CELEX: 32021M10054
Language: en
Date: 2021-10-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19/10/2021 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10054 - KOMBIVERKEHR / HUPAC / DX INTERMODAL JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                            Brussels, 19.10.2021
                                                            C(2021) 7582 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                            Hupac SA
                                                            Viale R. Manzoni 6
                                                            CH-6830 – Chiasso
                                                            Switzerland
                                                            Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für
                                                            kombinierten Güterverkehr mbH & Co. KG
                                                            Zum Laurenburger Hof 76
                                                            60594 – Frankfurt/Main
                                                            Germany
Subject:        Case M.10054 – KOMBIVERKEHR / HUPAC / DX INTERMODAL JV
                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 23 September 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Hupac SA
        (“Hupac”, Switzerland) and Kombiverkehr Deutsche Gesellschaft für kombinierten
        Güterverkehr GmbH & Co. KG (“Kombiverkehr”, Germany), jointly controlled by
        Deutsche Bahn AG and a group of forwarders and transporters, acquire within the
        meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of DX
        Intermodal JV (“DX Intermodal”, Germany).3 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:
             for Hupac: operator of multimodal freight trains network between the major
              European economic areas, as well as Russia and the Far East,
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 400, 4.10.2021, p.6.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak---        for Kombiverkehr: intermodal operator of a Europe-wide network for rail-road
        combined transport,
       for DX Intermodal: data hub for integrated, end-to-end real-time transmission of
        transport-related data and information for users of intermodal transport services in
        Europe.
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that
   the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of
   paragraph 5(a) 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 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.
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