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Merger control
Case reference
CCENT/2006/34 - GCT/SPS/NUTRIFRESH
Acquiring
GCT - Gestão de Comércio Total, SGPS, S.A
Description
a holding company of the GCT Group, which, fundamentally, is directly or indirectly active in the wholesale and retail trading of food products. The group is composed of a significant number of undertakings, of which the most important are GCT - Distribuição Grossista SGPS SA, a sub-holding for the wholesale area and Grula, Coopertorres, Torrental, CRL, a cooperative of food retailers.
Acquired
Nutrifresh - Comércio de Produtos Alimentares, LDª
Description
the company´s corporate object is wholesale and retail food product trading, hotel activities, in particular catering and coffee, pastry and ice-cream shop activities, and other business.
Sector
  • Trade and Services
Activity (NACE)
  • I56 - Food and beverage service activities
Applicable legislation
Inapplicability (Law 18)
Notification thresholds
Inapplicability (Law 18)
Type of merger
Conglomerate
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Case description
Notified on 11 July 2006, this merger consists of the acquisition of sole control of NUTRIFRESH - COMÉRCIO DE PRODUTOS ALIMENTARES LDA (NUTRIFRESH) by GCT - GESTÃO DE COMÉRCIO TOTAL SGPS SA (GCT), via its subsidiary SPS - SOCIEDADE PORTUGUESA DE GESTÃO DE FORMATOS DE NEGÓCIOS E SERVIÇOS SA (SPS).
Timeline
2006-08-24
Competition Authority rules that the acquisition of sole control of NUTRIFRESH - COMÉRCIO DE PRODUTOS ALIMENTARES LDª by GCT - GESTÃO DE COMÉRCIO TOTAL SGPS SA is not covered by the obligation of prior notification to which Article 9 of the said Competition Law refers since the conditions for notification provided for in point 1 of that article are not fulfilled
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