CELEX: 32018M9032
Language: en
Date: 2018-12-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 06/12/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9032 - E.ON SE / Helen Oy / Liikennevirta Oy) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 6.12.2018
                                                                C(2018) 8602 final
                                                                     PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties:
Subject:        Case M.9032 – E.ON / HELEN / VIRTA
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 13 November 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which E.ON SE, via its
        subsidiary E.ON Drive Infrastructure GmbH ("E.ON", Germany) and Helen Oy ("Helen",
        Finland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint
        control of the whole of Liikennevirta Oy ("Virta", Finland) by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
          –        E.ON: it focusses on three main business areas: (i) electricity generation from
                   renewable energy sources, (ii) energy distribution networks and (iii) customer
                   solutions (including electricity and gas retail supply). In addition, E.ON offers e-
                   mobility services, including the operation of charging stations for electrical
                   vehicles in several EU countries.
          –        Helen: its business consists primarily in the production of electricity, district
                   heating and cooling, as well as energy distribution and sales. In addition, Helen
                   offers a wide range of services for small-scale energy production and the
                   customers' own energy use. Since 2012, Helen also offers electric vehicle
                   charging points in Finland.
          –        Virta: provides a range of services related to the charging of electric vehicles. It
                   operates primarily in Finland and has also activities in Czechia, France, Germany,
                   Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.
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 420, 20.11.2018, p. 7.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 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)
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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