{"id":43319,"date":"2022-09-19T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.preprod.io\/communique-relatif-a-la-reunion-de-la-commission-permanente-du-conseil-de-la-concurrence-95\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:15:23","slug":"press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law 20-13 concerning the Competition Council, the Permanent Commission of the Council held a meeting on Monday, September 19, 2022 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&#8217;s investigation services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">At the beginning of its work, the Permanent Commission approved the minutes of its meeting held on September 15, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The Permanent Commission then decided to authorize the following economic concentration operations:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Acquisition of indirect exclusive control of the company greenyellow S.A.S., by the company Ardian France S.A, through the acquisition of 72.04% of the share capital and voting rights related thereto;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Acquisition by the company WALSIN LIHWA CORPORATION of indirect exclusive control of the company COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI S.p.A. and its subsidiaries, through an acquisition vehicle;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Creation of a joint venture by the company Vivo Energy Maroc SA and the company Total Energies Marketing Maroc SA with the purpose of constructing and operating a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling center in the Taroudant region;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Acquisition of exclusive control of the company &#8220;Contabo Topco GmbH&#8221; and its subsidiaries by the company &#8220;Constellation BidCo GmbH&#8221;, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by various subsidiaries of the company &#8220;KKR &#038; Co. Inc&#8221;;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Acquisition of direct exclusive control of the company &#8220;Bollor\u00e9 Africa Logistics SAS&#8221;, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries involved in the operation, by the company &#8220;SAS SHIPPING AGENCIES SERVICES SARL&#8221; through the acquisition of 100% of the target&#8217;s share capital and voting rights, from the company Bollor\u00e9 SE.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law 20-13 concerning the Competition Council, the Permanent Commission of the Council held a meeting on Monday, September 19, 2022 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&#8217;s investigation services. At the beginning of its work, the Permanent Commission approved the minutes of its meeting held on September 15, 2022. The Permanent Commission then decided to authorize the following economic concentration operations: Acquisition of indirect exclusive control of the company greenyellow S.A.S., by the company Ardian France S.A, through the acquisition of 72.04% of the share capital and voting rights related thereto; Acquisition by the company WALSIN LIHWA CORPORATION of indirect exclusive control of the company COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI S.p.A. and its subsidiaries, through an acquisition vehicle; Creation of a joint venture by the company Vivo Energy Maroc SA and the company Total Energies Marketing Maroc SA with the purpose of constructing and operating a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling center in the Taroudant region; Acquisition of exclusive control of the company &#8220;Contabo Topco GmbH&#8221; and its subsidiaries by the company &#8220;Constellation BidCo GmbH&#8221;, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by various subsidiaries of the company &#8220;KKR &#038; Co. Inc&#8221;; Acquisition of direct exclusive control of the company &#8220;Bollor\u00e9 Africa Logistics SAS&#8221;, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries involved in the operation, by the company &#8220;SAS SHIPPING AGENCIES SERVICES SARL&#8221; through the acquisition of 100% of the target&#8217;s share capital and voting rights, from the company Bollor\u00e9 SE.<\/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":[383],"class_list":["post-43319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-2023-en"],"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 regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council - 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-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law 20-13 concerning the Competition Council, the Permanent Commission of the Council held a meeting on Monday, September 19, 2022 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&#8217;s investigation services. At the beginning of its work, the Permanent Commission approved the minutes of its meeting held on September 15, 2022. The Permanent Commission then decided to authorize the following economic concentration operations: Acquisition of indirect exclusive control of the company greenyellow S.A.S., by the company Ardian France S.A, through the acquisition of 72.04% of the share capital and voting rights related thereto; Acquisition by the company WALSIN LIHWA CORPORATION of indirect exclusive control of the company COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI S.p.A. and its subsidiaries, through an acquisition vehicle; Creation of a joint venture by the company Vivo Energy Maroc SA and the company Total Energies Marketing Maroc SA with the purpose of constructing and operating a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling center in the Taroudant region; Acquisition of exclusive control of the company &#8220;Contabo Topco GmbH&#8221; and its subsidiaries by the company &#8220;Constellation BidCo GmbH&#8221;, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by various subsidiaries of the company &#8220;KKR &#038; Co. Inc&#8221;; Acquisition of direct exclusive control of the company &#8220;Bollor\u00e9 Africa Logistics SAS&#8221;, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries involved in the operation, by the company &#8220;SAS SHIPPING AGENCIES SERVICES SARL&#8221; through the acquisition of 100% of the target&#8217;s share capital and voting rights, from the company Bollor\u00e9 SE.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-19T15:19:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-06T16:15:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Youssef OTMANE\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Youssef OTMANE\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Youssef OTMANE\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24b4bd1e24ccf3057c8fcb57662a0b81\"},\"headline\":\"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-19T15:19:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-06T16:15:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"keywords\":[\"2023\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/\",\"name\":\"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-19T15:19:14+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-06T16:15:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24b4bd1e24ccf3057c8fcb57662a0b81\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc\",\"description\":\"Conseil de la concurrence\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/24b4bd1e24ccf3057c8fcb57662a0b81\",\"name\":\"Youssef OTMANE\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/conseil-concurrence.ma\\\/en\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc","og_description":"In accordance with the provisions of Article 14 of Law 20-13 concerning the Competition Council, the Permanent Commission of the Council held a meeting on Monday, September 19, 2022 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&#8217;s investigation services. At the beginning of its work, the Permanent Commission approved the minutes of its meeting held on September 15, 2022. The Permanent Commission then decided to authorize the following economic concentration operations: Acquisition of indirect exclusive control of the company greenyellow S.A.S., by the company Ardian France S.A, through the acquisition of 72.04% of the share capital and voting rights related thereto; Acquisition by the company WALSIN LIHWA CORPORATION of indirect exclusive control of the company COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI S.p.A. and its subsidiaries, through an acquisition vehicle; Creation of a joint venture by the company Vivo Energy Maroc SA and the company Total Energies Marketing Maroc SA with the purpose of constructing and operating a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling center in the Taroudant region; Acquisition of exclusive control of the company &#8220;Contabo Topco GmbH&#8221; and its subsidiaries by the company &#8220;Constellation BidCo GmbH&#8221;, an acquisition vehicle wholly owned by various subsidiaries of the company &#8220;KKR &#038; Co. Inc&#8221;; Acquisition of direct exclusive control of the company &#8220;Bollor\u00e9 Africa Logistics SAS&#8221;, and its direct and indirect subsidiaries involved in the operation, by the company &#8220;SAS SHIPPING AGENCIES SERVICES SARL&#8221; through the acquisition of 100% of the target&#8217;s share capital and voting rights, from the company Bollor\u00e9 SE.","og_url":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/","og_site_name":"Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc","article_published_time":"2022-09-19T15:19:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-06T16:15:23+00:00","author":"Youssef OTMANE","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Youssef OTMANE","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/"},"author":{"name":"Youssef OTMANE","@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/24b4bd1e24ccf3057c8fcb57662a0b81"},"headline":"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council","datePublished":"2022-09-19T15:19:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-06T16:15:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/"},"wordCount":273,"keywords":["2023"],"articleSection":["Press Releases"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/","url":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/","name":"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council - Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-09-19T15:19:14+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-06T16:15:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/24b4bd1e24ccf3057c8fcb57662a0b81"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/press-release-regarding-the-meeting-of-the-permanent-commission-of-the-competition-council-41\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Press release regarding the meeting of the Permanent Commission of the Competition Council"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/","name":"Conseil de la concurrence du Maroc","description":"Conseil de la concurrence","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/24b4bd1e24ccf3057c8fcb57662a0b81","name":"Youssef OTMANE","url":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43319"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45502,"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43319\/revisions\/45502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conseil-concurrence.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}