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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 29.8.2022  
C(2022 ) 6250 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Knorr -Bremse AG  
Moosacher Straße 80  
80809 Munich  
Germany  
Subject : Case M. 10781  – KB AG / KB SFN / KBJ  
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 4 August 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation , by which  the 
undertaking  Knorr -Bremse AG (‘KB AG’, Germany) will acquire within the meaning 
of Article 3(1)(b)  of the Merger Reg ulation sole control over Knorr -Bremse Systeme 
für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (‘KB SfN’, Germany), currently jointly controlled by KB 
AG and Rob ert Bosch GmbH (‘Bosch’, Germany), and Knorr -Bremse Commercial 
Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. (‘KBJ’, Japan), currently jointly controlled by KB AG 
and Bosch , by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned  are the following : 
 KB AG is a global supplier of braking and other systems for rail and commercial 
vehicles , 
 KB SfN supplies pneumatic braking solutions for medium and heavy commercial 
vehicles, as well as other products including transmission management solutions 
(clutch actuation units and gear control units), dampers, and steering systems , 
                                                 
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 307, 12.8.2022 , p. 10. 

 
2  KBJ comprises the largest part of KB AG’s Commercial Vehicles Systems 
business in Japan and supplies a range of products and systems for trucks, buses, 
trailers and a gricultural machinery, in particular pneumatic braking systems and 
steering systems, driver assistance systems, automated driving and electronic 
levelling control . 
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notifi ed operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (d) 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 notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in applicat ion 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.