CELEX: 32015M7508
Language: en
Date: 2015-03-12 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12/03/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7508 - DCC ENERGY / ESSO SAF) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 12.3.2015
                                        C(2015) 1760 final

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                                        To the notifying party:

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

Subject:    Case M.7508 - DCC ENERGY / ESSO SAF
         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 11 February 2015, the European Commission received notification of a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
      Regulation by which DCC ENERGY (Republic of Ireland), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole  control
      of the French retail motor fuel distribution business of ESSO SAF ("Target business", France), by way of purchase of shares.[3]

   2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     DCC ENERGY is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. DCC operates across  five  divisions  in  various  industry
           areas: DCC technology, DCC healthcare, DCC environmental, DCC food and beverage and DCC energy.

      -     The Target business operates a motor fuel distribution chain in France.

   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.[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)
                                        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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.3 ("the EEA Agreement").

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 058, 18.2.2015, p. 14.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE