Press Release: Commission gives conditional clearance to Total’s purchase from GDF of several gas assets in South-West and Central France

The European Commission has cleared, under the Merger Regulation, Total's planned acquisition from Gaz de France (GDF) of several gas assets in South-West and Central France, some of which were already jointly owned by Total and GDF. The Commission was able to give the green light after Total undertook to implement a number of measures aimed at ensuring fair and sufficient third party access to its natural gas transmission network and storage facilities in the South-West.