13.3.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 74/6

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.7115 — Kuraray/GLSV Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 74/05

1.

On 6 March 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Kuraray Co., Ltd. (‘Kuraray’, Japan) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls Business (‘The Target Business’) of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (‘DuPont’, USA), by way of purchase of assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Kuraray: manufacturer of specialty chemicals, fibres and other materials, including functional resins and film, amongst which PVB film used as an interlayer in safety glass,

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for Target Business: Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls Business of DuPont's Performance Materials business unit manufacturing and supplying amongst others PVB film and other glass interlayer products sold under the trademark Sentryglas.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the 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.7115 — Kuraray/GLSV Business, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).