3.4.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 94/10

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6818 — Deutsche Bahn/Veolia Transport Central Europe)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 94/09

1.

On 21 March 2013, 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 Deutsche Bahn AG (‘DB’, Germany), via its subsidiary DB Mobility Logistics AG, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation the sole control of the undertaking Veolia Transport Central Europe (‘Veolia’, Germany) through purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for DB: DB, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, is a multinational mobility and logistics group. DB is engaged in passenger transport by rail and bus, freight forwarding and logistics (including freight transport) and ancillary services,

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for Veolia: Veolia, located in Berlin, Germany, is part of the Veolia Transport Transdev Group (‘VTD’). VTD holds a 65 % share in Veolia with the remaining 35 % share being held by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (‘EBRD’). Veolia operates bus passenger transport networks and roads in six Central Eastern European countries: the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia within the EEA and in Croatia and Serbia outside of the EEA. In addition, Veolia operates a very limited regional rail service in the Czech Republic.

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.6818 — Deutsche Bahn/Veolia Transport Central Europe, 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’).