17.5.2011   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 146/15

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6155 — Groene Energie Maatschappij NV/DEME NV/S.R.I.W. Environment SA/Electrawinds Offshore NV/Z-Kracht NV/Power@Sea NV/Rent-a-Port Energy NV/Socofe SA/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 146/09

1.

On 5 May 2011, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which (i) Groene Energie Maatschappij NV (‘GEM’, Belgium) controlled by Aspiravi Holding, (ii) Dredging Environmental & Marine Engineering NV (‘Deme’, Belgium) controlled by Ackermans & Van Haaren and CFE, (iii) Electrawinds Offshore NV (‘Electrawinds Offshore’, Belgium) controlled by Electrawinds NV, (iv) S.R.I.W. Environnement SA (‘SRIWE’, Belgium) controlled by SRIW group, (v) Z-Kracht NV (‘Z-Kracht’, Belgium) controlled by Nutesbedrijven Houdstermaatschappij NV, (vi) Power@Sea NV (‘Power@Sea’, Belgium) controlled by Deme, SRIWE, Socofe and Techno@Green NV, (vii) Rent-A-Port Energy NV (‘Rent-A-Port Energy’, Belgium), (viii) Socofe SA (‘Socofe’, Belgium) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Otary RS NV (Otary, Belgium), a newly created company constituting a joint venture

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Deme: dredging and land reclamation, hydraulic engineering, environmental services, extraction, processing and supply of marine aggregates for the construction industry, and project development,

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for Rent-A-Port Energy: a special purpose vehicle created to hold the participation of its parent companies, namely, Ackermans Van Haaren and CFE, in Otary,

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for Electrawinds Offshore: activities in generation of electricity via wind turbines, biomass plants and solar parks,

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for SRIWE: promoting environmental management in Wallonia, by acquiring a stake in companies working in this sector,

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for Z-Kracht: promoting sustainability and innovation via participations in various companies, with a specific focus on companies producing renewable energies,

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for GEM: participation in projects for the production of renewable energy,

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for Socofe: investments in companies providing services to local authorities in the field of energy, waste management, water cycle management and information technologies,

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for Power@Sea: investor in the field of offshore wind farms,

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Otary: generation and wholesale supply of electricity and the provision of wind farm development services to third parties.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6155 — Groene Energie Maatschappij NV/DEME NV/S.R.I.W. Environment SA/Electrawinds Offshore NV/Z-Kracht NV/Power@Sea NV/Rent-a-Port Energy NV/Socofe SA/JV, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).