CELEX: 32012M6786
Language: en
Date: 2012-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13/12/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6786 - EPH / SPP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32012M6786

Commission Decision of 13/12/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6786 - EPH / SPP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION      |
             Brussels, 13/12/2012
             C(2012)   9756 
             PUBLIC VERSION
             SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
            To the notifying party: | |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
            Subject:Case No COMP/M.6786 - EPH/ SPP  |
               Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  
             1. On 16/11/2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding a.s. (EPH, Czech Republic) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Slovenský Plynárenský Priemysel a.s. (SPP, Slovakia), by way of the purchase of shares. 
             2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              - for EPH: mainly active in the heat, gas and electricity sector in the Czech Republic and in the electricity sector in Slovakia;
              - for SPP: active in the gas and electricity sector in Slovakia and in the gas sector in the Czech Republic.  [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 (c) 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 360, 22/11/2012 p. 10.
            [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.