CELEX: 32018M9049
Language: en
Date: 2018-11-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12/11/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9049 - Clever A/S / E.ON Solutions GmbH / UFC Scandinavia) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels,12.11.2018
                                                                C(2018) 7617 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M.9049 – E.ON / CLEVER / UFC SCANDINAVIA JV
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 17 October 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertakings
        E.ON SE ("E.ON", Germany) and Clever A/S ("Clever", Denmark), controlled by SEAS-
        NVE acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger
        Regulation joint control over a newly-created joint venture by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             E.ON is an energy company with activities in 3 main business areas: (i) energy
              networks; (ii) renewable energies; and (iii) customer solutions, including electricity
              and gas retail supply;
             Clever is an electric mobility service provider, active in charging solutions to
              companies, public institutions and end customers;
             The JV will develop and operate ultra-fast charging (UFC) stations for electric
              vehicles in Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
1       OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Merger Regulation'). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the
        Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of
        'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'internal market'. The terminology of the TFEU will be used
        throughout this decision.
2       OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
3       Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 384, 24.10.2018, p. 9.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the
   notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a) of
   the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations
   under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.4
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission
   has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the
   internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of
   Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.
                                                    For the Commission
                                                    Signed
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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