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Press Release: The Acting General Rapporteur of the Competition Council indicates that an unannounced visit and seizure operation was carried out in the home delivery market.
The investigation and inquiry services of the Competition Council conducted, on October 22, 2024, an unannounced visit and seizure operation at a company suspected of implementing anti-competitive practices in the home delivery market. This visit and seizure operation was carried out with the authorization of the Public Prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the searched premises are located, and with the assistance of judicial police officers from the National Judicial Police Brigade designated for this purpose, in accordance with the provisions of Article 72 of Law 104-12 on price freedom and competition as amended and supplemented. It should be noted that at …
Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – Held on Thursday, October 24, 2024
In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the internal regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 11:00 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Adil BOUKBIR, 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 three economic concentration operations: Establishment of a joint venture, “Isopan S.p.A”, by “Marcegaglia Steel S.p.A” and “Manni Group S.p.A”; Project for the acquisition of exclusive control of the company “DS Smith Plc” by the company “International Paper Company”; Acquisition …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the companies “Pierer Industrie AG”, “Mark Mateschitz Beteiligungs GmbH” and “Raiffeisen Beteiligungsholding GmbH”, through the company “Robau Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH”, of joint control of the company “Rosenbauer International AG”
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 “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 intended operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in …
Press Release from the Competition Council regarding the establishment of the joint venture ‘Terafront Farmatech SL’ by the companies ‘Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi SA’, ‘Innvierte Economia Sostenible SICC, SME, SA’ and the company ‘Insud Pharma SL’.
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 planned operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file …
Press release on the progress of the referral from the company NAPS SA regarding the practices implemented by the CMI in the electronic card payment market
As part of the review of the referral from the company NAPS SA regarding the practices implemented by the Interbank Monetary Center SA (hereinafter: CMI) in the payment activities sector, POS and E-COMMERCE, the Acting General Rapporteur published, on September 27, 2024, the commitments proposed by the CMI and the nine shareholder banks of the latter, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 6 of Article 26 of decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented. It should be noted that the proposed commitments include a tariff component …
Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council – held on Monday, October 14, 2024
In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law No. 20-13 on the Competition Council as amended and supplemented, the Permanent Commission of the Council held a meeting on Monday, October 14, 2024 at 09:30, under the chairmanship of Mr. Ahmed Rahhou, President of the Competition Council, to examine the files submitted to it by the Council’s investigation services. At the beginning of its work, the Permanent Commission approved the minutes of its meeting held on October 10, 2024. The Permanent Commission then decided to authorize the following two economic concentration operations: The acquisition of exclusive direct control of …
Press Release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the company “The Carlyle Group Inc.”, through the company “CP Spruce Holdings, SCSp”, of the exclusive control of the renal care segment of the company “Baxter International Inc.”, known as “Vantive”
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 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 acquisition by the company “Imprimerie Nationale SA” of the exclusive control of the company “Idemia Identity & Security France SAS”, through the acquisition of 100% 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 “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 concentration project involving the joint takeover of the company “EPEGA SA” by the company “Valoris Equity Fund” through the acquisition of a 18.89% stake alongside the historical shareholders
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented, and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 adopted for its implementation, 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 involving the joint takeover by “Valoris Equity Fund” and “Valoris Alternative Investments Fund” of the company “Empower Holding SARLAU”, including its subsidiary “Somalev Crane And Logistics SA”, through the acquisition of respectively 27% and 18% of its capital and associated voting rights alongside “Mr. Mohammed MOUFID”
In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, the Competition Council makes available to the public the below “operation summary” 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 …
