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Merger control
Case reference
CCENT/2007/76 - UDIFAR/CODIFAR/UNIÃO
Participant
Codifar - Cooperativa Distribuidora de Farmacêutica, C.R.L..
Description
The corporate purpose of CODIFAR is the acquisition of articles for pharmacies; the performance of activities in the area of laboratories for chemical and biological analysis; the industrial production of medicines or other products; and the contracting of representations, importation or agencying in connection with medicines and chemical, dietetic and cosmetic products, among others.
Participant
Udifar- Cooperativa de Distribuição Farmacêutica, C.R.L..
Description
The corporate purpose of UDIFAR is the wholesale trade in products for sale in pharmacies and the provision of services, in particular business and management consultancy, for its members.
Participant
União dos Farmacêuticos de Portugal, C.R.L..
Description
is to acquire, store and market medicines and chemical, dietetic, cosmetic and other products, as well as equipment and other devices, all for sale in pharmacies.
Sector
  • Supply and Food Industry
Activity (NACE)
  • G46 - Wholesale trade (include commission trade), except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Applicable legislation
Art. 9(1)(b) (Law 18)
Notification thresholds
Turnover
Type of merger
Horizontal
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Case description
Notified on 13 November 2007, with effect on 16 November 2007, this concentration consists of the merger of three cooperatives, UDIFAR - Cooperativa de Distribuição Farmacêutica CRL ("UDIFAR"), CODIFAR - Cooperativa Distribuidora Farmacêutica CRL ("CODIFAR") and UNIÃO dos Farmacêuticos de Portugal CRL ("UNIÃO"), into a single co-operative.
Timeline
2008-02-12
Competition Authority authorises the merging of three cooperatives into a single cooperative, namely UDIFAR - Cooperativa de Distribuição Farmacêutica CRL, CODIFAR - Cooperativa Distribuidora Farmacêutica CRL, and UNIÃO dos Farmacêuticos de Portugal CRL. The cooperatives are active, fundamentally, in the wholesale trade in pharmaceutical products
2007-11-22
Publication of the announcement
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