaanderen (‘PMV’, Belgium),

—	Société fédérale de participations et d’investissement — Federale participatie -en investeringsmaatschappij (‘SFPI-FPIM’, Belgium),

—	Euroports Holdings S.à r.l. (‘Euroports’, Luxembourg).

MRG, PMV and SFPI-FPIM acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Euroports.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for MRG: international and diversified natural resources group active in metals and minerals, agribusiness, energy, logistics and technology as well as finance and investments,

—   for PMV: investment company fully owned by the Flemish region and mainly active in financing for entrepreneurs, start-ups and growth companies as well as infrastructure, real estate and energy investments,

—   for SFPI-FPIM: investment company fully owned by the Belgian State investing in public and private enterprises of strategic interest to the Belgian State,

—   for Euroports: provides terminal operations, freight forwarding and value-added services such as processing, customisation, bagging or packaging.

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 the 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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9321 — MRG/PMV/SFPI-FPIM/Euroports

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