Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – Held on Tuesday, March 24, 2026

In accordance with Article 38 of the internal regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at 08:30, 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 then decided to authorize the following three economic concentration operations:

• Takeover of exclusive control of the company « Ballestra SpA » and its two subsidiaries « Buss ChemTech AG » and « Ballestra Engineering and Projects Pvt Ltd » by the company « NextChem SpA » ;
• Joint control of the company « Segula Holding SAS » by the companies « Eurazeo Se » and by « Eiffel Investment Group SAS » ;
• Acquisition by the companies « HongShan Capital Advisors Limited » and « Temasek Hondings (Private) Limited » of the indirect joint control of the company « Golden Goose Group SpA » and of all companies in which it holds a stake.