27.7.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/26

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6270 — Berkshire Hathaway/Lubrizol)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 221/08

1.

On 19 July 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 undertaking Berkshire Hathaway Inc (‘Berkshire’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking The Lubrizol Corporation (‘Lubrizol’, United States) by way of purchase of shares pursuant to an agreement and plan of merger.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Berkshire: diverse business activities, including property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, utilities and energy, freight rail transportation, finance, manufacturing, retailing and services,

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for Lubrizol: supply of specialty chemicals, including technologies, additives, ingredients, resins and compounds for its customers in the global transportation, industrial and consumer markets.

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.6270 — Berkshire Hathaway/Lubrizol, 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’).