4.11.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 364/7

1.

On 27 October 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Danish Crown A/S (‘Danish Crown’, Denmark) together with Westfleisch SCE mbH (‘Westfleisch’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the newly created joint venture WestCrown JV (‘WestCrown’, Germany).

2.

Both Danish Crown and Westfleisch are active internationally in the food industry, specialised in the slaughtering, de-boning, processing and refining of meat as well as the sale of fresh meat and meat products.

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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7610 — Danish Crown/Westfleisch/WestCrown JV, to the following address: