CELEX: 32014M7145
Language: en
Date: 2014-05-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 07/05/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7145 - VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT / DALKIA INTERNATIONAL) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 7.5.2014
                                        C(2014) 3139 final

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

Subject:    Case M.7145 – VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT/ DALKIA INTERNATIONAL
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 02.04.2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation  by
    which Veolia Environnement S.A. ("Veolia", France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control  over
    Dalkia International from Electricité de France ("EDF"), by way of purchase of shares. Veolia and EDF currently hold joint control of  Dalkia
    International.

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     For Veolia: provision of environmental management services (water, waste management, transportation and energy services);

      -     For Dalkia International: provision of activities in the energy services sector outside France, especially the operation  of  heating
           and cooling networks, the provision of multi-technology management services for buildings and industrial utilities, and, to a  lesser
           extent, the generation and wholesale of electricity[2].

 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 109, 11.04.2014, p.32.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE