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Cooperation Agreement between the Competition Council and the ANGSPE
The Competition Council and the National Agency for Strategic Management of State Equity Participations and Monitoring of the Performance of Public Institutions and Enterprises (ANGSPE) have signed a partnership agreement, as part of efforts to promote a competitive, fair economy based on the principles of good governance and respect for the rules of free and fair competition. Through this partnership, the two institutions intend to combine their efforts to promote compliance with competition rules within entities under the scope of ANGSPE, prevent anticompetitive practices such as anticompetitive agreements or abuse of dominant position, and encourage the establishment of more transparent …
Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council – held on Monday, October 27, 2025
In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law 20-13 of the Competition Council, the permanent commission held a meeting on Monday, October 27, 2025 at 9:30 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ahmed REHHOU, President of the Competition Council, to examine the file 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 October 23, 2025. The permanent commission made the decision to authorize the following economic concentration operation: The acquisition by “The Helicopter and Jet Company” of 76% of the capital and …
Statement from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the company ‘Gateway Investment Holdings Limited’ and the company ‘Fipar Holding SA’ of joint control of the companies ‘Morocco DataCenter MDC SAS’, ‘Munisys SA’ and ‘Medafrica Systems Medasys SA’
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the ‘summary of the operation’ below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this statement does not attest to the completeness of the file provided …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the direct and indirect acquisition by the company ‘Laprophan SA’ of joint control of the companies ‘Pian Holding BV.’, ‘Double-e Pharma Limited’ and ‘Rivopharm Limited’, alongside Mr. Piero Luigi Umberto Poli
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the ‘operation summary’ below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the exclusive takeover by the company ‘Domain Bidco Inc.’ of the company ‘Namecheap Inc.’
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 adopted for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the ‘summary of the operation’ below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by ‘V3 Gourmet Pte Ltd’ through its subsidiary ‘V3 Gourmet Morocco SARL’ of the exclusive control of the company ‘United Canister Corporation’
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the ‘operation summary’ below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information was prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in …
Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – held on Tuesday, October 21, 2025
In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the internal regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Tuesday, October 21 at 10:00 am, 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 made decisions to authorize the following economic concentration operations: Exclusive acquisition by the company “Platinum Equity Group” of the company “Play Holdings Inc” and all of its subsidiaries; Exclusive acquisition by the company “ISP Morocco Holdings SAS” of the company “American Academy Casablanca International …
Third edition of the competition ‘Simulation of the model of a competition authority’
The Competition Council is pleased to announce the launch of the third edition of the competition ‘Simulation of the model of a competition authority’, intended for students in competition law and economics in universities in Arab countries. It is worth mentioning that this competition is organized as part of the activities of the Arab Competition Network. Registrations are open until October 31, 2025. Please click here or scan the QR code to register. …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the exclusive takeover by the company ‘CMGP Group SA’ of the company ‘Compagnie de Produits Chimiques du Maroc SA’ through the acquisition of 92.5% of its capital and related voting rights
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the ‘operation summary’ below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the indirect exclusive takeover by Mr. Jawad YOUSSEFI through his company ‘City Dev SARLAU’ of the ‘Société d’Extension et Promotion du Golf de Benslimane SA’ by acquiring the remaining 49.54% of the share capital and related voting rights
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the below ‘operation summary’ containing information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of …
