4.9.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 290/13

1.

On 27 August 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 JBS S.A. (‘JBS’, Brazil) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Moy Park Holdings (Europe) Limited (‘Moy Park’, UK) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for JBS: global supplier of fresh and processed meat, particularly beef but also pork and poultry;

—   for Moy Park: supply of fresh and processed poultry primarily in the UK and Ireland.

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 this 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7732 — JBS/Moy Park, to the following address: