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The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held a meeting on Friday, February 21, 2020 at its headquarters in Rabat. The members of the Commission proceeded to examine and approve the economic concentration transaction related to the acquisition by Carlisle Companies Incorporated of all the capital and voting rights of Draka Fileca s.a.s. In this context, the members decided to conduct a thorough study for the finalization of the investigation, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of article 15 of Law No. 104.12 on price freedom and competition. During this meeting, the Permanent Commission discussed the preparations for …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held a meeting on Thursday, January 16, 2020. This meeting was dedicated to the examination and approval of the Competition Council’s opinion project regarding the draft order of the Minister of Economy and Finance and Administrative Reform implementing the provisions of Law No. 17-99 on Insurance Code, concerning the guarantee against the consequences of catastrophic events provided for in Article 64-1 of the same law. During this meeting, the Permanent Commission also approved decisions regarding two economic concentration projects. The first concentration project concerns the acquisition by Ciments du Maroc of all the …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held a meeting on Thursday, January 09, 2020, in the presence of the vice-presidents of the Council, Ms. Jihane BENYOUSSEF, Mr. Abdelghani ASNAINA, Mr. Abdellatif El’MKADEM, and Mr. Hassan ABOUABDELMAJID, as well as Mr. Mohamed ABOUELAZIZ, Secretary General of the Council. This meeting was dedicated to the presentation and approval of two projects declared inadmissible decisions. The first decision project concerns the referral from the company Famacolor, regarding alleged unfair competition in the discontinuous polyester fiber sector. The second one deals with the referral from the company MIFA EQUIPMENT, regarding the tender for …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held a meeting on Thursday, December 19, 2019, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss GUERRAOUI. This meeting was dedicated to the presentation and approval of four decisions on economic concentration. The first concentration project concerns the Council’s decision on the acquisition by “Caisse des Dépôts et des Consignations” and “Total Quadran” of joint control of the companies “JBM Solar Nogara” and “Quadran Nogra”, currently exclusively owned by “Total Quadran”, operating in the renewable energy market. The second one relates to the acquisition by the company “Foncière KMR” of the entire hotel asset and …

The Permanent Commission of the Competition Council held a meeting on Thursday, December 12, 2019. This meeting was dedicated to the examination and adoption of decisions related to three economic concentration projects. The first project concerns the acquisition by the company “CB Holding SARL” of all the share capital and voting rights of the company “Delma d’investissements touristiques”, the second relates to the acquisition by “la Société Foncière KMR” of all the shares and voting rights of the company “Union Maroc Emirats for Tourism (UMET)” and the third project concerns the acquisition of the activities and assets of polyamides and …

The permanent commission of the Competition Council held a meeting on September 12, 2019, under the chairmanship of Mr. Driss GUERRAOUI, President of the Competition Council. This meeting was dedicated to the presentation and approval of two economic concentration projects, namely; the creation of a joint venture between the company “Nareva Enel Green Power Morocco” and the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, as well as the acquisition of 45% of the capital and voting rights of the company “Tana Agriculture Limited” by the company “Palmagri” affiliated with the company “Palmeraie Holding”. …