Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11249 – TOTALENERGIES / RNS HOLDING / RNS ENERJI) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 282/08
Date: 2023-08-11
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Türkiye, building industry, economic concentration, electrical energy, energy industry, energy production, health care, merger control, petrochemicals, power plant, property market








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11.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 282/24






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11249 – TOTALENERGIES / RNS HOLDING / RNS ENERJI)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 282/08)

1.   
On 4 August 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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TotalEnergies Renewables SAS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE (‘TotalEnergies,’ France),










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Rönesans Yenilenebilir Enerji Yatırım Anonim Şirketi, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rönesans Holding A.Ş. (‘RNS Holding’, Turkey),










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Rönesans Enerji Üretim ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi (‘RNS Enerji’, Turkey).




TotalEnergies and RNS Holding will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of RNS Enerji.
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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TotalEnergies is active in the energy sector, including (i) in the upstream and downstream oil and gas industry, and (ii) in renewable energies, power generation and carbon neutral activities (energy efficiency, carbon use and storage, hydrogen and natural solutions),










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RNS Holding is active in construction, real estate, health, energy and petrochemistry,










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RNS Enerji is active in the development and sale of electricity power plants, the production and sale of electricity and the construction of charging stations in Turkey.






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.11249 – TOTALENERGIES / RNS HOLDING / RNS ENERJI
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/BELGIËS







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

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.