26.8.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 311/4

1.

On 18 August 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Verlinvest SA (‘Verlinvest’, Belgium) and China Resources (Holdings) Co., Ltd (‘CRC’, Hong Kong SAR) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Resources Verlinvest Health Investment Ltd (‘JV’, Hong Kong SAR) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Verlinvest: Verlinvest is a diversification investment holding company whose principal business is to conduct private and public equity investments in the branded consumer goods industry, including food & beverages, retail and hospitality and digital and media,

—   for CRC: CRC is active in various sectors including power generation, gas, real estate, consumer products, construction materials, pharmaceuticals, finance, consumer retail, healthcare, microelectronics, textiles and chemicals,

—   for the JV: The JV will invest in companies which engage in the development and/or sale of food & beverages products that promote a healthy lifestyle and the provision of community healthcare services, primarily in the People’s Republic of China.

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.8169 — Verlinvest/CRC/JV, to the following address: