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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/1

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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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8024. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

18.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/1

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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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8038. EUR-Lex is the online access to the European law.

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/2

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/3

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/5

1.

On 8 June 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Boehringer Ingelheim group (BI, Germany), through its wholly owned subsidiary Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Sanofi’s animal health business (Merial, France), by way of purchase of shares and assets.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for BI: active worldwide in the development, production, distribution and marketing of pharmaceuticals, including prescription products, consumer healthcare products, biopharmaceuticals and animal health products,

—   for Merial: producer of a wide range of animal pharmaceutical products and vaccines worldwide.

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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7917 — Boehringer Ingelheim/Sanofi Animal Health Business, to the following address:

18.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/6

1.

On 8 June 2016, 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 SIA Engineering Company Limited (‘SIAEC’, Singapore) belonging to the Singapore Airlines group and Airbus Services Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd (‘ASAP’, Singapore) belonging to the Airbus group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (the ‘JV’, Singapore) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Singapore Airlines: the provision of air passenger and cargo transportation services as well as engineering services such as airframe maintenance and overhaul services, line maintenance, technical ground handling services, and fleet management programme. Singapore Airlines also provides other services to third parties, including training of pilots, air charters, and tour wholesaling,

—   for Airbus: aeronautics, space and defence-related services,

—   for the JV: supply maintenance, repair and overhaul services (specifically, heavy maintenance and, indirectly, line maintenance) to commercial airlines with their principal place of business in the Asia-Pacific region and that are operating Airbus A350 XWB, A380 and A330 aircraft.

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 the 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.8011 — SIA Group/Airbus Group/JV, to the following address:

18.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/7

1.

On 10 June 2016, 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 Verizon Media LLC, (‘Verizon’ of the United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of the whole of the undertaking AwesomenessTV Holdings, LLC (‘AwesomenessTV’ of the United States), a joint venture currently held by Hearst Group (‘Hearst’ of the United States), and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc (‘DreamWorks’ of the United States), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Verizon: provider of communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies,

—   for Hearst: provision of media and information, including ownership in cable television channels, newspapers and investments in digital and video companies,

—   for DreamWorks: company creating animated feature films, original TV series, and shorts, interactive media, live entertainment, themed experiences, consumer products, publishing, and trailblazing technology,

—   for AwesomenessTV: producer of video content.

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.8034 — Verizon/Hearst/DreamWorks/Awesomeness TV, to the following address:

18.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/8

1.

On 10 June 2016, 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 Kulczyk Holding S.A. (‘KH’), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kulczyk Investments S.A. (‘KI’, Poland), and Strabag Sp. z o.o. (‘Strabag’), a wholly owned subsidiary of Strabag SE, Austria, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking SPPD Sp. z o.o. (‘SPPD’, Poland) 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 KH: an investment company belonging to KI, a capital group focussing on investments in a broad range of sectors, including minerals and mining, energy, infrastructure, real estate project development and management, and chemicals. KI concentrates its business investment activities in Europe and Africa. Amongst these, KI holds investment participations in motorway infrastructure and concession projects in Poland,

—   for Strabag: company active in building constructions, civil engineering and the tunnelling sector,

—   for SPPD (joint venture to be renamed A2 Route Sp.z.o.o.): provider of specific so-called heavy maintenance services on public roads and motorways in Poland.

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 the 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.7860 — KH/Strabag/SPPD, to the following address:

18.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 221/9

1.

On 10 June 2016, 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 Verizon Media LLC (‘Verizon’ of the United States) and Hearst Group (‘Hearst’ of the United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Complex Media Inc (‘Complex’ of the United States) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Verizon: provider of communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies,

—   for Hearst: provision of media and information, including ownership in cable television channels, newspapers and investments in digital and video companies,

—   for Complex: provision of digital media content (predominantly text articles and short-form videos) that is focused on American popular culture, which is primarily distributed via its own websites and other platforms.

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 the 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.8065 — Verizon Communications/Hearst Corporation/Complex Media Holdings to the following address: