7.11.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 370/6

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On 30 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 the undertakings GT Netherlands IV B.V. (‘Griffin’, Netherlands) ultimately controlled by the Oaktree Capital Group LLC (‘Oaktree Group’, United States), Skanska Central Europe Holding B.V. (‘Skanska’, Netherlands), ultimately controlled by Skanska AB (‘Skanska Group’) and Starwood EAME License and Services Company BVBA (‘Starwood’, Belgium), ultimately controlled by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (‘Starwood Group’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Hotel Atrium sp. z o.o. (‘Hotel Atrium’, Poland) by way of purchase of shares and contract of management.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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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.

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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.7542 — Griffin/Skanska/Starwood/Hotel Atrium, to the following address: