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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  22.8.2022  
C(2022 ) 6136 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Hedin Mobility Group AB ,  
Box 2114,  
43102 Mölndal ,  
Sweden  
Hedin Automotive Switzerland AB ,  
Box 2114 ,  
43102  Mölndal ,  
Sweden   
Subject : Case M. 10814 – HEDIN / MOTOR -CAR  
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 28 July 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration 
pursuant to Article 4 of Counc il Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Merger Regulation) 
by which Hedin Mobility Group AB and Hedin Automotive Switzerland AB ( Hedin 
Group (Sweden))  intend  to acquire,  within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the 
Merger Regulation, sole control of the whole of Wiesenthal Autohandels AG’s 
operations in Slovakia, comprising Motor -Car Bratislava spol s.r.o. (‘Motor -Car’, 
Slovakia) and Mercedes -Benz Financial Service s Slovakia s.r.o. (‘MBFSS’, 
Slovakia) . The concentration is to be accomplished by way of  purchase of  shares3.  
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:  
—  Hedin Group is active in the wholesale and retail sale of new motor  vehicles 
and original equipment spare parts, the retail distribution of used motor 
vehicles and spare parts and the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles in 
                                                 
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 298, 5.8.2022, p. 70. 

 
2 Sweden, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and 
Finland,  
—  Motor -Car is ac tive in the retail distribution of motor vehicles and spare parts 
and the repair and maintenance of motor vehicles mainly in Czechia, Hungary 
and Slovakia,  
—  MBFSS is active in the provision of financing and leasing services that relate 
to the distributi on of vehicles of the Daimler brands in Slovakia.  
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the proposed concentrati on falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation , and of 
paragraph 5 (c) of the  Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations 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 proposed  concentration  and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreeme nt. 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 .