Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – held on Tuesday, May 27, 2025

In accordance with Article 38 of the Internal Regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 12:30 p.m. under the chairmanship of Mr. Abdelaziz Talbi, Vice-President of the Competition Council, to examine the files submitted to it by the Council’s investigation services.

The section decided to authorize the following four economic concentration operations:

• Joint control acquisition by the company “Bitumed SA” of the company “Danosa Maroc SA” alongside the company “Derivados Asfalticos Normalizados SA”;
• Exclusive control acquisition by “ALFA LAVAL” of the companies “Fives Cryo SAS”, “Fives Cryo (Suzhou) CO.”, “Fives Cryo INC.”, “Fives Cryomec AG”, and “Fives Re Golbey”;
• Exclusive control acquisition of the company “Radici Partecipazioni SPA” by the company “LSF12 Rigel Investments SPA”;
• Exclusive control acquisition by the company “Watec SA” of the company “Watec Distribution SA”.