CELEX: 32012M6530
Language: en
Date: 2012-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10/05/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6530 - EDF / EDISON) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32012M6530

Commission Decision of 10/05/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6530 - EDF / EDISON) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION     |
             Brussels, 10/05/2012 
             C(2012) 3232 PUBLIC VERSION
                    
             SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
             |To the notifying party : |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.6530 - EDF / EDISON  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  
            1.  On 10/05/2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Electricité de France S.A. ("EDF", France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over Edison S.p.A. (“Edison”, Italy), by way of a purchase of shares. Edison is currently jointly controlled by EDF and A2A S.p.A. (Italy) [2]  .
             2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              - for EDF: generation and wholesale supply of electricity, transmission, distribution, retail supply and other electricity-related services in France and other countries, including Italy, as well as wholesale and retail supply of natural gas.
              - for Edison: generation, trading, wholesale and retail supply of electricity and exploration, production, transportation, storage, distribution, wholesale and retail supply of natural gas, in Italy. 
             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(d) 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 106, 12/04/2012, p.4
            [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.