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
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.<\/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 issued 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 observations<\/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 project concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cBale\u00e0ria Eurol\u00edneas Mar\u00edtimas, S.A.U\u201d of assets related to a part of the maritime transport activity of the group \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d in the Strait of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n \u201cBale\u00e0ria Eurol\u00edneas Mar\u00edtimas, SAU\u201d is a Spanish public limited company, with its registered office at Calle Estaci\u00f3n Mar\u00edtima S\/N, 03700, Denia, Alicante, Spain, registered with the Alicante Commercial Registry under Volume 2133, Page A-48549, Sheet 149, and with tax identification number NIF: A53293213. This company belongs to the Bale\u00e0ria group, active in maritime passenger and freight transport on routes connecting the Iberian Peninsula with the Balearic Islands, North Africa, and other destinations.<\/p>\n The assets in question include the assets of the \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d group necessary for the operation of the maritime route connecting the port of Algeciras and the port of Tanger Med, which notably consist of a single ship, the corresponding port concessions, the related public domain occupation contracts, ticket sales spaces in the relevant ports, the personnel necessary for its operation, as well as all the computer equipment and office materials used in this activity.<\/p>\n The selling companies are \u201cNaviera de Jand\u00eda SL\u201d, \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea Factoring SL\u201d, \u201cCompa\u00f1\u00eda Trasmediterr\u00e1nea SA\u201d, \u201cNaviera Armas SA\u201d, \u201cTrasmediterranea Shipping Maroc SARL\u201d, \u201cAgencia Schembri SA\u201d, and \u201cArtra Servicios Corporativos SL\u201d. These companies belong to the \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d group, which is a maritime operator active in regular passenger and freight transport, particularly on routes between Spain and North Africa, including in the Strait of Gibraltar.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Done in Rabat on March 5, 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 \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’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 involved: The acquirer: \u201cBale\u00e0ria Eurol\u00edneas Mar\u00edmas, SAU\u201d; The target assets: Assets related to a part of the maritime activity of the group \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d in the Strait of Gibraltar. Nature of the operation Acquisition of assets. Economic sectors concerned Regular maritime transport of goods by ro-ro ships; Regular maritime transport of passengers. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e., March 16, 2026. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by the company \u201cBale\u00e0ria Eurol\u00edneas Mar\u00edtimas, S.A.U\u201d of assets related to a part of the maritime transport activity of the group \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d in the Strait of Gibraltar. \u201cBale\u00e0ria Eurol\u00edneas Mar\u00edtimas, SAU\u201d is a Spanish public limited company, with its registered office at Calle Estaci\u00f3n Mar\u00edtima S\/N, 03700, Denia, Alicante, Spain, registered with the Alicante Commercial Registry under Volume 2133, Page A-48549, Sheet 149, and with tax identification number NIF: A53293213. This company belongs to the Bale\u00e0ria group, active in maritime passenger and freight transport on routes connecting the Iberian Peninsula with the Balearic Islands, North Africa, and other destinations. The assets in question include the assets of the \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d group necessary for the operation of the maritime route connecting the port of Algeciras and the port of Tanger Med, which notably consist of a single ship, the corresponding port concessions, the related public domain occupation contracts, ticket sales spaces in the relevant ports, the personnel necessary for its operation, as well as all the computer equipment and office materials used in this activity. The selling companies are \u201cNaviera de Jand\u00eda SL\u201d, \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea Factoring SL\u201d, \u201cCompa\u00f1\u00eda Trasmediterr\u00e1nea SA\u201d, \u201cNaviera Armas SA\u201d, \u201cTrasmediterranea Shipping Maroc SARL\u201d, \u201cAgencia Schembri SA\u201d, and \u201cArtra Servicios Corporativos SL\u201d. These companies belong to the \u201cArmas Trasmediterr\u00e1nea\u201d group, which is a maritime operator active in regular passenger and freight transport, particularly on routes between Spain and North Africa, including in the Strait of Gibraltar. Done in Rabat on March 5, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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