Prior notification of a concentration (Case M. 11052 – MACQUARIE GROUP / WPD / LUWEI WIND POWER / CHUNGWEI WIND POWER / TONGWEI WIND POWER / CHINFENG WIND POWER / ANWEI WIND POWER) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 80/09
Date: 2023-03-03
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: banking, economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy production, financial services, investment company, merger control, solar collector, wind energy








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3.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 80/67






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M. 11052 – MACQUARIE GROUP / WPD / LUWEI WIND POWER / CHUNGWEI WIND POWER / TONGWEI WIND POWER / CHINFENG WIND POWER / ANWEI WIND POWER)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 80/09)

1.   
On 22 February 2023, 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 Asset Management (‘Macquarie’, Australia),










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wpd AG (‘wpd’, Germany),










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Luwei Wind Power Co., Ltd. (including its wholly owned subsidiary, Chiwei Wind Power Co., Ltd.), Chungwei Wind Power Co., Ltd., Tongwei Wind Power Co., Ltd., Chinfeng Wind Power Co., Ltd., and Anwei Wind Power Co., Ltd. D (‘the JVs’) (Taiwan), currently jointly controlled by InfraVest Asia GmbH and wpd.




Macquarie and wpd will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of the JVs.
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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Macquarie is a global investment, banking and financial services provider active in a diverse range of businesses, including investing in a wide range of sectors such as resources and commodities, energy, financial institutions, infrastructure and real estate,










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wpd is a privately owned stock corporation domiciled and headquartered in Germany and develops and operates wind farms and solar parks. wpd is actively engaged in 30 countries in Europe, Asia, Chile and the US,










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the JVs operate onshore wind turbines and related infrastructure in Taiwan only, and directly or indirectly own operational onshore wind assets located in Taiwan only.






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. 11052 – MACQUARIE GROUP / WPD / LUWEI WIND POWER / CHUNGWEI WIND POWER / TONGWEI WIND POWER / CHINFENG WIND POWER / ANWEI WIND POWER
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
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.