1.   

On 30 August 2022, 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:

—	AGC Glass Europe SA (‘AGC Glass Europe’, Belgium)

—	Interpane International Glas GmbH and Interpane Glass Holding AG Interpane (together ‘Interpane’, Germany)

AGC Glass Europe will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Interpane.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

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AGC Glass Europe is part of the AGC Group and is ultimately controlled by AGC Inc. AGC Glass Europe produces and processes flat glass for the building industry, the automotive industry, the solar industry and specialist industries through a network of glass production and processing sites across Europe,

—	Interpane is a family owned company active in the European architectural glass manufacturing and processing.

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 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.10864 - AGC GLASS EUROPE / INTERPANE

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