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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 16.7.2021  
C(2021 ) 5438 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
HanseWerk AG,  
Schleswag -HeinGas -Platz 1  
25450 Quickborn  
Germany  
 
EDF Deutschland GmbH, 
Friedrichstraße 94  
10117 Berlin  
Germany  
 
IPP Projects GmbH,  
Lübecker Straße 1 – Alstertower  
22087 Hamburg  
Germany  
 
Entwicklungsagentur Region Heide 
AöR  
Hamburger Hof 3   
25746 Heide  
Germany  
Subject : Case M.  10243  — HanseWerk/EDF/IPP/EARH/Hypion 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 23 June 2021 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertakings HanseWerk AG (“HAW”, Germany), controlled by E.ON SE 
(Germany), EDF Deutschland GmbH (Germany), a subsidiary of EDF S.A. (“EDF”, 
France), IPP Projects GmbH (“IPP”, Germany), a subsidiary of Possel & Koselowske 
                                                 
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 Holding GmbH (Germany), part of the IPP Group (Germany),  and 
Entwicklungsagentur Region Heide AöR (“EARH”, Germany), acquire within the 
meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  and Article 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation joint control 
over the whole of the undertaking Hypion GmbH (“Hypion”,  “the JV”,  Germany ) by 
way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for HAW : operates energy grids which supply electricity, gas or heat and offers 
energy solutions with a focus on grid operation and decentralised energy 
generation  in Northe rn Germany , 
 for EDF : electricity production, wholesale, trading and supply, as well as being 
active in the gas and energy services markets, the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of electrical plants and power networks, and provision of waste 
recycli ng and energy services,  
 for IPP : part of a Group that is active in the areas of planning, consulting, design, 
assessment, construction management and project coordination for all areas of 
environmental protection in construction and process engineering,  
 for EARH : an institution under German public law founded by the city of Heide 
and eleven other municipalities near Heide, Northern Germany that develops and 
implements concepts aimed at developing housing, economy and trade (including 
the creation of jobs in  the renewable energy sector), retail, public transport, 
schooling, social infrastructure, landscape and recreation,  
 for the JV : developing and selling projects in the field of green hydrogen and 
other industrial gases produced from green hydrogen  in the North of Germany.  
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 s 5(a) and  5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure fo r 
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 th e 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 266, 6.7.2021 , p. 5. 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .