Non-Opposition to Orange Masorange Merger, Case M.12247
Summary
The European Commission cleared the Orange/Masorange merger (Case M.12247) on 10 April 2026, declaring the concentration compatible with the internal market under Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The decision indicates the merger raised no competition concerns warranting further investigation or remedies.
“On 10 April 2026, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market.”
What changed
The European Commission issued a non-opposition decision for the Orange/Masorange merger on 10 April 2026, based on Article 6(1)(b) of the EC Merger Regulation. This provision applies to concentrations that do not raise competition concerns of a degree sufficient to require a full Phase II investigation. The clearance confirms the transaction can proceed without divestitures or behavioral remedies.
Telecommunications companies pursuing mergers or acquisitions in the EU should note that concentrations meeting the EU thresholds will continue to undergo merger control review. The Commission's clearance without conditions suggests Orange/Masorange did not create or strengthen a dominant position or raise significant horizontal or vertical competition concerns under the significant impediment of effective competition standard.
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12247 – ORANGE / MASORANGE)
C/2026/2496
OJ C, C/2026/2324, 20.4.2026, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2324/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Non-opposition to a notified concentration
(Case M.12247 – ORANGE / MASORANGE)
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(C/2026/2324)
On 10 April 2026, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the EC Merger Regulation) (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:
| — | in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company name, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32026M12247. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2004/139/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2324/oj
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