Press Release: Mergers: Commission approves proposed acquisition of Lentjes by A-Tec Group

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the planned acquisition of Lentjes GmbH of Germany by Energy & Environment AG & Co KG (AEE), which forms part of the Austrian A-Tec group. Lentjes and AEE have overlapping activities primarily in the engineering and supply of waste-to-energy plants, used for the burning of municipal waste. The Commission's in-depth investigation (see IP/07/1208), opened on 3 August 2007, has shown that the concentration would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or a substantial part of it.