13.1.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 10/6

1.

On 4 January 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings OPTrust Infrastructure Europe I S.à.r.l. (‘OPTrust’, Luxembourg), a subsidiary of the OPSEU Pension Trust (Canada), Stichting Depositary PGGM Infrastructure Funds (‘PGGM’, Netherlands) and USS Nero Limited (‘USS’, United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of the undertaking Global Vía Infraestructuras, S.A. (‘Global Vía’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for OPTrust: pension fund administration and management for the Ontario Public Service Employees Union,

—   for PGGM: pension fund management in the Netherlands,

—   for USS: private sector pension funds in the United Kingdom,

—   for Global Vía: management of infrastructure concessions, in particular toll motorway concessions; railway infrastructure concessions and hospital concessions (non-health related services).

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.7851 — USS Nero/OPTrust/PGGM/Global Vía to the following address: