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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 18.2.2021  
C(2021 ) 1210 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
ElringKlinger AG  
Max-Eyth -Strasse 2,  
72581 ‒ Dettingen/Erms  
Germany  
 
Plastic Omnium New Energies S.A . 
Rue de la Fusée 98 -100  
1130 ‒ Bruxelles  
Belgium  
Subject : Case M. 1006 7 — ElringKlinger/Plastic Omnium New Energies/EKPO Fuel 
Cell Technologies/ElringKlinger Fuelcell Systems Austria  
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 Ar ea2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 27 January 2021 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the undertaking s 
ElringKlinger AG (“EK”, Germany) and Plastic Omnium New Energies S.A. (“PO 
NE”, Belgium), belonging to the Compagnie Plastic Omnium SE group (“PO”, France), 
a subsidiary of Burelle SA (France),  acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 
3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole  of EKPO Fuel Cell 
Technologies GmbH (“EKPO”, Germany), and PO NE acquires within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of ElringKlinger 
Fuelcell Systems Austria GmbH (“EKAT”, Austria) . The concentration is 
accomplished by way of pur chase of shares.3  
                                                 
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  39, 4.02.2021 , p. 21. 

 
2 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for EK: the ultimate parent company of the German ElringKlinger group, an 
automotive supplier with international operations, that specialises in lightweight 
solutions, emobility,  sealing and shielding technology, tooling and engineering 
services,  
 for PO NE: part of the PO group, which is an automotive supplier with international 
operations, offering exterior components (especially bumpers and front -end 
modules) on the one hand (in telligent exterior systems and HBPO divisions) as well 
as fuel storage and delivery systems (including tanks and filler pipes), high pressure 
storage systems and depollution systems on the other hand,  
 for EKPO: the research and development, design, manufac turing and sale of 
hydrogen fuel cell stacks and related engineering services, fuel cell stack 
components (e.g. bipolar plates, media modules, sealing solutions) and assembled 
fuel cell stack modules primarily for the automotive industry defined as light 
vehicles (passenger cars and light commercial vehicles) and medium & heavy 
commercial vehicles (buses and trucks),  
 for EKAT: specialised  in the development of hydrogen fuel cell system solutions.  
3. The proposed concentration is made of two interdependent tran sactions which have 
been notified and should be examined together because they are unitary in nature within 
the meaning of Section 1.5.2. of the Commission Consolidated Jurisdictional Notice 
under Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentration s between 
undertakings.4  
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(c) 
of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain 
concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .5 
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 Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 95, 16.4.2008, p. 1.   
5  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.