14.2.2017   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/1

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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 32017M8336. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

14.2.2017   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/1

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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 32017M8345. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

14.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/2

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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/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32016M8060. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

14.2.2017   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/3

14.2.2017   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/4

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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 Mitsui & Co., Ltd (‘Mitsui Tokyo’, Japan) and Abellio Transport Group Limited (‘Abellio’, United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Anglia Rail Holdings Limited (‘Anglia’, 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 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 M.8333 — Mitsui Group/NS Group/Anglia Rail Holdings, to the following address:

14.2.2017   

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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.

4.

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:

14.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/7

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 Deutsche Telekom AG (‘DT’) (Germany) and Orange S.A. (‘Orange’) (France) convert their existing non-full-function joint venture, BuyIn SA/NV (‘BuyIn’) (Belgium) into a joint venture performing on a lasting basis all the functions of an autonomous economic entity, within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation.

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.

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.8284 — Deutsche Telekom/Orange/BuyIn, to the following address:

14.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/8

1.

On 6 February 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Munksjö (‘Munksjö’, Finland) enters into a full merger, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(a) of the Merger Regulation, with Ahlstrom Corporation (‘Ahlstrom’, Finland) by way of a 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.

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.8308 — Munksjö/Ahlstrom II, to the following address:

14.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/9

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 KKR & Co. L.P. (‘KKR’, United States) and KSL Capital Partners IV GP, LLC as general partner of KSL Capital Partners IV, L.P. and its parallel funds (collectively ‘KSL IV’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Apple Leisure Group (‘ALG’, United States) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   KKR: global investment firm, providing asset management services to public and private investors and capital market solutions.

—   KSL IV: the fourth private equity fund sponsored by KSL Advisors, LLC, a US private equity firm, specialising in investments in travel and leisure enterprises; its affiliate private equity funds primarily invest in the hospitality, recreation, clubs, real estate and travel services sectors.

—   ALG: group of distinct integrated hospitality businesses, active in the North American travel industry and serving travellers and hotel owners; its activities focus on travels from the United States to leisure destinations in Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean. ALG’s integrated businesses include: AMResorts, a provider of hotel branding, management and operation assistance under six luxury resort brands; Apple Vacations, a tour operator focused on packaged travel from the United States to Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America; Travel Impressions, a tour operator possessing a broad global portfolio of packaged travel services distributed via travel agents; CheapCaribbean.com, an online travel agency specializing in luxury vacation packages and resort accommodations in Mexico and the Caribbean; Amstar DMC, a destination management company active in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean; Worldstar DMC, a destination management company operating in the Hawaiian islands; and Unlimited Vacation Club, a guest loyalty programme focusing on the AMResorts-branded properties.

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.8352 — KKR/KSL/Apple Leisure Group, to the following address:

14.2.2017   

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 47/10

1.

On 7 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 undertaking The Blackstone Group, L.P. (‘Blackstone’, United States), indirectly via funds affiliated with and controlled by it, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking OfficeFirst Immobilien AG (‘OfficeFirst’, Germany), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Blackstone: a global asset manager with offices in Europe and Asia.

—   for OfficeFirst: owner of a commercial real estate portfolio in Germany. This commercial real estate portfolio comprises mainly office spaces. Some properties are related to other types of use such as hotels, parking spaces or storage.

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.8221 — Blackstone/OfficeFirst, to the following address: