4.7.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 220/15

1.

On 26 June 2015 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 FedEx Corporation (‘FedEx’, United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking TNT Express NV (‘TNT’, Netherlands), by way of public bid announced on 7 April 2015.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for FedEx: international delivery services of small packages, freight forwarding as well as cargo transportation services through its integrated global network;

—   for TNT: international delivery services of small packages, cargo transportation services and freight forwarding.

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.

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.7630 — FedEx/TNT Express, to the following address: