19.11.2011

Official Journal of the European Union

C 339/21

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6434 — Teekay/Marubeni/Maersk LNG)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 339/16

On 14 November 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 Teekay LNG Partners, through its wholly owned subsidiary Teekay LNG Operating, and Marubeni Corporation (Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control over Maersk LNG A/S (Denmark), by way of a purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	Teekay LNG Partners provides LNG, liquefied petroleum gas and crude oil marine transportation services,

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Marubeni Corporation is involved in the handling of products and provision of services in a broad range of sectors. These areas encompass importing and exporting, as well as transactions in the Japanese market, related to food materials, food products, textiles, materials, pulp and paper, chemicals, energy, metals and mineral resources, transportation machinery, and include offshore trading. Marubeni’s activities also extend to power projects and infrastructure, plants and industrial machinery, finance, logistics and information industry, and real estate development and construction. Additionally, Marubeni conducts business investment, development and management on a global level,

—	Maersk LNG A/S provides LNG transportation services by vessels especially designed to transport LNG.

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.

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.6434 — Teekay/Marubeni/Maersk LNG, 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’).