CELEX: 32022M10637
Language: en
Date: 2022-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23/03/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10637 - CERTAS / ENGIE SOLUTIONS / SSEC JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                 Brussels, 23.03.2022
                                                                 C(2022) 1923 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                 Certas Energy France SAS
                                                                 Avenue Edouard Belin, 9
                                                                 92500 Rueil-Malmaison
                                                                 France
                                                                 Engie Energie Services - Engie
                                                                 Solutions SA
                                                                 Faubourg de l’Arche 1, Place Samuel
                                                                 de Champlain
                                                                 92930 Paris La Défense
                                                                 France
Subject:        Case M.10637 – CERTAS / ENGIE SOLUTIONS / SSEC JV
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
                (EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
                Economic Area2
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 28 February 2022, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Certas Energy
        France SAS (‘Certas’, France), ultimately controlled by DCC plc (‘DCC’, Ireland),
        and Engie Energies Service - Engie Solutions SA (‘Engie Solutions’, France),
        ultimately controlled by Engie SA (‘Engie’, France), will acquire within the meaning
        of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of
        SSEC (France) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting
        a joint venture, SSEC.3
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 111, 08.03.2022, p. 3.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:
       for Certas: operation of service stations in France on the motorway and road
        network. Its parent company DCC is active globally across several divisions in
        various industry areas such as technology, healthcare, LPG and retail & oil,
       for Engie Solutions: provision of services related to energy management in
        France. Its parent company Engie is active globally in the provision of gas,
        electricity and services related to energy management,
       for SSEC: a newly established joint venture, which will be active in the
        installation and operation of electric vehicle charging stations 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(a) and (c) 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)
                                                      Olivier GUERSENT
                                                      Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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