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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2025/64 - Brisa / Axxès
Acquired
Axxès S.A.S.
Description
A French company that provides electronic toll collection services for heavy vehicles, operating in the French market. Its identifiers are accepted in 11 countries. Axxès offers specific services to international transportation companies, selling electronic toll collection devices that allow heavy vehicles, such as freight trucks, to easily pay at toll booths or identified by geolocation toll systems in France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, and also on bridges and tunnels connecting Denmark and Sweden. Since 2024, Axxès has also offered services for light vehicles.
Acquiring
Brisa - Auto-Estradas de Portugal, SA
Description
The parent company of the Brisa Group, an international economic group headquartered in Portugal and operating in the road infrastructure, road services, and mobility sectors, and, through Via Verde Portugal - Gestão de Sistemas Eletrónicos de Cobrança, S.A. (“Via Verde”) or other Brisa Group companies, in the mobility sector. In this context, it develops activities in (i) construction, maintenance, and operation of highway concessions; (ii) provision of support services for concessions; (iii) provision of mobility payment services; (iv) mobility technologies; (v) vehicle services; and (vi) occupational health and safety.
Sector
Activity (NACE)
Applicable legislation
Notification thresholds
Type of merger
Cooperation with sector regulators
  • AMT - Mobility and Transport Authority
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description

The concentration transaction consists of the acquisition, by Brisa – Auto Estradas de Portugal, S.A. (“Brisa”), of exclusive control of Axxès S.A.S. (“Axxès”), and its subsidiaries through the acquisition of 100% of the share capital and voting rights.

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