7.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/1

7.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/2

1.

On 28 July 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 undertaking DCC Energy, controlled by DCC group (‘DCC’, Ireland), will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the undertaking Butagaz SAS (‘Butagaz’, France) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for DCC: it is active in the sale, marketing and distribution of oil and liquid petroleum gas (‘LPG’) in Europe,

—   for Butagaz: it is active in the sale of LPG in France to both domestic and industrial and commercial customers.

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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.7680 — DCC Group/Butagaz, to the following address:

7.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/3

1.

On 31 July 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 undertaking NXP Semiconductors NV (‘NXP’, the Netherlands) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Freescale Semiconductor Ltd (‘Freescale’, Bermuda), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for NXP: development, manufacturing and sale of semiconductor products, including integrated circuits, single unit semiconductors, radio frequency transistors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors and sensors,

—   for Freescale: development, manufacturing and sale of semiconductor products, including microcontrollers, radio frequency transistors, analog integrated circuits and sensors.

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.

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 M.7585 — NXP Semiconductors/Freescale Semiconductor, to the following address:

7.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/4

1.

On 31 July 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 3i Group plc (‘3i’, United Kingdom) and AMP Capital Investors Limited (‘AMP’, Australia) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of ESVAGT A/S and its subsidiaries (‘ESVAGT’, Denmark) 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 number M.7722 — 3i Group/AMP Capital Investors/ESVAGT, to the following address:

7.8.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 258/5

(a)

conflict with the name of a plant variety or an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product;

(b)

be wholly or partially homonymous with that of a name already protected in the Union under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (3) or contained in the agreements the Union has concluded with the following countries:

(c)

in the light of a trade mark’s reputation and renown and the length of time it has been used, be liable to mislead the consumer as to the true identity of the product;

(d)

jeopardise the existence of an entirely or partly identical name or of a trade mark or the existence of products which have been legally on the market for at least five years preceding the date of the publication of this notice;

(e)

or if they can give details from which it can be concluded that the name for which protection is considered is generic.