Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12256 – SOJITZ CORPORATION / NEXUS) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-12-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Portugal, Spain, economic concentration, electricity supply, gas supply, goods and services, holding company, merger control, provision of services, supplier








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6566


9.12.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12256 – SOJITZ CORPORATION / NEXUS)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6566)


1.   
On 28 November 2025, 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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Sojitz Corporation of Europe B.V. (‘Sojitz Europe’, Netherlands), controlled by Sojitz Corporation (Japan),










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Nexus Energía, S.A. (‘Nexus’, Spain).




Sojitz Europe will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Nexus.
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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Sojitz Europe is holding and financing company. Its parent company Sojitz Corporation is a global conglomerate active in a variety of different businesses, primarily in the area of trading goods and services, including in the energy sector,










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Nexus is an authorized electricity and gas supplier mainly active in the Spanish and Portuguese markets. In addition, Nexus provides energy-related and decarbonization services including decarbonization consulting, self-consumption and storage, energy efficiency and energy saving certificates, and demand flexibility services.






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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (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 concentration 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.12256 – SOJITZ CORPORATION / NEXUS
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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/6566/oj
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