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The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting, via videoconference, on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, at 9:30 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After the approval of the minutes of the meeting of the Permanent Commission held on August 31, 2020, the commission decided to authorize the exclusive control by the company “Esprinet Iberica S.L.U” of the shares and voting rights of the company “GTI Software Networking S.A”. Furthermore, the Permanent Commission, after examining all aspects related to the operation of creating a joint venture “Essaouira Farm S.A” between the company “Nareva …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting at the Council’s headquarters on Monday, August 31, 2020 at 09:30, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Competition Council. After a thorough examination of the agenda items for this meeting, the Permanent Commission made the following decisions: – The decision of the Competition Council to grant the derogation provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 14 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition to the Group “Delfingen Industries S.A”, for the exclusive control, by this group, of the shares of Schlemmer Iberica S.A. …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting at the Council’s headquarters on Monday, August 10, 2020 at 09:30, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the items on the agenda of this meeting, the Permanent Commission made decisions to authorize three economic concentration operations, as they have no impact on competition in the relevant markets. These are the following operations: The exclusive control by the company “GarlandLaidley SGPS” of the shares of the capital and voting rights pertaining to the companies “Adatra SARL”, “Casalis SARL”, and “Cerex SARL”; …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting at the Council’s headquarters on Monday, July 13, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the first item on the agenda of the meeting, the Permanent Commission made decisions to authorize two economic concentration operations that do not impact competition in the relevant markets. These operations are as follows: The creation of a new company by the companies “VLT Investment 6 B.O” and “Voltalia Maroc”, owned by the “Voltalia” group; The acquisition by the company “CEVA Logistics …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting at the Council’s headquarters on Monday, July 13, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the first item on the meeting agenda, the Permanent Commission made decisions to authorize two economic concentration operations that do not have an impact on competition in the relevant markets. These are the following operations: The creation of a new company by the companies “VLT Investment 6 B.O” and “Voltalia Maroc”, owned by the group “Voltalia”; The acquisition by the company “CEVA …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting at the Council’s headquarters on Thursday, July 02, 2020, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. Following a thorough examination of the first item on the meeting agenda, the Permanent Commission decided to authorize the economic concentration operation related to the acquisition by the company “London Stock Exchange Group plc” of the share capital of the company “Refinitiv Parent Ltd”. The Permanent Commission also examined the point concerning the manual of procedural instructions. In this regard, the Vice-President of the Council, Mrs. Jihane Benyoussef, emphasized that …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting, via video conference, on Monday, June 22, 2020 at 10:00 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the items on the meeting agenda, the Permanent Commission decided to authorize the economic concentration operation related to the acquisition by the Company “CEPSA ComercialPetroleo S.A.U” of 40% of the shares and voting rights of the Company “Sorexi S.A” and the Company “Bitufile S.A” held by “Majdaline S.A”. Furthermore, the Permanent Commission reviewed the progress of the implementation guide adopted by the Competition …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting, by Video-conference, on Friday, June 12, 2020 at 10:00 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss GUERRAOUI, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the items on the meeting agenda, the Permanent Commission made decisions to authorize three economic concentration operations that do not have an impact on competition in the relevant markets. These decisions concern the following operations: The agreement between the company “Sabena Areospace S.A” and the Federal Company of Participations and Investments” for the creation of a joint company “Newco”; The exclusive control of the …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting, via videoconference, on Friday, June 5, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the items on the meeting agenda, the Permanent Commission decided to authorize three economic concentration operations that do not affect competition in the relevant markets. The decisions concern the following operations: The decision of the Competition Council regarding the exclusive control of the “Pharma Alliando Neftys” Group’s capital and voting rights related to “Pharmavet Maroc S.A” taken by the Permanent Commission meeting on June …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held its meeting, via videoconference, on Friday, May 22, 2020 at 11:00, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss Guerraoui, President of the Council. After a thorough examination of the items on the agenda, the Permanent Commission made decisions to authorize four economic concentration operations, which have no effects on competition in the relevant markets. The decisions concern the following operations: The acquisition of the company “Dislog Food” of 100% of the shares of the company “Fater Moroco”; The exclusive control by the company “Snetor S.A.S” of the shares and voting rights pertaining to …