CELEX: 32014M7053
Language: en
Date: 2014-02-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12/02/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7053 - QATAR PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL / GEK TERNA / GDF SUEZ / HERON II VIOTIA THERMOELECTRIC STATION) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 13.02.2014
                                        C(2014) 1034 final

                                        |To the notifying parties:                |                                           |

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject:    Case COMP/M.7053 – QATAR PETROLEUM INTERNATIONAL/ GEK TERNA/ GDF SUEZ/ HERON II VIOTIA THERMOELECTRIC STATION
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 20.01.2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
    which Qatar Petroleum International Limited ("QPI", Qatar), GEK TERNA S.A. ("GEK TERNA", Greece) and  GDF  SUEZ  S.A.  ("GDF  SUEZ",  France)
    intend to  acquire  within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Heron II Viotia Thermoelectric  Station
    S.A. ("Heron II", Greece), by way of purchase of shares.

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for QPI: investment in the global energy sector, outside of Qatar, with  upstream,  downstream  petrochemicals,  and  gas  and  power
           businesses;

      -     for GDF SUEZ: active throughout the entire energy value chain, in electricity  and  natural  gas,  from  upstream  to  downstream  in
           purchasing, production and marketing of natural gas and electricity;

      -     for GEK TERNA: construction, industry, concessions, real estate and energy;

      -     for Heron II: operation and management of the Heron II thermal power plant located in Greece.[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(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
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[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 23, 25.01.2014, p.12.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE