Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9582 — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy/Senvion (European onshore wind turbine service)/Ria Blades) (Text with EEA relevance) 2019/C 382/11
Date: 2019-11-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, maintenance, merger control, power plant, turbine, wind energy








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11.11.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 382/28






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.9582 — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy/Senvion (European onshore wind turbine service)/Ria Blades)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2019/C 382/11)

1.   

On 31 October 2019, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).


This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, S.A. (‘SGRE’, Spain), controlled by Siemens AG (Germany),










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Senvion GmbH (‘Senvion’, Germany) European onshore servicing business for wind farms including all related assets, as well as Senvion’s wind turbine blades manufacturing facilities in Vagos (Portugal) and Oliveira de Frades (Portugal), currently operated by Ria Blades S.A., (all ‘the Senvion Target Business’).




SGRE acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the Senvion Target Business.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets and purchase of shares.

2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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SGRE is a supplier of wind power solutions and its activities are divided into three business segments: Onshore Wind Power, Offshore Wind Power and Service; SGRE was created in April 2017 by the merger of Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica,










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The Senvion Target Business is a large part of the Senvion Group’s European onshore servicing business, all of Senvion Group’s IP and IT and Senvion’s wind turbine blades manufacturing facilities in Vagos (Portugal) and Oliveira de Frades (Portugal), currently operated by Ria Blades S.A., a subsidiary of the Senvion Group; The onshore servicing business consists of different services, such as regular maintenance, remote monitoring, spare parts exchange and blade inspection; the Senvion Target Business does not include the wind turbine manufacturing business of Senvion, nor the actual blade manufacturing business of Senvion (only the two blade manufacturing facilities).






3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.



4.   

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.


Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.9582 — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy/Senvion (European onshore wind turbine service)/Ria Blades
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
Fax +32 22964301
Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË






(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).