Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10153 – Orange/Telekom Romania Communications) (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 231/04

V (Announcements) PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMPETITION POLICY EUROPEAN COMMISSION Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10153 – Orange/Telekom Romania Communications) (Text with EEA relevance) (2021/C 231/04) 1. On 8 June 2021, 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: — Orange S.A. (‘Orange’, France), — Telekom Romania Communications S.A. (‘TKR’, Romania), controlled by Deutsche Telekom AG (‘DT’, Germany). Orange acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of TKR. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Orange: global telecommunications operator, active in Romania through its subsidiaries Orange Romania S.A. and Orange Business Romania S.A., which primarily offers mobile telecommunications services relying on its own mobile network, and to a very limited extent, fixed telephony, fixed internet and TV services relying almost exclusively on third-party infrastructure, — for TKR: provider of fixed telecommunications services, TV services and multiple-play bundles to residential and nonresidential customers, wholesale services to other telecommunications operators, and to a very limited degree, mobile telecommunications services as a Mobile...