EU rejects referral of Vanderlande-Siemens Logistics baggage handling deal
By Andrew Boyce ( May 13, 2026, 11:02 GMT | Insight) -- The EU’s merger regulator has declined to review Vanderlande's €300 million takeover of Siemens Logistics, saying it wouldn’t be “appropriate” to investigate a transaction that was implemented more than one year ago. Spain and Portugal’s competition authorities had asked the European Commission to scrutinize the deal.Vanderlande's takeover of Siemens Logistics won't be reviewed by the European Commission after the EU merger regulator said it wouldn’t be “appropriate” to investigate a transaction that was implemented more than one year ago....
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