CELEX: 32003M3212
Language: en
Date: 2003-07-25 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 25/07/2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.3212 - GDF / ITALCOGIM / JV) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 25/07/2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3212 - GDF / ITALCOGIM / JV) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

Official Journal 198 , 22/08/2003 P. 0003 - 0003

Commission Decision of 25/07/2003 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3212 - GDF / ITALCOGIM / JV) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)To the notifying party,Dear Sirs,Subject: Case No. COMP/M.3212 - GDF/ITALCOGIM/JV Notification of 23/06/2003 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 156 of 04.07.2003.[1]   OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrected version OJ L 257 of 21.9.1990, p. 13, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97, OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1, corrigendum in OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.1. On 23/06/2003, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 [2], by which the undertaking GDF International S.A.S. ("GDFI", France), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gaz de France Group ("Gaz de France", France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Italcogim S.p.A. ("Italcogim", Italy), currently solely controlled by the Fabiani family, by way of purchase of shares.[2]   OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are : - for Gaz de France: the exploration, production, storage, transportation, distribution and supply of gas, mainly in France; - for Italcogim: the distribution and supply of gas to residential and industrial customers3 After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4, subparagraph c, of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 [3].  [3]   OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.4 For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement.  This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89.For the CommissionMario MONTI Member of the Commission