Brussels, 3 September 2024
The EU Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of certain coal trading assets of Uniper Global Commodities SE (‘Uniper’) of Germany by EP Resources AG (‘EPR’) of Switzerland.
The transaction relates primarily to the thermal coal trading and dry bulk freight trading sectors.
The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given the companies’ limited market positions resulting from the proposed transaction. The notified transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.
More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.11585.