EUROPEAN COMMISSION DG Competition

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 03/12/2024

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32024M11742

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 3.12.2024 C(2024) 8668 final

PUBLIC VERSION

sennder Technologies GmbH Genthiner Strasse 34 10785 Berlin Germany

Dear Sir or Madam,

(1)(1) On 11 November 2024, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation, and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of the Merger Regulation, by which the undertaking sennder Technologies GmbH (‘sennder’, Germany) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the whole of the undertaking EST Europe Holdings B.V. (‘EST’, the Netherlands), controlled by C.H. Robinson Europe B.V. (‘CHR,’ the Netherlands) by way of purchase of 3shares. ()

(2)(2) The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:

–– sennder provides full truckload freight forwarding services, services ancillary to freight forwarding, and pay-per-use offerings for electric trucks. Sennder is mainly active in Europe,

–– EST provides full truckload and less-than truckload freight forwarding services, services ancillary to freight forwarding, and rail freight forwarding. EST is mainly active in Europe.

(3)(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

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() OJ C, C/2024/7051, 20.11.2024.

paragraph 5(d) of the Commission Notice on a simplified treatment for certain 4concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. ()

(4)(4) For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified treatment, 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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1 (the ‘Notice on a simplified treatment’).

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