# C_2016311EN.01000301.xml

| 26.8.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 311/3 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.8056 — EPH/PPF Investments/Vattenfall Generation/Vattenfall Mining)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2016/C 311/03)

| 1. | On 18 August 2016, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004( 1 ) by which the undertakings Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. (‘EPH’, Czech Republic) and PPF Investments Ltd (‘PPF’, Jersey) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Vattenfall Europe Generation AG (‘Vattenfall-G’, Germany) and Vattenfall Europe Mining Aktiengesellschaft (‘Vattenfall-M’, Germany), by way of a purchase of shares. |
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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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EPH is a holding company engaged in coal extraction, electricity and heat production from conventional and renewable sources, including electricity, heat distribution as well as gas supply. EPH mainly operates, through subsidiaries, in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. —
PPF Investments is an international private equity group with a specific focus on transitional economies in Central and Eastern Europe or Asia. —
Vattenfall-G’s main corporate purpose is the generation of electricity. The company is currently wholly-owned by the seller Vattenfall GmbH, Germany. —
Vattenfall-M’s main corporate purpose is the mining of raw lignite in the Lusatia region in Eastern Germany and the supplying of the excavated lignite to intra-group lignite-fire power plants and to refinement plants. The company is currently wholly-owned by the seller Vattenfall GmbH, Germany. | — | EPH is a holding company engaged in coal extraction, electricity and heat production from conventional and renewable sources, including electricity, heat distribution as well as gas supply. EPH mainly operates, through subsidiaries, in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. | — | PPF Investments is an international private equity group with a specific focus on transitional economies in Central and Eastern Europe or Asia. | — | Vattenfall-G’s main corporate purpose is the generation of electricity. The company is currently wholly-owned by the seller Vattenfall GmbH, Germany. | — | Vattenfall-M’s main corporate purpose is the mining of raw lignite in the Lusatia region in Eastern Germany and the supplying of the excavated lignite to intra-group lignite-fire power plants and to refinement plants. The company is currently wholly-owned by the seller Vattenfall GmbH, Germany. |
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| — | EPH is a holding company engaged in coal extraction, electricity and heat production from conventional and renewable sources, including electricity, heat distribution as well as gas supply. EPH mainly operates, through subsidiaries, in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, Poland, Hungary and the United Kingdom. | | | | | | | | |
| — | PPF Investments is an international private equity group with a specific focus on transitional economies in Central and Eastern Europe or Asia. | | | | | | | | |
| — | Vattenfall-G’s main corporate purpose is the generation of electricity. The company is currently wholly-owned by the seller Vattenfall GmbH, Germany. | | | | | | | | |
| — | Vattenfall-M’s main corporate purpose is the mining of raw lignite in the Lusatia region in Eastern Germany and the supplying of the excavated lignite to intra-group lignite-fire power plants and to refinement plants. The company is currently wholly-owned by the seller Vattenfall GmbH, 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.8056 — EPH/PPF Investments/Vattenfall Generation/Vattenfall Mining, 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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( 1 )  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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