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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 14.12.2021  
C(2021)  9636 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
TotalEnergies SE  
2 place Jean Millier,  
92400 Courbevoie,  
France  
 
Three Gorges Electric Energy Co. Ltd.  
Xiba Jianshe Road, Xiling District  
Yichang City, Hubei Province  
China  
 
Three Gorges Capital  
15/F Poly Metropolitan Office Building Tl, Courtyard 4, Guanyin’an North Street, Tongzhou, Beijing China  
Subject : Case M. 10536 – TOTALENERGIES / THREE GORGES 
CORPORATION / JV Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No  139/2004
1 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 19 November  2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
conc entration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which TotalEnergies, 
through Total (China) Investment Co., Ltd (“Total Energies”, France) and Three 
Gorges Corporation (“3G”, China ), through Three Gorges Capital Holdings Co. Ltd. 
and Three Gorges Electric Energy Co. Ltd. acquir e within the meaning of 
Article  3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a newly created joint 
                                                 
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 ’). 

2 venture company ( “JV”). The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of 
shares .3 
2. The business act ivities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for TotalEnergies: a publicly traded broad energy company headquartered in 
Paris. Total China, a wholly owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies, operates business 
in various sectors in China, including the petroleum and natural gas expl oration 
and production, renewable energies (e.g. solar energy), refining and chemicals etc., 
− for 3G: a Chinese solely state- owned enterprise (“SOE”), headquartered in 
Wuhan, China. It is primarily active in the development, construction and 
operation of hydropower projects and other renewable energy projects, such as 
wind power, solar energy and utilization of water resources. 3G is ultimately held 
and supervised by The State -owned Assets Supervision and Administration 
Commission of the Sta te Council of China,   
− for JV: based in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, it will invest in, build and operate a small charging network for electric vehicles and engage in third party 
charging platform services. It will be active in Wuhan and Yichang and potentially other provinces in China in the future.  
3. 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 procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No  139/2004.
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4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the noti fied 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  
                                                 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 480/9, 29.11.2021, p.9. 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.