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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9568 — Marcegaglia Plates/Evraz Palini Bertoli) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 370/10
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9568 — Marcegaglia Plates/Evraz Palini Bertoli) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 370/10
Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9568 — Marcegaglia Plates/Evraz Palini Bertoli) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 370/10
PUB/2019/84
IO C 370, 31.10.2019, pp. 30–31
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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31.10.2019 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 370/30 |
Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9568 — Marcegaglia Plates/Evraz Palini Bertoli)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 370/10)
1.
On 24 October 2019, 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).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:
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Marcegaglia Plates S.p.A. (‘Marcegaglia Plates’, Italy). Marcegalia Plates is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Marcegaglia Group (Italy). |
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Evraz Palini & Bertoli S.r.l. (‘Evraz Palini’, Italy). |
Marcegaglia Plates acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Evraz Palini.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:|
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for Marcegaglia Plates: rolling of heavy quarto plates; |
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for the Margegaglia Group: steel processing (2); |
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for Evraz Palini: rolling of heavy quarto plates. |
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 (3) 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 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. The following reference should always be specified:
Case M.9568 — Marcegaglia Plates/Evraz Palini Bertoli
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
Fax +32 22964301
Postal address:
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European Commission |
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Directorate-General for Competition |
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Merger Registry |
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1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
(2) Marcegaglia Group is Europe’s largest non-integrated steel supplier, processing mainly carbon steel but also stainless steel in its rolling mills and SSCs.