Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10960 – EPPE / PZEM SUBSIDIARIES) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 417/12
Date: 2022-10-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: coal mining, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, energy production, energy supply, gas industry, heating, lignite, merger control, storage of hydrocarbons








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31.10.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 417/20






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10960 – EPPE / PZEM SUBSIDIARIES)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 417/12)

1.   
On 20 October 2022, 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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EP Power Europe, a.s. (‘EPPE’, Czech Republic), belonging to the EPH Group (Czech Republic),










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PZEM Energy Company B.V. (‘PEC’) and its subsidiaries (a) Sloe Centrale Holding B.V. (‘SCH’), (b) Sloe Centrale B.V. (‘SCBV’) and (c) PZEM Tolling Sloe B.V. (‘PZEM TOLLING’), and PZEM Pipe B.V. (‘PZEM PIPE’) (all The Netherlands), either solely owned and controlled by PZEM Ficus or (ii) jointly owned and controlled by PZEM Ficus and EDF International.




EPPE will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of PEC, SCH, SCBV, PZEM TOLLING and PZEM PIPE.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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EPPE (Czech Republic) belongs to the EPH Group. The EPH Group is a vertically integrated energy utility with several activities including lignite mining, electricity and heat production, distribution and supply as well as gas transmission, distribution, storage and supply,










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PZEM Energy Company B.V. (‘PEC’) and its subsidiaries (a) Sloe Centrale Holding B.V. (‘SCH’), (b) Sloe Centrale B.V. (‘SCBV’), and (c) PZEM Tolling Sloe B.V. (‘PZEM TOLLING’) and PZEM Pipe B.V. (‘PZEM PIPE’) (all The Netherlands) are active in the energy and gas sector.






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 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.10960 – EPPE / PZEM SUBSIDIARIES
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.