CELEX: 32014M7139
Language: en
Date: 2014-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19/03/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7139 - GDF SUEZ / OMNES CAPITAL / PREDICA PREVOYANCE / FEIH) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 19.3.2014
                                        C(2014) 1969 final

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|To the notifying parties:                                          |                                                                        |

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

Subject:    Case COMP/M.7139 - GDF SUEZ/ OMNES CAPITAL/ PREDICA PREVOYANCE/ FEIH
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

1.    On 20 February 2014, the European Commission received notification of a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
      Regulation by which the undertakings GDF SUEZ S.A. ("GDF SUEZ" of  France),  Predica  Prévoyance  Dialogue  du  Crédit  Agricole  ("Predica
      Prévoyance" of France) controlled by the Groupe Crédit Agricole and Omnes Capital (of France) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)
      of the  Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Futures Energies Investissements Holdings ("FEIH" of France)  by  way  of
      purchase of shares.

2.    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for GDF SUEZ: active throughout the entire energy value chain in the fields of gas, electricity and energy services;

      -     for Groupe Crédit Agricole: offers a range of banking and insurance services. It is also active in the real estate sector;

      -     for Omnes Capital: It is a French asset management company active in  several  branches  of  private  equity,  amongst  them  in  the
           renewable energy sector;

      -           for FEIH: active in the generation of electricity by wind farms via its subsidiary Futures Energies Investissements  SAS.  FEIH
           is currently indirectly wholly-owned by GDF SUEZ.[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(c) 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 C55, 26 February 2014, p.21.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE