Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10178 — Eni/Aldro EyS/Instalaciones MD) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 58/17
Date: 2021-02-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: chemical industry, customers, economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, gas industry, gas supply, merger control, oil industry, provision of services








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18.2.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 58/84






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10178 — Eni/Aldro EyS/Instalaciones MD)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2021/C 58/17)

1.   
On 11 February 2021, 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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Eni gas e luce S.p.A. (‘Eni G&L’, Italy), a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. (‘Eni’, Italy)










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Aldro Energia y Soluciones, S.L.U. (‘Aldro EyS’, Spain) and Instalaciones Martinez Diez, S.L.U. (‘Instalaciones MD’, Spain), both of them wholly owned subsidiaries of Aldro Energy, S.L.U. (‘Aldro Energy’, Spain).




Eni acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Aldro EyS and Instalaciones MD.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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for Eni: a global oil and gas group, active in exploration, production, refining and selling operations, electricity and chemistry. Its wholly owned subsidiary Eni G&L is active in the supply of electricity and natural gas, as well as energy solutions across the EU.










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for Aldro EyS: the supply of electricity and natural gas in Spain and Portugal.










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for Instalaciones MD: the provision of back office and customer care services to Aldro EyS.






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.10178 — Eni/Aldro EyS/Instalaciones MD
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




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

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.