Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by « EP Equity Investment Sàrl » of the exclusive control of « Casino, Guichard-Perrachon SA », through the acquisition of 57% of the share capital and associated voting rights.
In accordance with Article 13 of Law 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 transaction » 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 transaction. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the appointment of members
Press release from the Competition Council In accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of Law No. 20.13 on the Competition Council, as amended and supplemented, which provides for the appointment of Council members for a term of five (5) years renewable only once, the first term of the Competition Council members expired on December 11, 2023, following their initial appointment on December 12, 2018, under Decree No. 1.18.963 published on the same date (Arabic version of Official Bulletin No. 6734). Upon the expiration of this term and in accordance with the provisions of Articles 9 and 10 of …
Joint communiqué on the Closing Conference of the institutional twinning on competition
Joint communiqué on the Closing Conference of the institutional twinning on competition The President of the Competition Council, Mr. Ahmed Rahhou, and the Ambassador of the European Union to the Kingdom of Morocco, Ms. Patricia Llombart Cussac, took part on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, in Rabat, in the opening of the closing conference of the institutional twinning with a consortium composed of competition authorities from three European Union (EU) member states, namely Italy, Greece, and Poland, under the supervision of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. This closing conference of the twinning program launched in December 2021 for a …
Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – held on Tuesday, December 12, 2023
In accordance with Article 38 of the Internal Regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 9:00 am, under the chairmanship of Mr. Hassan ABOUABDELMAJID, 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 two economic concentration operations: Acquisition by the company « BP Aero Buyer, LLC » of the exclusive control of the companies « BP Aerospace LLC », « BP Aero Services LLC », « BP Aero Tooling LLC », « BP Aero Corp …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the concentration project involving the exclusive takeover by the company “Dislog Group” of the company “Cultures de France”, through the acquisition of the remaining 49% of its share capital and related voting rights.
In accordance with Article 13 of Law 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. …
Press release from the Competition Council regarding the concentration project involving the exclusive takeover by Laprophan S.A. of the company AIF Pharma Maroc SA through the acquisition of 100% of its share capital and voting rights
In accordance with Article 13 of Law 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 …
Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – held on Tuesday, December 05, 2023
In accordance with the provisions of Article 38 of the internal regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Tuesday, December 05, 2023 at 08:45, under the chairmanship of Mr. Abdelghani ASNINA, Vice-President of the Competition Council, to examine the cases submitted to it by the Council’s investigative services. The section decided to authorize the following two economic concentration operations: The acquisition by “Atnahs Pharma UK Limited”, as the acquirer, through an asset purchase agreement, from “Sanofi S.A.”, as the seller, of a portfolio of pharmaceutical products and related assets; The acquisition by DFDS A/S of …