18.6.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 186/12

1.

On 11 June 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which LetterOne Holding SA of Luxembourg (‘LetterOne’), will acquire indirect sole control of RWE Dea AG of Germany (‘RWE Dea’) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

3.

On preliminary examination, the European 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 the Notice.

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The European Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the European 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 M.7254 — LetterOne / RWE Dea, to the following address: