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Document C2013/153/06

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6917 — FSI/Merit/Yildirim/CMA CGM) Text with EEA relevance

SL C 153, 31.5.2013, p. 6–6 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

31.5.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 153/6

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6917 — FSI/Merit/Yildirim/CMA CGM)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 153/06

1.

On 24 May 2013, 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 Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement (‘FSI’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking CMA CGM (‘CMA CGM’, France) together with Merit Corporation (‘Merit’, Lebanon) and Yildirim Holding (‘Yildirim’, Turkey), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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FSI, which is controlled by the French public group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, is a French investment fund that acquires minority shareholdings in listed and non-listed companies with strong growth potential and with a medium- to long term investment perspective,

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Yildirim is active in coal and metal, production and sale of fertilizer, mining and ferroalloys, shipping and ship buildings, and port management,

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Merit is a holding company which does not have activity of its own in Europe besides providing auditing services for CMA CGM,

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CMA CGM is active in the sector of maritime shipping services, in particular containerized liner shipping and stevedoring services.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC 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 number COMP/M.6917 — FSI/Merit/Yildirim/CMA CGM, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

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