22.9.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 278/11

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6330 — Ugitour/CDC/Sogecap/Real estate portfolio)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 278/12

1.

On 14 September 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Ugitour, a member of the AXA Group, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) and Sogecap, a member of the Société Générale group, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of six hotel properties belonging to Groupe Foncière des Murs by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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Ugitour is active in real estate asset management in Europe and the rest of the world,

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Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) is a French public entity engaged in tasks of general interest on the one hand and activities open to competition on the other,

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Sogecap is active in life insurance and capitalisation,

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Real estate portfolio: the real estate portfolio consists of six buildings chiefly used as hotels, four in France and two in Belgium. They are operated by the Accor Group under the Mercure and Ibis trade names.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6330 — Ugitour/CDC/Sogecap/Real estate portfolio, 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’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).