Brussels, 22 January 2025
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by DP World Logistics Europe B.V. (‘DP World’) of the Netherlands and Arcese Transporti S.p.A. (‘Arcese’) of Italy.
The transaction relates primarily to the automotive components logistics sector.
The Commission concluded that the notified transaction would not raise competition concerns, given that the joint venture has negligible activities in the European Economic Area and the companies’ limited combined market position 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.11764.