Brussels, 8 May 2025
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control of the Transdev Group (“Transdev”), based in France, by Rethmann SE and Co. KG (“Rethmann”), based in Germany.
The transaction mainly concerns the operation of local public transport and shuttle and ferry services and systems in a number of EU countries.
The Commission concluded that the proposed merger would not raise competition concerns, as the companies are not active in the same or vertically related markets. The transaction was examined under the simplified merger control procedure.
More information is available on the Commission’s competition website , in the public case register under case number M.11893.