OJ Extract: Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.4685 — ENEL/Acciona/Endesa)
( June 12, 2007, 07:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- Extract: On 31 May 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Enel S.p.A. (‘Enel’, Italy) and Acciona S.A. ( ‘Acciona’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Endesa S.A. (‘Endesa’, Spain) by way of a joint takeover bid and an agreement entered into by ENEL and Acciona. Enel and Acciona will subsequently sell certain ENEL and Endesa businesses and assets in Spain and Italy, as well as related businesses in France, Poland and Turkey, to the German corporation E.on AG (‘E.on’).1. On 31 May 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Enel S.p.A. (‘Enel’, Italy) and Acciona S.A. ( ‘Acciona’, Spain) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Endesa S.A. (‘Endesa’, Spain) by way of a joint takeover bid and an agreement entered into by ENEL and Acciona. Enel and Acciona will subsequently sell certain ENEL and Endesa businesses and assets in Spain and Italy, as well as related businesses in France, Poland and Turkey, to the German corporation E.on AG (‘E.on’)....
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