14.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/6

1.

On 6 February 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1), by which the undertakings Crédit Mutuel Arkéa (France) and Bridgepoint Europe V FIPS (France) controlled by Bridgepoint Group Limited (United Kingdom) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Primonial Holding (France) 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 the Notice.

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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit to it their observations on the proposed operation.

Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date of publication of this notification. 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.8331 — Crédit Mutuel Arkéa/Bridgepoint/Primonial Holding, to the following address: