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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10575 – BOUYGUES / EQUANS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 223/06)

On 30 May 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

—	Bouygues S.A. (‘Bouygues’, France),

—	Equans S.A.S. (‘Equans’, France).

Bouygues will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Equans.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

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Bouygues is a holding company of a diversified industrial group active in the construction, transport infrastructure construction and maintenance, real estate development, media and telecommunications sectors. Bouygues also provides electrical engineering services through Colas Rail, a wholly owned subsidiary of Colas. Colas Rail provides electrical engineering services for railway infrastructures, including railway electrification (installation and maintenance of catenaries and overhead contact lines) and railway signalling.

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Equans is a global company active in the multi-technical services sector. Equans’ activities focus on electrical, mechanical and heat, ventilation and air-conditioning engineering, refrigeration solutions, facility management, and digitization and Information and Communication Technology. Equans also provides railway electrification services (installation and maintenance of catenaries and overhead contact lines) through Powerlines, Ineo SCLE Ferroviaire and Fabricom.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10575 – BOUYGUES / EQUANS

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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