Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council – Held on Tuesday, June 10, 2025

In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law No. 20-13 on the Competition Council, as amended and supplemented, the Permanent Commission of the Council held a meeting on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:30 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ahmed Rahhou, President of the Competition Council, to examine the files submitted to it by the Council’s investigative services.

At the beginning of its work, the Permanent Commission approved the minutes of its meeting held on June 5, 2025.

The Permanent Commission then decided to authorize the economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition of exclusive control by the company “VARO Energy B.V.” through its subsidiary “VARO Energy Marketing AG” of the company “Corral Petroleum Holdings AB” and its subsidiary Preem AB.