Case details

CCENT/2007/51 - SONAE DISTRIBUIÇÃO/CARREFOUR (PORTUGAL)

Carrefour Portugal Sociedade de Exploração de Centros Comerciais, S.A.

is a company belonging to the Carrefour Group. Carrefour Portugal carries out its activities exclusively within the territory of Portugal, where it is a retail food distributor, currently operating a chain of 12 hypermarket-format stores which operate under the trade name "Carrefour". Carrefour Portugal also markets fuel on a retail basis, through 8 fuel stations.

Sonae Distribuição

Sonae Distribuição, formerly called Modelo Continente, SGPS, SA, is the sub-holding company of the Sonae Group for the retail distribution area. Through this sub-holding company, the group operates in the area of food retailing and non-food retailing in Portugal, via a number of trade names, e.g. Continente, Modelo, Modelo Bonjour, Worten, Sport Zone and Vobis.

Art. 9(1)(a) and (b) (Law 18)

Turnover and market share

Horizontal

Closed

Phase 1