Press Release: Mergers: Commission approves Statoil Fuel and Retail’s takeover of Shell’s Dansk Fuels, subject to conditions

On 23 March 2016, the European Commission approved under the European Union Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Shell's Danish retail and wholesale fuels business, Dansk Fuels, by Alimentation Couche-Tard of Canada, which operated in Denmark under the Statoil brand via its subsidiary Statoil Fuel and Retail ('SFR').

The transaction had been notified to the Commission on 4 February 2016.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Competition: Mergers http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/legislation/regulations.html

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