UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO
RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Month of February 2005
EDP- Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Praça Marquês de Pombal, 12
1250-162 Lisbon, Portugal
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of
Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F x Form 40-F
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by
furnishing the information contained in this form
is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
Yes ¨ No x
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Lisbon, February 24th 2005 | |
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Reuters: EDPP.IN / EDP.N Bloomberg: EDP PL / EDP US
INVESTOR RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
Pedro Pires, Head of IR Gonçalo Santos Elisabete Ferreira Cristina Requicha Rui Antunes Catarina Mello
Phone +351 210012834 Fax: +351 210012899
Email: ir@edp.pt |
EDP FILES APPEAL AGAINST THE DECISION BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION BLOCKING THE ACQUISITION OF JOINT CONTROL OF GDP
As disclosed on December 14th 2004, EDP – ENERGIAS DE PORTUGAL, S.A. (“EDP”) received notice of the European Commission’s decision on the concentration by which EDP and ENI S.p.A. would acquire joint control over GDP – Gás de Portugal, SGPS, S.A. (“Decision”). In this Decision the Commission considered that such acquisition is incompatible with the common market, in accordance with Article 8(3) of Council Regulation no. 4064/89, of 21 December, on the control of concentrations between undertakings (“Merger Regulation”) and, as a consequence, not permitted.
Given its opposition to the Decision, and following a detailed analysis made by entities not involved in the initial notification, EDP has filed today, within the legally defined period, a judicial appeal with the Court of First Instance of the European Communities (“CFI”), pursuant to Art. 230 (4) of the EC Treaty, requesting the annulment of such Decision.
EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated February 25, 2005
| EDP- Energias de Portugal, S.A. | ||
| By: |
/s/ João Ramalho Talone | |
| Name: |
João Ramalho Talone | |
| Title: |
Chief Executive Officer |