22.1.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/6

1.

On 12 January 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 4 LP (‘MEIF4’, Guernsey), ultimately controlled by the Macquarie Group (Australia), and Dolomiti Energia S.p.A. (‘Dolomiti’, Italy), which is part of the Dolomiti Energia Group (Italy), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Hydro Dolomiti Enel S.r.l. (‘HDE’, Italy) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7869 — Macquarie/Dolomiti Energia/Hydro Dolomiti Enel, to the following address: