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Brussels approves of the acquisition of Arrives Deutschland by Railroads of Stato and Cube Transport
The operation is sifted with the simplified procedure of examination of the concentrations
February 16, 2011
The EU commission has approved of the proposal of acquisition of Arriva Deutschland of the railway group German Deutsche Bahn (DB) by the Italian railway group Railroads of the State (FS) and of Cube Transport, society controlled from Cube Infrastructure Fund, a Luxemburgian active trust specialized in infrastructures and services publics in its turn controlled from bank group French BPCE.
The operation - Brussels has explained today - puts into effect the engagements assumed from Deutsche Bahn in the picture of its acquisition of the group Arrives and the Commission has concluded that the operation will not reduce in meaningful measure the competition in the territory of European economic Spazio (SEE) or in a its part.
Deutschland arrives, that it comprises Arrives Deutschland GmbH and Arriva Grundstücksgesellchaft, work in Germany in the fields of the transport of passengers via railroad and bus, of the transport of goods via railroad and bus, of the transfer goods and the services of maintenance.
The acquisition of the group Arrives by the Deutsche Bahn was approved of by the Europe Commission 11 August 2010 subordinately to the cession of the entire section of transport for railroad and for bus of It arrives in Germany.
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