CELEX: 32017M8412
Language: en
Date: 2017-04-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 06/04/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8412 - ENGIE SERVICES HOLDING UK / KEEPMOAT REGENERATION HOLDINGS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                     
                  
               
               Brussels, 6.4.2017
            
            
               C(2017) 2399 final
            
            
               
                  PUBLIC VERSION
               
            
            
            
               To the notifying party:
            
            
               Subject:Case M.8412 – ENGIE SERVICES HOLDING UK / KEEPMOAT REGENERATION HOLDINGS 
                  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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                and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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               Dear Sir or Madam,
            
            
               1.On 14 March 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking ENGIE Services Holding UK Limited (‘ESHUL’, United Kingdom), controlled by ENGIE S.A. (France), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Keepmoat Regeneration Holdings Limited (‘KRHL’, United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares.
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               2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            
            
               -ESHUL is one of the business divisions of the ENGIE group which offers a combination of service expertise, in particular, in the provision of facilities management including energy services, designing and implementing solutions which offers businesses, public authorities and communities the means to achieve cost savings, through efficient management of buildings and installations. The ENGIE group is present across the entire energy chain, in electricity and in natural gas, including purchase, production and commercialisation of natural gas and electricity, transport, distribution, management and development of major natural gas infrastructures, and design and commercialisation of energy services;
            
            
               -KRHL is a provider of integrated affordable housing development and community regeneration services in the United Kingdom.
            
            
               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 87, 21.03.2017, p. 18.
               
               
                  
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                           OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.