CELEX: 32013M7096
Language: en
Date: 2013-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19/12/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7096 - ENI ULX / LIVERPOOL BAY JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                       Brussels, 19.12.2013
                                       C(2013) 9767 final

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

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7096 – ENI ULX/ LIVERPOOL BAY JV
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 22.11.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the  Merger  Regulation  by
    which Eni ULX Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni S.p.A. (“ENI”, Italy), acquires within the meaning of  Article  3(1)(b)  of  the  Merger
    Regulation sole control over Liverpool Bay Ltd. ("LBL", UK) by way of a purchase of shares.

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    -       for ENI: an Italian integrated energy group operating worldwide in the activities of finding, producing,  transporting,  transforming
      and marketing oil and gas, electricity generation, petrochemicals, oilfield services, construction and engineering industries;

    -       for LBL: active in the offshore production of oil and gas fields located in Liverpool Bay, UK.[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)i/(c)ii/(d) 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 349, 29.11.2013, p.24.
[3]   OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE