# C_2016304EN.01004501.xml

| 20.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 304/45 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8119 — DIF/Électricité de France/Thyssengas)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 304/07)

| 1. | On 11 August 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004( 1 ) by which DIF Infrastructure IV Cooperatief U.A. (‘DIF’, the Netherlands) and Électricité de France SA (‘EDF’, France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Thyssengas-group (‘Thyssengas’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares. |
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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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EDF is an integrated energy company which is active in the generation and wholesale of electricity and in the transmission, distribution and retail supply of electricity, as well as in the provision of other electricity-related services, in France and other countries. EDF is also active, to a lesser extent, in the natural gas retail and wholesale markets, —
DIF is an investment fund entity and an infrastructure fund management company which invests in infrastructure assets, including Public Private Partnership projects, renewable energy projects and other core infrastructure projects in Europe, North America and Australia, —
Thyssengas is a gas transmission system operator in North-West Germany. | — | EDF is an integrated energy company which is active in the generation and wholesale of electricity and in the transmission, distribution and retail supply of electricity, as well as in the provision of other electricity-related services, in France and other countries. EDF is also active, to a lesser extent, in the natural gas retail and wholesale markets, | — | DIF is an investment fund entity and an infrastructure fund management company which invests in infrastructure assets, including Public Private Partnership projects, renewable energy projects and other core infrastructure projects in Europe, North America and Australia, | — | Thyssengas is a gas transmission system operator in North-West Germany. |
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| — | EDF is an integrated energy company which is active in the generation and wholesale of electricity and in the transmission, distribution and retail supply of electricity, as well as in the provision of other electricity-related services, in France and other countries. EDF is also active, to a lesser extent, in the natural gas retail and wholesale markets, | | | | | | |
| — | DIF is an investment fund entity and an infrastructure fund management company which invests in infrastructure assets, including Public Private Partnership projects, renewable energy projects and other core infrastructure projects in Europe, North America and Australia, | | | | | | |
| — | Thyssengas is a gas transmission system operator in North-West Germany. | | | | | | |

| 3. | 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. |
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| 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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference M.8119 — DIF/Électricité de France/Thyssengas, to the following address:
European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË | European Commission | Directorate-General for Competition | Merger Registry | 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel | BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
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| European Commission | | | | | | |
| Directorate-General for Competition | | | | | | |
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| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel | | | | | | |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË | | | | | | |

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

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