28.6.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 233/9

1.

On 17 June 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking TOTAL SA (‘TOTAL’, France) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Saft Groupe SA (‘Saft’, France) by way of public bid announced on 9 May 2016.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for TOTAL: Energy production in the gas and oil sector including (i) exploration and production; (ii) operations on the whole liquefied natural gas chain; (iii) refining and chemicals; (iv) trading and shipping; (v) marketing and services. TOTAL has activities in the sector of renewable energies including solar energy and biomass

—   for Saft: Design, development, manufacture and supply of rechargeable and non-rechargeable industrial batteries for a wide range of civil and military applications, including industrial infrastructure and transportation systems, smart cities and medical devices, energy storage and telecom networks, industrial vehicles and defence systems, and satellites and space applications.

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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number Case M.8072 — TOTAL/Saft, to the following address: