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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  9.1.2023  
C(2023 ) 261 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Circle K AS  
Schweigaards gate 16   
0107 Oslo  
Norway  
 
Schibsted Norge AS  
Akersgata 55   
0189 Oslo  
Norway  
Subject : Case M. 10903 – CIRCLE  K / SCHIBSTED / ELTON MOBILITY  
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 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation , by which the 
undertaking (s) Schibsted Norge AS (‘Schibsted’), controlled by Schibsted ASA (both 
Norway) and Circle K AS (‘Circle K’,  Norway), controlled by Alimentation Couche 
Tard (‘ACT’, Canada),  will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  and 3(4) of 
the Merger Reg ulation joint control of Elton Mobility AS (‘Elton’, Norway) , currently 
solely controlled by Schibsted , by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned  are the following : 
 Schibsted and Schibsted ASA are active in news media  services , marketplaces, 
start-ups and other investment ventures and financial services , primarily in the 
Nordics and other EEA countries , 
                                                 
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 b e 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 474, 14.12.2022 , p. 53-54. 

 
2  Circle K is active as a  convenience and fuel retailer and operator of electric 
vehicle charging stations , with its main operations in the Nordics and Poland. 
ACT is active globa lly, and based in Laval, Canada,  
3. Elton is active in the provision of charging services for electric vehicles,  primarily in 
Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Its services are also available in Finland.  
4. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified opera tion falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (a) and (c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for 
treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
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 applicat ion 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 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .