CELEX: 32013M7043
Language: en
Date: 2013-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29/11/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7043 - GDF SUEZ / BALFOUR BEATTY (UK FACILITIES MANAGEMENT)) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 29.11.2013
                                        C(2013) 8686 final

                                        |To the notifying party:                                            |

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

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7043 – GDF SUEZ/ BALFOUR BEATTY (UK FACILITIES MANAGEMENT)
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 31 October 2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation
    by which GDF Suez Energy Services International S.A. (GSES International, Belgium), belonging to the GDF Suez Group (France) acquires, within
    the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control of Balfour Beatty Workplace Limited (United Kingdom),  Covion  Holdings
    Limited (United Kingdom) and Colledge Trundle & Hall Limited (United Kingdom), by way of purchase of shares[2].

    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

1 GSES International offers, through its primary brand Cofely, a combination of service expertise, in  particular  the  provision  of  facilities
        management including energy services, designing and implementing solutions which offer businesses, public  authorities  and  communities
        the means to achieve cost savings, through efficient management of buildings and installations.

2 GDF Suez is active across the entire energy chain, in electricity and natural gas.

3 Balfour Beatty Workplace Limited, Covion Holdings Limited and Colledge Trundle and Hall Limited (and their respective  subsidiaries)  primarily
        provide facilities management services in the UK.

 2. 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].

 3. 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 321, 07.11.2013, p.6

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE