CELEX: 32011M6420
Language: en
Date: 2011-12-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 01/12/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6420 - DONG ENERGY / SHELL GAS DIRECT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32011M6420

Commission Decision of 01/12/2011 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6420 - DONG ENERGY / SHELL GAS DIRECT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION     |
             Brussels, 01/12/2011
             C(2011) 9091
             PUBLIC VERSION
             SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
            To the notifying party  | |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.6420 - DONG ENERGY/ SHELL GAS DIRECT  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  
             1. On 04/11/2011, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which  [2]   DONG Energy A/S ("DONG", Denmark), through its wholly owned subsidiary DONG Energy Sales UK Limited, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Shell Gas Direct Limited ("Shell Gas", UK) by way of a purchase of shares.
              The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              - for DONG: is an integrated energy group active in oil and gas exploration and production, electricity generation and distribution, wholesale and retail supply of natural gas and electricity in Denmark and Northern Europe; 
              - for Shell Gas: is active in the supply of gas to non-domestic customers in the UK, providing gas to businesses.
             2. 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]  .  
             3. 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 328, 11/11/2011, p. 10.
            [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.