Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10055 — MIRA/Romanian assets of CEZ) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 424/11
Date: 2020-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Romania, economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy grid, gas supply, investment company, merger control, renewable energy, retail trade








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8.12.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 424/38






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10055 — MIRA/Romanian assets of CEZ)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2020/C 424/11)

1.   
On 1 December 2020, 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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Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) Limited (‘MIRA’, United Kingdom), belonging to the Macquarie Group Limited (‘Macquarie’, Australia),










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Romanian electricity generation, electricity distribution, and electricity and natural gas retail supply assets (‘Romanian assets of CEZ’, Romania), currently held by ČEZ a.s. (‘CEZ’, Czechia).




MIRA acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the Romanan assets of CEZ.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for MIRA: the management of infrastructure and other real assets, including real estate, energy and agricultural assets. MIRA forms part of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets division of Macquarie, a global investment, banking and financial services provider,










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for Romanian assets of CEZ: seven companies which together operate an electricity distribution network, a portfolio of renewable energy assets and a retail electricity and gas supply business, all located in Romania.






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.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


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.10055 — MIRA/Romanian assets of CEZ
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’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.