CELEX: 32016M8123
Language: en
Date: 2016-09-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 07/09/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8123 - TOTAL / LAMPIRIS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 07/09/2016
                                        C(2016) 5791 final

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                                        To the notifying party

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M. 8123 – TOTAL / LAMPIRIS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 12 August 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation
    by which Total S.A. ("Total", France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger  Regulation  control  of  the  whole  of
    Lampiris S.A.S ("Lampiris", Belgium) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – Total, together with its subsidiaries is an international integrated energy producer and provider  mainly  active  in  the  oil  and  gas
        sector;

      – Lampiris is active in the supply of natural gas and green electricity to retail and industrial customers as well  as  the  production  of
        renewable energy.

 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.[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
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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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 304, 20.08.2016, p. 43.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE