12.6.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 178/35

1.

On 4 June 2014, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Remondis Nederland B.V. (the Netherlands), owned by Remondis AG & Co (‘Remondis Group’, Germany) and ultimately controlled by Rethmann AG & Co. KG (Germany), and SITA Recycling Services B.V., (‘SITA’, the Netherlands), ultimately controlled by Suez Environnement Company SA (France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over a newly created joint venture (‘NewCo’, the Netherlands).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Remondis Group: an international water and environmental service company active, among others, in collection, sorting and recycling of plastic waste,

—   for SITA: active in the Netherlands within the fields of collection, transport and processing of industrial waste, special waste, household waste as well as sewer maintenance and soil sanitation,

—   for NewCo: will be active in the sorting of Dutch household plastic waste.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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 M.7188 — Remondis Nederland/SITA Recycling Services/JV to the following address: