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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 7.1.2022  
C(2022) 143 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
Suez  Groupe SAS  
Tour CB21 - 16 place de l´Iris  
92040 Paris La Défense  
France  
 
Schneider Electric Industries SAS  
70 Mechanic Street  Foxboro, MA 02035  
United States of A merica  
Subject : Case M. 10471 — SUEZ / SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC / JV  
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 6 December 2021, the Europe an Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertakings Suez Groupe SAS (“Suez”) (France), and Schneider Electric Industries 
SAS (“Schneider Electric”) (France), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) 
and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control  of Joint Venture (“JV”) (France) by 
way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for Suez: the provision of water manage ment, recycling and wastewater recovery 
for public and industrial customers, in the collection, sorting, recycling, disposal 
and treatment of non-hazardous and hazardous waste and urban development 
services,  
                                                 
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 505, 15.12.2021, p. 3.  

2 − for Schneider Electric: the provision of energy management and automation 
solutions for homes, buildings, data centres, infrastructures and industries, 
− for the JV: the design, development  and commerciali sation  of water management 
software for the water and wastewater treatment facilities of municipal operators 
and industrial clients worldwide.  
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  139/2004.4 
4. 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)  
Olivie r GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.