5.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 158/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6285 — Saria/Danish Crown/Daka JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 158/05

1.

On 24 May 2012, 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 Saria Bio-Industries AG & Co. KG (‘Saria’, Germany), controlled by the Rethmann group (Germany), indirectly via its subsidiary Saria Bio-Industries Denmark ApS (‘Saria Denmark’, Denmark), and Danish Crown A/S (‘Danish Crown’, Denmark) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Daka Denmark A/S (‘Daka’, Denmark) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Saria: collection, processing and sale of animal, vegetable and agricultural by-products,

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for Danish Crown: slaughtering of pigs and cattle, meat processing and meat trading,

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for Daka: sourcing, processing, and sale or disposal of animal by-products.

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.6285 — Saria/Danish Crown/Daka JV, 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’).