Baggage-handling deal may be latest test of EU’s merger-referral system
By Andrew Boyce ( April 7, 2026, 07:01 GMT | Comment) -- The EU’s much-scrutinized system for referring mergers from the national level to Brussels could face fresh questions if Portugal or Spain asks the European Commission to review a small deal in the airport baggage-handling sector: Vanderlande’s purchase of Siemens Logistics. Rival provider Beumer wants the regulator to review the deal instead, saying it’s better placed to assess markets that impact across the bloc.The purchase of Siemens Logistics by a rival provider of baggage handling systems at airports raises fresh questions about the interplay between EU and national merger rules in the bloc....
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