CELEX: 32015M7549
Language: en
Date: 2015-04-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/04/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7549 - CGG / WOOD MACKENZIE / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 30 April 2015
                                        C(2015) 3089 final

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Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case M.7549 - CGG/ WOOD MACKENZIE/ JV
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

1.    On 1 April 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation
      by which Compagnie Générale de Géophysique SA ("CGG", France) and Wood Mackenzie Limited ("Wood Mackenzie", United Kingdom) acquire  within
      the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the  Merger Regulation joint  control  of  Petroleum  Edge  Limited  ("Petroleum  Edge",  United
      Kingdom)    by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.[3]

2.    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for CGG: the manufacture of geophysical equipment, the acquisition of geological data and the provision  of  geoscience  services  to
           customers primarily in the oil and gas exploration business;

      -     for Wood Mackenzie: the collection and analysis of data relating to assets, markets and companies operating in the  oil,  gas,  coal,
           carbon, metals and power generation markets;

      -     for Petroleum Edge: the development and sale of a software for the evaluation  of  the  likely  value  of  undeveloped  oil  and  gas
           resources.

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)
                                        Alexander ITALIANER
                                        Director-General

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[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 119, 14/04/2015, p. 44.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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