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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/1

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/2

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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6638. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/2

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in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm) under document number 32012M6600. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to the European law.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/4

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On 24 September 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Ageas (UK) Limited (‘Ageas UK’, United Kingdom), a wholly owned subsidiary of Ageas SA/NV (‘Ageas’, Belgium) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control of the whole of Groupama Insurance Company Limited (‘Groupama UK’, United Kingdom) 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 EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6733 — Ageas/Groupama Insurance Company, to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/6

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On 25 September 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Triton Managers III Limited and TFF III Limited in their capacities, directly or indirectly, as general partners of Triton funds (‘Triton’, Jersey) intend to acquire sole control of European Directories (DH7) BV (‘European Directories’, The Netherlands) 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 EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6732 — Triton/European Directories, to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/7

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On 25 September 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Flash Bermuda Co. Ltd (Bermuda), an acquisition vehicle owned and controlled by funds managed by The Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of DuPont Performance Coatings (‘DPC’, USA), a business unit of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 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 EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6727 — Carlyle/DuPont Performance Coatings Business, to the following address:

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/8

1.

On 14 September 2012, 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 ARM Limited (‘ARM’, UK), Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (‘G&D’, Germany) and Gemalto NV (‘Gemalto’, Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Newincco 1150 Limited (‘Newincco’, UK) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture. On 15 June 2012, the Commission received a notification of the same concentration. However, on 3 July 2012, the notifying parties informed the Commission that they withdrew their notification.

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 the EC 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 number COMP/M.6564 — ARM/Giesecke & Devrient/Gemalto/JV, to the following address:

3.10.2012   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 297/9

1.

On 21 September 2012, 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 Abertis Infraestructuras SA (‘Abertis’, Spain) and Brookfield Brazil Motor Holdings Srl controlled by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (‘Brookfield’, Canada) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Partícipes en Brasil SLU (‘Partícipes’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares in a joint venture company.

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 EC 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 EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the 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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6725 — Abertis Infraestructuras/Brookfield/Partícipes, to the following address: