26.2.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 48/14

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5799 — Faurecia/Plastal)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 48/09

1.

On 17 February 2010, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Faurecia Exteriors GmbH (Germany), a subsidiary of Faurecia S.A. (‘Faurecia’, France) controlled by PSA Peugeot Citroën SA (France), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regulation control of the whole of Plastal GmbH (‘Plastal’, Germany) by way of purchase of Plastal's business and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Faurecia: engineering, production and supply of automotive equipment, in particular of vehicle seating, interiors, front ends and exhaust systems (worldwide),

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for Plastal: engineering, production and supply of thermoplastic engineered plastic components for the automotive industry, in particular of bumpers and front-end carriers (EEA wide).

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5799 — Faurecia/Plastal, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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