# C_2009272EN.01002101.xml

| 13.11.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 272/21 |
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13.11.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 272/21

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5679 — Boreas Holdings/Centrica Renewable Energy Limited/Glid Wind Farms)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 272/10

| 1. | On 6 November 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings (i) Boreas Holdings S.à.r.l (‘Boreas Holdings’, Luxemburg), a special purpose vehicle owned by two investment funds (TCW Energy XIV and European Clean Energy Fund) managed by TCW Asset Management Company (‘TAMCO’, UK), a subsidiary of The TCW Group, Inc. (‘TCW’, USA), which in turn is wholly owned by Société Générale S.A. (‘Société Générale’, France) and (ii) Centrica Renewable Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrica plc (‘Centrica’ UK), will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation joint control of the GLID Wind Farms TopCo Limited (‘GLID Wind Farms’, UK), currently wholly controlled by Centrica, by way of sale and purchase of shares. |
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On 6 November 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings (i) Boreas Holdings S.à.r.l (‘Boreas Holdings’, Luxemburg), a special purpose vehicle owned by two investment funds (TCW Energy XIV and European Clean Energy Fund) managed by TCW Asset Management Company (‘TAMCO’, UK), a subsidiary of The TCW Group, Inc. (‘TCW’, USA), which in turn is wholly owned by Société Générale S.A. (‘Société Générale’, France) and (ii) Centrica Renewable Energy Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrica plc (‘Centrica’ UK), will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of that Regulation joint control of the GLID Wind Farms TopCo Limited (‘GLID Wind Farms’, UK), currently wholly controlled by Centrica, by way of sale and purchase of shares.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for TCW and Société Générale: provision of international financial services, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for TCW and Société Générale: provision of international financial services,

| — | for Centrica: generation, trading and supply of electricity mainly in the UK. It also produces and supplies natural gas, |
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for Centrica: generation, trading and supply of electricity mainly in the UK. It also produces and supplies natural gas,

| — | for GLID Wind Farms: development, ownership, operation and management of wind farms generating electricity in UK. |
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for GLID Wind Farms: development, ownership, operation and management of wind farms generating electricity in UK.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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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 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5679 — Boreas Holdings/Centrica Renewable Energy Limited/Glid Wind Farms, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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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 or 22967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5679 — Boreas Holdings/Centrica Renewable Energy Limited/Glid Wind Farms, to the following address:

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.

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(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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