EU Non-opposition to Concentration EFMS / DESOTEC

EUR-Lex Official Journal C-series

Published March 20th, 2026

Detected March 20th, 2026

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The European Commission has issued a notice of non-opposition to a notified concentration between EFMS and DESOTEC. This decision indicates that the Commission has reviewed the proposed concentration and found no grounds to initiate a Phase II investigation.

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The European Commission, through its Official Journal C-series, has published a notice regarding Case M.12272, concerning the concentration between EFMS and DESOTEC. The notice, dated March 20, 2026, states the Commission's non-opposition to this notified concentration, indicating that it has completed its preliminary review and has not identified any competition concerns that would warrant further investigation under EU competition law.

This publication signifies that the concentration is cleared to proceed. For compliance officers, this means that the merger or acquisition between EFMS and DESOTEC is permitted to move forward without further regulatory hurdles from the European Commission concerning antitrust and competition law. No specific actions are required from external parties as this is an informational notice of a decision.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12272 – EFMS / DESOTEC)

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| | Official Journal
of the European Union | EN

C series |

| | C/2026/1834 | 20.3.2026 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.12272 – EFMS / DESOTEC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(C/2026/1834)

On 17 March 2026, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/search). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32026M12272. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/1834/oj

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