CELEX: 32013M7106
Language: en
Date: 2013-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16/12/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7106 - PENSIONDANMARK HOLDING / GDF-SUEZ / NOORDGASTRANSPORT) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 16.12.2013
                                        C(2013) 9590 final

                                        To the notifying parties

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

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7106 - PENSIONDANMARK HOLDING/ GDF-SUEZ/ NOORDGASTRANSPORT
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

   1. On 18.11.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
      which PensionDanmark Holding ("PensionDanmark", Denmark) and GDF SUEZ S.A. ("GDF SUEZ", France) will acquire within the meaning of  Article
      3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Noordgastransport B.V. (“NGT”, Netherlands) by way of a purchase of shares[2].

   2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for PensionDanmark: a Danish not-for-profit, labour-market-related, life-insurance limited company;

      -     for GDF SUEZ: one of the world’s leading industrial companies active throughout the entire energy value  chain,  in  electricity  and
           natural gas;

      -     for NGT: provides transport and treatment services on its subsea gas transportation pipelines and onshore treatment facilities in the
           Netherlands.

 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 C 345, 26.11.2013, p.20.

[3]   OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE