1.   

On 18 September 2024, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

—	TAV Havalimanlari Holding A.S. (‘TAV’, Turkey), ultimately controlled by Aéroports de Paris S.A.;

—	Fraport AG (‘Fraport’, Germany).

TAV and Fraport will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a new greenfield joint venture dedicated to the provision of food and beverage services at Antalya airport in Turkey.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

—	TAV is a Turkish airport operator,

—	Fraport is a Germany-based airport operator.

3.   

The business activities of the new greenfield joint venture will be the following: provision of food and beverage services at Antalya airport in Turkey.

4.   

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.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

5.   

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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.11730 – TAV / FRAPORT / F&B JV

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË