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Case No COMP/M.3636 - PETRONAS / SASOL / UHAMBO JV

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 14/02/2005

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3636

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 14.02.2005 SG-Greffe(2005) D/200647

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

to the notifying parties

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

Subject: Case No. COMP/M. 3636 ñ Petronas/Sasol/Uhambo/JV Notification of 14/01/2005 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 20 of 25.01.2005

1.On 14 January 2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings Petroliam Nasional Berhad (ìPetronasî, Malaysia) and Sasol Limited (ìSasolî, South Africa) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Uhambo Oil Limited (ìUhamboî, South Africa) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

-- for Petronas : oil, natural gas and petrochemicals,

-- for Sasol : oil, natural gas and petrochemicals,

-- for Uhambo : refining and distribution of liquid fuels.

2.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph

1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

Commission europÈenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.

For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.

For the Commission

(signed) Neelie KROES Member of the Commission

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