DCC Energy’s acquisition of 400 Esso-branded fuelling stations in France has been cleared by the European Commission.
The company announced the €106m deal last August, which would see it take control of 272 retail service stations, 48 motorway service stations and 67 service stations in France.
The majority of the sites are unmanned stations, where customers can pay use a credit or debit card to pay for their fuel at the pump.
The European Commission said the planned deal would not raise competition concerns as there were no overlaps between the two companies’ activities.
DCC Energy already operates a number of fuelling station networks in other countries and has sought to expand this business further.
Last year it acquired the Qstar chain of unmanned stations in Sweden, while in Ireland it operates the Emo network as well as Great Gas, which also uses unmanned stations.
