10 May 2012: Food retail
The Autorité de la concurrence clears the takeover by Carrefour of its franchisee Guyenne et Gascogne, which operates thirty-four food superstores in the south-west of France.
The Autorité de la concurrence has just cleared the takeover by Carrefour SA – head holding company of the Carrefour group – of Guyenne et Gascogne – head holding company of the Guyenne et Gascogne group –, which operates seven hypermarkets in the south-west of France1 under the brand name Carrefour and twenty-seven supermarkets2 under the brand names Carrefour Market and Champion, in accordance with affiliation agreements concluded with Carrefour from 1997 onwards.
The Autorité de la concurrence considers that this operation would not harm competition either on the upstream nationwide procurement markets or on the downstream local food retail markets affected by the operation. The Autorité considers that several competing brands are already active in each of the areas concerned and are in a position to compete effectively with Carrefour.
1These hypermarkets are located in Auch, Cahors, Condom, Dax, Mont-de-Marsan, Saint Jean de Luz and Tarnos.
2These supermarkets are located in Amendieux Oneix, Arudy, Pouzac, Bayonne, Cambo-les-Bains, Dax, Hagetmau, Hendaye, Lannemezan, Léon, Montréjeau, Nérac, Oloron, Pau, Peyrehorade, Pomarez, Salies-de-Béarn, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Saint Pierre d’Irube, Tarbes, Tarnos, Tartas, Urt, Valence-sur-Baïse and Villeneuve-de-Marsan.
> Full text of Decision 12-DCC-63 of 9 May 2012 will soon be published on our website
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