11.5.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 140/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6184 — Indorama/Sinterama/Trevira)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 140/12

1.

On 2 May 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (‘Indorama’, Thailand), ultimately controlled by Canopus International Ltd (Mauritius) and Sinterama SpA (‘Sinterama’, Italy), ultimately controlled by Compagnie de l'Ours Sarl (Luxemburg) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Trevira GmbH (‘Trevira’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Indorama: production and supply of PET resin, PET preforms and PET bottles; production and supply of PTA; production and supply of polyester textile chips, staple fibres, filament yarns and worsted wools,

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for Sinterama: production and supply of polyester filament yarns,

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for Trevira: production and supply of polyester textile chips, staple fibres and filament yarns.

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.6184 — Indorama/Sinterama/Trevira, 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’).