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 \u201csummary of the transaction\u201d below, containing the information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n
This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible for it. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council\u2019s position on the proposed transaction.<\/p>\n
The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 adopted for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition, as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n
Names of the companies and groups involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature of the operation:<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic sectors concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline for interested third parties to submit their comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition of exclusive control by the company \u201cCox Water S.L\u201d over the company \u201cAbengoa SA\u201d, through the acquisition of all of the assets of the latter.<\/p>\n \u201cCox Water S.L\u201d is a Spanish limited liability company, whose registered office is located at Calle Energia Solar 1, CP 41014, Seville, Spain, and registered under number B13967260. It represents the branch of the \u201cCox\u201d group dedicated to the water sector, in particular the design, construction and operation of desalination plants, wastewater treatment facilities and drinking water supply infrastructure.<\/p>\n \u201cAbengoa SA\u201d is a Spanish public limited company, whose registered office is located at Calle Energia Solar 1, Campus Palmas Altas, 41014, Seville, Spain, and registered under number A41002288. The company is active in engineering, energy and water treatment. The target\u2019s activities in Morocco mainly concern the operation of the desalination unit in the province of Chtouka-A\u00eft Baha, as well as the operation of the Ain Beni Mathar thermo-solar power plant.<\/p>\n Done in Rabat on January 13, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 statement does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented. Names of the companies and groups concerned: The acquirer: the company ‘Cox Water S.L’; The target: the company ‘Abengoa SA’. Nature of the operation: Exclusive takeover. Economic sectors concerned: Seawater desalination sector; Terrestrial photovoltaic systems sector. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations: 10 days from the date of publication of this statement, i.e. January 26, 2026. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the exclusive takeover by the company ‘Cox Water S.L’ of the company ‘Abengoa SA’, through the acquisition of all the assets of this company. ‘Cox Water S.L’ is a Spanish limited liability company, with its registered office at Calle Energia Solar 1CP 41014, Seville, Spain, and registered under number B13967260. It represents the ‘Cox’ group branch dedicated to the water sector, particularly the design, construction, and operation of desalination plants, wastewater treatment stations, and drinking water supply infrastructures. ‘Abengoa SA’ is a Spanish public limited company, with its registered office at Calle Energia Solar 1 Campus Palmas Altas 41014, Seville, Spain, and registered under number A41002288. The company is active in engineering, energy, and water treatment. The target’s activities in Morocco mainly involve operating the desalination unit in the province of Chtouka-A\u00eft Baha as well as operating the Ain Beni Mathar thermo-solar power plant. Done in Rabat on January 13, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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