CELEX: 32005M3849
Language: en
Date: 2005-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 07/07/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.3849 - IPR / MITSUI / CALPINE UK) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32005M3849

Commission Decision of 07/07/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3849 - IPR / MITSUI / CALPINE UK) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  


	| |Brussels, 07.07.2005SG-Greffe(2005) D/202966To the notifying partyDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3849 – IPR/ Mitsui/ Calpine UK Notification of 03.06.2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 142, 11/06/2005, page 49.1.  On 03.06.2005 , the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertaking IPM Eagle LLP (“Eagle”, UK), jointly controlled by International Power plc (“IPR”, UK) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”, Japan), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Saltend Cogeneration Company Limited and Calpine UK Operations Limited (“Target Companies”, UK) by way of purchase of shares.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:- for Eagle : generation of electricity;- for Target Companies : generation of electricity in the UK.2.  After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 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[2].3.  For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.For the Commission(signed)Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32MERGER PROCEDUREARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISIONSIMPLIFIED PROCEDUREPUBLIC VERSION