Press release regarding the meeting of the Competition Council Section – held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026

In accordance with Article 38 of the internal regulations of the Competition Council, the Council Section held a meeting on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 09:30, 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.

For this purpose, the Section decided to authorize the following economic concentration operations:

• The acquisition by the company « Fives SAS » of the exclusive control of the company «Aries Industries SAS»;
• The acquisition by the company « Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengesellschaft », of the exclusive control of the company « ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd ;
• The establishment of a joint venture by the companies « Atlas FRM LLC » and « KPS Capital Partners, LP »;
• The indirect exclusive control acquisition of the company « Irca Group Luxembourg Midco 4 SARL » by the company « CVC Capital Partners PLC ».