CELEX: 32017M8662
Language: en
Date: 2017-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28/11/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8662 - TOTAL / MAERSK OLIE OG GAS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                     
                  
               
               Brussels, 28.11.2017
            
            
               C(2017) 8147 final
            
            
            
               To the Notifying Party
            
            
            
               Subject:
                     Case M.8662 - TOTAL / MAERSK OLIE OG GAS
            
            
               
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                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area 
            
            
               Dear Sir or Madam,
            
            
               1.On 25 October 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Total S.A. (France) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control of the whole of Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S (Denmark), belonging to the group A.P. Møller-Mærsk A/S (Denmark). The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            
            
               -Total S.A. is an international integrated energy producer and provider, active in all sectors of the oil and gas industry, as well as in power generation,
            
            
               -Mærsk Olie og Gas A/S is an oil and gas company active in the exploration, production and trading of crude oil and natural gas.
            
            
               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 (c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.
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               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
               
         
         
            
                  
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                        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.
                  
               
               
                  
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                        OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
               
               
                  
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                        Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 377, 09.11.2017, p. 25.
               
               
                  
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                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.