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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  14.11.2022  
C(2022 ) 8304 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company for 
Distribution PJSC  
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Street  
P.O. Box 4188, Abu Dhabi  
United Arab Emirates  
 
TotalEnergies Marketing Afrique SAS  
24 Court Michelet,  
92800 Puteaux,  
France  
Subject : Case M. 10953  – ADD  / TOTALENERGIES / TOTAL EGYPT  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 19 October 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation , by which the 
undertakings Abu Dhabi  National Oil Company for Distribution PJSC ("ADD", 
United Arab Emirates), owned by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company PJSC 
("ADNOC") , and TotalEnergies Marketing Afrique SAS ("TotalEnergies", France), a 
wholly -owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies S.E. , will acquire within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b)  and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking 
TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt LLC (“Total Egypt”, Egypt), a subsidiary of 
TotalEnergies  by way of purchase of quotas .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned  are the following : 
 ADD markets and distributes petroleum products across a diverse range of 
business sectors , 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Funct ioning 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 412, 27.10.2022 , p. 14. 

2  TotalEnergies is active in the research, industry and trade of hydrocarbons and 
their derivatives in all their forms an d, more generally , similar activities in the 
field of energy  throughout the world  and particularly on the African continent.  
3. Total Egypt  is active in fuel retail  (including aviation fuel) , non -fuel retail (food retail 
and car wash services), lubricants, an d bulk fuel distribution in Egypt.   
4. 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 (a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified proc edure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
5. 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 Agre ement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .