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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 23/03/2022

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32022M10637

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 23.03.2022 C(2022) 1923 final

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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

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.

1OJ 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.

2OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the ‘EEA Agreement’).

3Publication 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.

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.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

4OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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