1.   

On 22 January 2021, 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:

—	Sojitz Corporation (‘Sojitz’, Japan),

—	Eneos Corporation (‘Eneos’, Japan), a wholly owned subsidiary of ENEOS Holdings, Inc. (Japan),

—	Edenvale Solar Park Pty Ltd. (‘Edenvale’, Australia), belonging to DPI Solar 3 Pte ltd (Singapore).

Sojitz Corporation and Eneos Corporation acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Edenvale.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for Sojitz Corporation: the trading of good and services and in particular the construction and exploitation of energy and social infrastructure with a focus on solar, wind and biomass power generation,

—	for Eneos Corporation: the production, trading and marketing of crude oil, petroleum products, petrochimicals, electricity, lubricant, coal and hydrogen,

—	for Edenvale: will develop, construct and operate a solar farm in Queensland, Australia.

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.

Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10072 — Sojitz/Eneos/Edenvale Solar Park

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