CELEX: 32014M7260
Language: en
Date: 2014-06-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16/06/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7260 - CPPIB / G&M / ENAGAS / TECGAS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32014M7260

Commission Decision of 16/06/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7260 - CPPIB / G&M / ENAGAS / TECGAS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION      |
             Brussels, 16.6.2014
             PUBLIC VERSION C(2014) 4129 final
            SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE  To the notifying parties: |  |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case M.7260 – CPPIB / G&M / ENAGAS / TECGAS Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1] 
            1.  On 16.05.2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Graña y Montero, S.A.A., of Peru (“G&M”), Enagás  S.A of Spain  (“Enagás”) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board,   of  Canada  (“CPPIB”), will together acquire indirect  joint control of Tecgas Inc., Canada (“Tecgas”), and Tecgas’s subsidiary Compañía Operadora de Gas del Amazonas S.A.C., Peru (“COGA”) by way of purchase of shares. Tecgas is currently indirectly owned by CPPIB. 
            2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              - G&M is a Peruvian real estate and construction company active in 4 areas: (i) engineering and construction, (ii) operation of infrastructure assets, (iii) development of  residential and commercial  real  estate,  and  (iv)  technical  services,  including services  to the petroleum industry, highway maintenance, the operation of utilities and services to the electrical power industry; 
              -  Enagás is an independent transmission system operator (TSO), active in the operation of the natural gas transportation network in Spain; 
              -         CPPIB is an investment  management  organisation  that  invests  the funds of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) in public equities, private equities, real estate, infrastructure and fixed income instruments; 
              - Tecgas and COGA are active in the provision of natural gas and natural gas liquids pipeline operation and maintenance services in Peru [2]  .
            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) and 5(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3]  .  
            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.
              For the Commission
             (signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director General  
            [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]  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 157, 24.05.2014, p.4
            [3] OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.