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Bouygues S.A. / Equans S.A.S. merger inquiry

Competition Markets Authority

August 2
07:57 2022

Statutory timetable

Phase 1 date Action
2 August 2022 CMA to consider undertakings offered
19 July 2022 Decision announced
20 May 2022 to 7 June 2022 Invitation to comment
20 May 2022 Launch of merger inquiry

Phase 1

CMA to consider undertakings offered

2 August 2022: The CMA considers that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the undertakings offered by Bouygues S.A. and Equans S.A.S, or a modified version of them, might be accepted by the CMA under the Enterprise Act 2002.

Reference unless undertakings accepted

19 July 2022: The CMA has decided, on the information currently available to it, that it is or may be the case that this merger may be expected to result in a substantial lessening of competition within a market or markets in the United Kingdom. This merger will be referred for a phase 2 investigation unless the parties offer acceptable undertakings to address these competition concerns. The full text of the CMA decision will be published in due course.

Launch of merger inquiry

20 May 2022: The CMA announced the launch of its merger inquiry by notice to the parties.

Invitation to comment: Closed

20 May 2022: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is considering whether it is or may be the case that this transaction if carried into effect, will result in the creation of a relevant merger situation under the merger provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 and, if so, whether the creation of that situation may be expected to result, in a substantial lessening of competition within any market or markets in the United Kingdom for goods or services.

To assist it with this assessment, the CMA invites comments on the transaction from any interested party.

These comments should be provided by the deadline set out above.

Contact

Please send written representations about any competition issues to:

Josh Dawson: josh.dawson@cma.gov.uk

Wajahat Jilani: wajahat.jilani@cma.gov.uk

Published 20 May 2022
Last updated 2 August 2022 +show all updates
  1. CMA to consider undertakings offered published.

  2. Summary of phase 1 decision published.

  3. First published.

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