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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 18.10.2019  
C(2019 ) 7602 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M .9566  – CK ASSET / CK HUTCHISON / ALBERTA / 
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER / NORTHUMBRIAN SERVICES / WEST 
GAS / WESTERN GAS / UK RAIL / DUTCH ENVIRO  
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 26 September 2019 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which  the 
undertakings CK Asset Holdings Limited (“CKA”, Hong Kong)  and CK Hutchison 
Holdings Limited (“CKHH”, Hong Kong) acquire  within the mean ing of Article 
3(1)(b)  and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation  joint control of the whole of  1822604 
Alberta Ltd (Canada), Northumbrian Water Group Limited (UK) , Northumbrian 
Services Limited (UK) , West Gas Networks Limited (UK), Western Gas Networks 
Limited  (UK), UK Rails S.à r.l. (UK), and Dutch Enviro Energy Holdings B.V. (the 
Netherlands), all controlled by  CKHH, by way of contract or any other means .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 For CKA: property development and investment, hot el and serviced suite 
operation, property and project management, investment in infrastructure and 
utility asset operation and aircraft leasing.  
 For CKHH : ports and related services, retail, infrastructure, energy and 
telecommunications.   
 For 1822604 Alberta Ltd: off -airport car parking in Canada.  
                                                 
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 introduc ed 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 332, 3.10.2019 , p. 20. 

2  For Northumbrian Water Group Limited and Northumbrian Services Limited : 
water supply, sewerage and waste water in England and Wales.  
 For West Gas Networks Limited and Western Gas Networks Limited : gas 
distrib ution network in Wales and the South West of England.  
 For UK Rails S.à r.l.: the owner of Eversholt Rail Group, a rolling stock owning 
company in the United Kingdom.  
 For Dutch Enviro Energy Holdings B.V.: supply of energy from waste in the 
Netherlands.  
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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentr ations 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)  
Cecilio MADERO VILLAREJO  
Acting Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .