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Document C2010/110/06

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5796 — Eni/Mobil Oil Austria) Text with EEA relevance

OJ C 110, 29.4.2010, p. 6–6 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

29.4.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 110/6


Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5796 — Eni/Mobil Oil Austria)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 110/06

1.

On 20 April 2010 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Agip Austria GmbH (‘Agip Austria’, Austria) wholly controlled by Eni S.p.A. (‘ENI’, Italy) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Mobil Oil Austria GmbH (‘Mobil Oil Austria’, Austria), fully owned by ExxonMobil Central Europe Holding GmbH (‘EMCEH’, Germany), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

for ENI: exploration and production of natural gas, natural gas supply, transmission, storage, distribution and trade, exploration and production of oil,

for Mobil Oil Austria: marketing, supply and distribution of refined petroleum products.

3.

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

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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5796 — Eni/Mobil Oil Austria, 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’).


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