Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11840 – SODECIA / HUF HOLDING / HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST / HUF – INDUSTRIEVERWALTUNG) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-04-14
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, joint venture, merger control, metal product, motor vehicle industry, vehicle parts








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/2276


14.4.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11840 – SODECIA / HUF HOLDING / HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST / HUF
INDUSTRIEVERWALTUNG)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/2276)


1.   
On 4 April 2025, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Sodecia Participações Sociais, S.G.P.S., S.A. (‘SODECIA’, Portugal), controlled by a Portuguese citizen,










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Huf Holding GmbH & Co. KG (‘Huf Holding’, Germany), controlled by German citizens.




SODECIA and Huf Holding will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG and Huf Industrieverwaltung GmbH (‘the JV’).
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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SODECIA is active in the development, production and distribution of metal stamping parts for automotive internal structures,










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Huf Holding – exclusively via the JV – is active in the development, production and distribution of car access and authorization systems.






3.   

The business activities of the JV are thus the development, production and distribution of car access and authorization systems.



4.   
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.


5.   
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.11840 – SODECIA / HUF HOLDING / HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST / HUF INDUSTRIEVERWALTUNG
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/2025/2276/oj
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