CELEX: 32019M9208
Language: en
Date: 2019-01-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21/01/2019 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9208 - WorleyParsons / Jacobs ECR) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 21.1.2019
                                                                C(2019) 611 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying party:
Subject:        Case M.9208 – WorleyParsons/Jacobs ECR
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 17 December 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation, by which WorleyParsons
        Limited (“WorleyParsons”, Australia) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the
        Merger Regulation sole control of the Energy, Chemicals & Resources business division of
        Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (“Jacobs ECR”, United States of America) by way of
        purchase of shares and assets. 3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        –      for WorleyParsons: a global professional services provider, providing engineering
               consultancy services in the hydrocarbons, power, infrastructure, chemicals, minerals
               & metals and other sectors,
        –      for Jacobs ECR: an engineering consultancy services provider, primarily in the
               energy, chemicals and resources sectors, providing a range of services to customers
               including engineering strategy and design, procurement, project and construction
               management, and operation and maintenance services.
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 464, 27.12.2018, p. 15.
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--- 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. 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)
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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