Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11136 – PETRONAS / NPI / CANWIND and NORTHWIND (JVs)) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 204/17
Date: 2023-06-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy production, gas industry, hydrogen production, merger control, oil industry, renewable energy








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12.6.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 204/41






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11136 – PETRONAS / NPI / CANWIND and NORTHWIND (JVs))
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 204/17)

1.   
On 2 June 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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Northland Power International Holdings B.V. (‘NPIH’), a wholly owned subsidiary of Northland Power, Inc. (‘NPI’),










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Gentari International Renewables Pte. Ltd (‘GIRPL’), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gentari Sdn. Bhd. (‘Gentari’) which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (‘PETRONAS’),










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NP Taiwan Project CanWind Holdings B.V. (‘CanWind’) and NP Taiwan Project NorthWind Holdings B.V. (‘NorthWind’), two companies that are currently wholly owned by NPI (indirectly through NPIH) (the ‘JVs’).




NPI and PETRONAS will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of CanWind and NorthWind.
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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NPI is a global power producer dedicated to developing, constructing, owning and operating clean and green global power infrastructure assets in Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America,










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PETRONAS is Malaysia’s national oil and gas company. Gentari offers lower carbon solutions through three initial core pillars – Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Green Mobility.






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The business activities of the JVs will be the development and construction of the planned offshore windfarms in Taiwan and, thereafter, the owning and operating of the planned offshore windfarms.



4.   
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.


5.   
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.11136 – PETRONAS / NPI / CANWIND and NORTHWIND (JVs)
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.