Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12181 – ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION / TATA AUTOCOMP / JV) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-12-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: bus, economic concentration, electrical engineering, electronics industry, joint venture, means of public conveyance, merger control, motor vehicle industry, underground railway, vehicle on rails








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6704


15.12.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12181 – ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION / TATA AUTOCOMP / JV)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6704)


1.   
On 2 December 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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Škoda Transportation a.s. (‘Škoda Transportation’), via its subsidiary, Rolling Stock Components s.r.o. (‘RSC CZ’), Czechia, ultimately controlled by PPF Group,










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TATA AutoComp System Limited (‘Tata AutoComp’), India, controlled by Tata Group,










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A newly created joint venture (‘Rolling Stock Components India Private Limited’ or the ‘Target JV’), India.




Škoda Transportation and Tata AutoComp will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Rolling Stock Components India Private Limited.
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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Škoda Transportation, via its subsidiary RSC CZ which is a privately-owned company and does not currently conduct any business activities, is a public transport vehicle manufacturer active in the Czech Republic, Baltics, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Finland, whose main business includes the production and supply of low-floor trams, electric locomotives, metro trains, suburban train units, trolley buses, and electric buses, as well as traction motors and complete electric powertrains for vehicles within the public transportation systems,










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Tata AutoComp is an Indian-based company supplying products and services to the Indian and global automotive OEMs as well as Tier 1 suppliers. Tata AutoComp has its own capabilities in Automotive Interior & Exterior Plastics, Composites, Sheet Metal Stampings as well as Engineering and Supply Chain.






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The business activities of the Target JV will be the production of power electronics for rolling stock for the Indian market.



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.12181 – ŠKODA TRANSPORTATION / TATA AUTOCOMP / 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/2025/6704/oj
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