4.11.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/18

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6376 — ArcelorMittal/ATIC Services)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 321/13

On 26 October 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 ArcelorMittal Netherlands BV (‘ArcelorMittal’) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the French undertaking ATIC Services Group (‘ATIC’) by way of acquisition of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	ArcelorMittal is a company belonging to the ArcelorMittal Group, which is a globally active steel and mining company,

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ATIC provides services along the logistic chain for the import and onward inland transportation of primarily coal and iron ore, and to a more limited extent services for the export of finished steel products from the European Union. In particular ATIC provides (i) seaport terminal services for dry bulk goods at the ports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Zeeland, Fos-sur-Mer, Dunkirk, Le Havre and Gdynia, (ii) deep sea bulk shipping agency and related logistics services, (iii) inland waterway logistics, and (iv) coal trading services.

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.

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.6376 — ArcelorMittal/ATIC Services, 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’).