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Case No COMP/M.3507 - HELSINGIN / VANTAAN / E.ON FINLAND / LAHTI / SEU

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 24/08/2004

Also available in the CELEX database Document No 32004M3507

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 24/08/2004

SG-Greffe(2004) D/203664/5/6/7

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

to the notifying parties:

Dear Madam and Sir,

1.On 23 July 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings Helsingin Energia (ìHelsinginî, Finland), Vantaan Energia Oy (ìVantaanî, Finland), E.ON Finland Oy, controlled by E.On AG (ìE.ONî, Germany), and Lahti Energia Oy (ìLahtiî, Finland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the Finnish undertaking Suomen Energia-Urakointi Oy (ìSEUî) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

2OJ 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 undertaking Helsingin: generation and supply of electricity and district heat, distribution and supply of natural gas and related services

-- for undertaking Vantaan: generation and supply of electricity and district heat, distribution and supply of natural gas and related services; sale of light fuel oil

-- for undertaking E.ON: generation and supply of electricity and district heat, distribution and supply of natural gas and related services

-- for undertaking Lahti: generation and supply of electricity and district heat, distribution and supply of natural gas and related services

-- for undertaking SEU: construction and maintenance services for electricity and exterior lighting networks

3.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 5, subparagraph a, of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 139/2004.

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) Mario MONTI Member of the Commission

3Adopted by the Commission on 20 July 2004 and available on DG COMP website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf

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