Commission Decision of 04/08/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6200 - APMM / BOLLORE / DOUALA INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

• Published date: 04 August 2011
• Subject Matter: Competition,Concentrations between undertakings

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Commission Decision of 04/08/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6200 - APMM / BOLLORE / DOUALA INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|EUROPEAN COMMISSION |

Brussels , 04.08.2011

PUBLIC VERSION C(2011)5772

SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE

|To the notifying parties: |

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject: Case No COMP/M.6200 – APMM / BOLLORE / DOUALA INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL JV Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1]

1. On 05.07.2011 the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S ("APMM", Denmark) and Bolloré S.A. (France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Douala International Terminal (Cameroon) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture [2] .

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

- for APMM: containerised liner shipping; terminal services; inland transportation; logistics; harbour towage; tankers; oil and gas exploration and production; retail; air transport

- for Bolloré S.A.: transportation and logistic services; manufacture of plastic films, ticket machine terminals, batteries and electric vehicles; fuel distribution; communication and media including advertising; commercialisation of plantations

- Douala International Terminal: operation of the shipping container and roll-on/roll-off terminal in the Port of Douala, Cameroon.

3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3] .

4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the...