Commitments: The French Competition Authority clears a merger in the private clinics sector, subject to conditions (MédiPôle Partenaires / Elsan)

*This article is an automatic translation of the original article, provided here for your convenience. Read the original article. By a decision of 23 June 2017, the Competition Authority authorised, subject to commitments, the acquisition of sole control of MédiPôle-Partenaires ("MPP") by Elsan Holding ("Elsan"). This merger between the number 2 (Elsan) and number 3 (MPP) in the market for private clinics in France gave rise to an operator of equivalent size to the number 1, Ramsay Générale de Santé ("RGDS"). Like the creation of RGDS, endorsed by the Authority in its Decision No 14-DCC-141 of 24 September 2014the commented transaction was examined after referral by the European Commission at the request of the notifying party. This is, in the words of the Authority itself in its press