Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12170 – CRRC / GRAMPET / JV) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-12-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Hungary, after-sales service, carriage of goods, economic concentration, joint venture, maintenance, merger control, provision of services, vehicle on rails, wind energy








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6561


8.12.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12170 – CRRC / GRAMPET / JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6561)


1.   
On 19 November 2025, 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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CRRC Shandong Wind Power Co. Ltd. (‘CRRC Shandong Wind Power’, China), controlled by CRRC Group Corporation Co., Ltd (China),










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Grampet Group (‘Grampet’, Romania).




CRRC Shandong Wind Power and Grampet will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of a greenfield joint venture.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.


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






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CRRC Shandong Wind Power is active in manufacturing wind power equipment and providing wind-farm services globally. Relevant to the proposed concentration, it also manufactures and sells rail freight wagons in the EEA through a wholly owned subsidiary,










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Grampet is active in private rail freight transport, primarily in Southeast Europe. Its operations also include the manufacturing, maintenance, and repair of passenger coaches and freight wagons, as well as the provision of freight logistics and wagon leasing services.






3.   

The business activities of the joint venture will be the assembly, manufacturing and sales of newly built rail freight wagons. In the long term potentially, it will be active in after-sales services in Hungary, targeting market opportunities across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.



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 5 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.12170 – CRRC / GRAMPET / JV
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/2025/6561/oj
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