{"id":39894,"date":"2025-03-20T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.preprod.io\/communique-du-conseil-de-la-concurrence-relatif-au-projet-de-concentration-economique-concernant-la-prise-par-la-societe-ocp-sa-a-travers-sa-filiale-zuari-maroc-phosphates-privat-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:27:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:27:20","slug":"press-release-from-the-competition-council-regarding-the-economic-concentration-project-concerning-the-acquisition-by-the-company-ocp-sa-through-its-subsidiary-zuari-maroc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-from-the-competition-council-regarding-the-economic-concentration-project-concerning-the-acquisition-by-the-company-ocp-sa-through-its-subsidiary-zuari-maroc\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d, through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d, of the indirect joint control of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &#038; Fertilizers Limited\u201d alongside the company \u201cZuari Agro Chemicals Limited\u201d, as well as the merger by absorption of \u201cMangalore Chemicals &#038; Fertilizers Limited\u201d by \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201coperation summary\u201d below, containing the information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s position on the proposed operation.<\/p>\n<p>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 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Names of the companies and groups concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The acquirer<\/strong>: the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><strong>The target\/Acquired entity<\/strong>: the company \u201cMangalor Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Acquiring entity<\/strong>: the company \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Nature of the operation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indirect joint control acquisition;<\/li>\n<li>Merger by absorption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Economic sectors concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Market for the extraction and supply of phosphate rock;<\/li>\n<li>Market for the production and supply of phosphoric acid;<\/li>\n<li>Market for the production and supply of fertilizers, diammonium phosphate \u201cDAP\u201d and monoammonium phosphate \u201cMAP\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e. April 2, 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d, through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d, of the indirect joint control of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d alongside the company \u201cZuari Agro Chemicals Limited\u201d, as well as the merger by absorption of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d by the company \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d is an Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. It is 50% owned by \u201cOCP SA\u201d and 50% by Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited, specializing in fertilizer trading activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMangalor Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d is a publicly traded Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. It specializes in the production and marketing of complex phosphate fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d is a publicly traded Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. It is mainly owned by \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d and specializes in the production and marketing of complex phosphate fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOCP SA\u201d is a Moroccan joint stock company registered with the Casablanca Trade Register under number 40327 and headquartered at 2-4, Rue Al Abtal Hay Erraha, Casablanca, Morocco. \u201cOCP SA\u201d is a major global company engaged in the extraction and sale of phosphate rocks, as well as their transformation into phosphoric acid, which it sells to third parties or processes to produce phosphate fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Done in Rabat, March 20, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 \u201coperation summary\u201d 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&#8217;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 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 \u201cOCP SA\u201d through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d; The target\/Acquired entity: the company \u201cMangalor Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d; Acquiring entity: the company \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d. Nature of the operation: Indirect joint control acquisition; Merger by absorption. Economic sectors concerned: Market for the extraction and supply of phosphate rock; Market for the production and supply of phosphoric acid; Market for the production and supply of fertilizers, diammonium phosphate \u201cDAP\u201d and monoammonium phosphate \u201cMAP\u201d. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations: 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e. April 2, 2025. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d, through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d, of the indirect joint control of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d alongside the company \u201cZuari Agro Chemicals Limited\u201d, as well as the merger by absorption of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d by the company \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d. \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d is an Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. It is 50% owned by \u201cOCP SA\u201d and 50% by Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited, specializing in fertilizer trading activities. \u201cMangalor Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d is a publicly traded Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. It specializes in the production and marketing of complex phosphate fertilizers. \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d is a publicly traded Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. It is mainly owned by \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d and specializes in the production and marketing of complex phosphate fertilizers. \u201cOCP SA\u201d is a Moroccan joint stock company registered with the Casablanca Trade Register under number 40327 and headquartered at 2-4, Rue Al Abtal Hay Erraha, Casablanca, Morocco. \u201cOCP SA\u201d is a major global company engaged in the extraction and sale of phosphate rocks, as well as their transformation into phosphoric acid, which it sells to third parties or processes to produce phosphate fertilizers. &nbsp; Done in Rabat, March 20, 2025<\/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-39894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d, through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d, of the indirect joint control of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &#038; Fertilizers Limited\u201d alongside the company \u201cZuari Agro Chemicals Limited\u201d, as well as the merger by absorption of \u201cMangalore Chemicals &#038; Fertilizers Limited\u201d by \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-from-the-competition-council-regarding-the-economic-concentration-project-concerning-the-acquisition-by-the-company-ocp-sa-through-its-subsidiary-zuari-maroc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d, through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d, of the indirect joint control of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &#038; Fertilizers Limited\u201d alongside the company \u201cZuari Agro Chemicals Limited\u201d, as well as the merger by absorption of \u201cMangalore Chemicals &#038; Fertilizers Limited\u201d by \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"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 \u201coperation summary\u201d 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&#8217;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 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 \u201cOCP SA\u201d through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d; The target\/Acquired entity: the company \u201cMangalor Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d; Acquiring entity: the company \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d. Nature of the operation: Indirect joint control acquisition; Merger by absorption. 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NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cOCP SA\u201d, through its subsidiary \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d, of the indirect joint control of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d alongside the company \u201cZuari Agro Chemicals Limited\u201d, as well as the merger by absorption of the company \u201cMangalore Chemicals &amp; Fertilizers Limited\u201d by the company \u201cParadeep Phosphates Limited\u201d. \u201cZuari Maroc Phosphates Private Limited\u201d is an Indian limited liability company with its registered office in India. 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