11.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 45/10

1.

On 6 February 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (‘Siemens’, Germany) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica, SA (‘Gamesa’, Spain) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   Siemens: active in a number of industrial areas including the supply of onshore and offshore wind turbines through its Wind Power and Renewables division,

—   Gamesa: primarily active in the supply of products and advanced solutions in the renewable energy sector, particularly of onshore wind turbines but also active in the supply of offshore wind turbines through its subsidiary Adwen Offshore SL.

3.

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.

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 M.8134 — Siemens/Gamesa to the following address: