Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12337 – BOPARAN / HEIDEMARK) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2026-04-09
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, economic concentration, foodstuff, meat processing industry, meat product, merger control, poultry farming, poultrymeat, supplier








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2026/2095


9.4.2026






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12337 – BOPARAN / HEIDEMARK)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2026/2095)


1.   
On 31 March 2026, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Boparan Private Office Limited (‘Boparan’, United Kingdom),










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Heidemark GmbH and Altmärkische Putenmastgesellschaft mbH (‘Heidemark’, Germany).




Boparan will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Heidemark.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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Boparan is part of the Boparan Group, a vertically integrated poultry meat producer and food supplier. Within the EU, Boparan Group is primarily active inter alia through its Dutch subsidiary Storteboom Food Group, which is engaged in the slaughtering, processing and distribution of chicken products, operating facilities in the Netherlands and Poland. It also operates a turkey production site in Ireland,










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Heidemark is an integrated poultry slaughterer and processor based in Germany. Heidemark is vertically integrated and operates facilities for breeding, laying, rearing, fattening of turkey as well as slaughtering, cutting, processing, and distribution of poultry (turkey and chicken) products. Heidemark is mainly active in Germany, and has limited activities in other EU Member States, including Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Poland.






3.   
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.
Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (2), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.


4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed concentration to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.12337 – BOPARAN / HEIDEMARK
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Postal address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







(1)  
            OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  
            OJ C 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/2095/oj
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