19.6.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 175/34

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6490 — EADS/Israel Aerospace Industries/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 175/13

1.

On 11 June 2012, 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 European Advanced Technology SA (‘EAT’, Belgium) controlled by Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (‘IAI’, Israel), and Airbus Invest S.A.S. (France) controlled by the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (‘EADS’, Netherlands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of a newly created company constituting a joint venture (‘JV’, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for EADS: research, design, development, manufacture, modification, sale and supply servicing of civil and military aircraft, guided weapons, satellites, drones, space vehicles, electronics and telecommunications equipment,

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for Airbus: development, manufacture and sale of civil and military aircraft,

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for IAI: research and development, design, manufacture, marketing and other related services primarily in missile and space systems, military and civil aircraft, military electronics and airplane maintenance,

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for EAT: holdings in aerospace, aviation, defence and related sectors,

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for the JV: development, manufacture, and marketing of pilot-controlled semi-robotic towing tractors for commercial aircraft.

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.6490 — EADS/Israel Aerospace Industries/JV, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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