EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG Competition

Case M.9208 - WORLEYPARSONS / JACOBS ECR

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 21/01/2019

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32019M9208

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) 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.

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.

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 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.

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.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

4OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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