Document ID: 32017M8347
Language: ENG

E U ROPEAN COM M I S SION
Brussels, 10.2.2017
C(2017) 1091 final
To the n otifying p arties:
Su b jec t : Case M.8347 - EQT F UND MANA G EM E N T / GET E C EN E RGIE H OLDI N G / GET E C TA R GET C OMPA N I E S
Comm i s s i o n decision p ursuant to Article 6(1 )( b) of Council Regul a tion (E C ) No 1 3 9 / 2 0 0 4 1 a n d Artic l e 5 7 o f t h e A g ree m e n t o n t h e E u ro p e a n E c o n o mi c A r e a 2
Dear Sir or Madam,
1. On 18 January 201 7 , the Europe a n Com m is s ion received not i fic a t i o n of a pr o posed concen t rati o n pursuant to Art i cle 4 of the Me r ger R e gulation by which EQT Fund Manage m ent S.à.r. l . ( " E QT", Luxe m bourg) will acquire, with i n the m ean i ng o f Art i cle 3(1 ) (b) of t h e Me r g e r R e gulation, j o i n t contr o l w i t h Ge t ec E n ergie Holding G m bH ( " GEH G m bH", G e r m any) over ( i ) Getec Heat & Pow e r A G ; (ii) Getec W är m e & E f fizienz A G ; ( i ii) G e tec Med i a A G ; ( i v) Getec s hared s erv ic es G m b H; (v) Getec Contracting G m bH ( t og e ther " G etec T a rgets", Ger m any), by way of sa l e a nd p u rchase of sh a re s . 3
2. The busine s s activities o f the under t a kings conce r ned a r e :
– EQT is an invest m ent fund that seeks to m ake invest m ents in infrastr u cture and infrast r u ct u re-related assets and b usin e sses in Northe r n Europe, Continental Europe and Nor t h A m erica;
– GEH Gm b H is acti v e with i n e nergy s e rvices in co n nec t ion wi t h ene r gy production and dis t rib u t i on, opt i m is i ng cus t o m ers' ene r gy supply in t h e fo r m o f hea t , s tea m , cooling and electric i t y ;
– Getec Targets a r e speci a l i sed in en e rgy contracting in Ger m a ny.
3. A f ter exa m inat i on of t h e no t ificati o n, the Eur o pean Co m m i ss i on has c oncluded t h at the not i fied op e ration falls with i n t h e s cope of the Me r ger Re g ulation and of paragraph 5 (c) of the Co m m i s sion Notice on a si m pl i fied proced u re for treat m ent of ce r tain conce n trat i ons under Council Regu l ati o n (EC) No 139/2004. 4
4. For the rea s ons set out in the Notice on a si m pli f ied proced u re, the E u ropean Co m m i ss i on has de c ided not to op p ose the no t i fied oper a tion and to d ec l a re it c o mpatib l e w ith the in t e rnal m arket and with the EEA Agree m ent. This dec i s i o n is adopted in applic a tion o f Art i c le 6(1 ) ( b) of the Merger Regu l ation and Art i cle 57 of the EEA Agree m en t .
For the Commission
(Signed) Johannes LAITE N BER G ER Director - General
(1) OJ L 24, 29 . 1.20 0 4, p. 1 ( t h e 'M e r g er R e gul a t i o n ' ). W i t h ef f ect from 1 Dece m ber 2009, the T reaty on t he
Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of
'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'internal market'. The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.
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(2) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p . 3 (the ' EEA Agree m ent ' ).
(3) Publ i ca t ion i n t he O f fic i al Jo u r n al of the E ur o p e a n U nion N o C 026 , 26.0 1 .2017, p . 1 8 .
(4) OJ C 366, 14.12.20 1 3, p. 5.
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