Document ID: 32017M8729
Language: ENG

<table><tr><td><p><span><img/></span></p></td><td><p><span>EUROPEAN COMMISSION</span></p></td></tr></table>
Brussels, 13.12.2017
C(2017) 8832 final
To the Notifying Party
Subject : Case M. 8729 – EQT FUND MANAGEMENT / G+E GETEC HOLDING Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1 )( b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 1 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area 2
Dear Sir or Madam,
1. On 21 November 2017 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed conc entration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which EQT Fund Management S.à.r.l . ( Luxembourg) acquire s within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the whole of the undertaking G+E Getec Holding GmbH that comprises: ( i ) Getec Heat & Power AG; (ii) Getec Wärme & Effizienz AG; (iii) Getec Media AG; (iv) Getec shared services GmbH; (v) Getec Contracting GmbH (Germany) by way of purchase of shares . 3
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
- EQT Fund Management S.à.r.l . is an investment fund that seeks to make investments in infrastructure and infrastructure-related assets and businesses in Northern Europe, Continental Europe and North America ,
- G+E Getec Holding GmbH is specialised in energy contracting in Germany and the Netherlands.
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5 ( d ) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 . 4
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1 )( b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement .
For the Commission
(Signed)
Johannes LAITENBERGER Director - General
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(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ' Merger Regulation ' ). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the 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.
(2) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ( the ' EEA Agreement ' ).
(3) Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 403 , 28.11.2017 , p. 11 .
(4) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .
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