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Merger control
Case reference
Ccent/2024/37 - Avril Industrie / Ativos Metex
Acquiring
Avril Industrie
Description
Commercial company integrated into the French Avril business group, active in the production and marketing of oilseed products and in the livestock sector.
Acquired
Metex NoovistaGo (Ativos)
Description
Integrated commercial companies French business group Metex”, dedicated to the production and marketing of functional ingredients through industrial fermentation, in particular amino acids, used in the production of food for animal feed.
Sector
  • Extractive and manufacturing Industries
Activity (NACE)
  • C2014 - Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
Applicable legislation
Art. 37(1)(a) (Law 19)
Notification thresholds
Market Share threshold
Type of merger
Conglomerate
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description

The concentration operation consists of the acquisition, by Avril Industrie, of exclusive control over a set of tangible and intangible assets related to the production and commercialization of amino acids, held by Metex NoovistaGo and Metabolic Explorer S.A. (“Metex Assets”).
Timeline
2024-06-27
The AdC issued a non-opposition decision to the merger 37/2024 - Avril Industrie / Ativos Metex.
2024-06-11
Avril Industrie notifies the acquisition of exclusive control over Metex assets.
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