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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 31.03.2020  
C(2020 ) 2086 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9747  – Lagard ère Travel  Retail/BTA /JV 
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 6 March  2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which  Lagardère 
Travel Retail  S.A.S. (‘Lagardère’, France), belonging to the Lagardère group  (France) 
and BTA Havalimanlari Yiyecek Ve Icecek Hizmetleri A.S . (‘BTA’, Turkey) , 
belonging to the Aéroports de Paris group  (‘ADP’, France) acquire within the 
meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation  joint control by way of 
purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for undertaking Lagardère : offers travel retail and food services and is 
currently active in 39 countries worldwide, including Europe and the Middle -
East. Lagardère is an indirect wholly -owned subsidiary of Lagardère SCA, the 
ultimate parent company of the French Lagardère group t hat is listed on the 
Paris Stock Exchange,  
 for undertaking BTA: offers food and beverage services at airports and sea 
lines in nine countries in Europe and the Middle -East. It belongs to Aéroport 
de Paris SA’s group of companies that is incorporated in Fra nce and listed on 
the Paris Stock Exchange,  
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘Community ’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 83, 13.3.2020 , p. 71 . 

2  for the newly created joint venture: active in the operation of foodservices and 
travel retail services concessions at airports in Jordan, notably at Queen Alia 
International Airport in Amman.  
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (a) of the  Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain conce ntrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with t he EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .