16.10.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 300/23

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6954 — KNB/UWI/Mitsui/Medini Iskandar Malaysia)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 300/06

1.

On 9 October 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Khazanah Nasional Berhad (‘KNB’, Malaysia), UWI Capital (One) Limited (‘UWI’, British Virgin Islands) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd (‘Mitsui’, Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Medini Iskandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd (‘Medini Iskandar Malaysia’, Malaysia) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for KNB: Government of Malaysia’s strategic investment fund, with investments in companies in the real estate and construction, finance, media and communications, utilities, information technology and transportation industries,

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for UWI: investment company mainly engaging in the land development business,

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for Mitsui: major trading house engaged in various worldwide commodity and other businesses, including real estate,

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for Medini Iskandar Malaysia: developing and managing the Medini city project in Iskandar, Malaysia.

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.6954 — KNB/UWI/Mitsui/Medini Iskandar Malaysia, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

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’).