14.4.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/44

1.

On 1 April 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which Compagnie Générale de Géophysique SA (‘CGG’, France) and Wood Mackenzie Limited (‘Wood Mackenzie’, United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Petroleum Edge Limited (‘Petroleum Edge’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for CGG: the manufacture of geophysical equipment, the acquisition of geological data and the provision of geoscience services to customers primarily in the oil and gas exploration business,

—   for Wood Mackenzie: the collection and analysis of data relating to assets, markets and companies operating in the oil, gas, coal, carbon, metals and power generation markets,

—   for Petroleum Edge: the development and sale of a software for the evaluation of the likely value of undeveloped oil and gas resources.

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 this 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. 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 M.7549 — CGG/Wood Mackenzie/JV, to the following address: