Non-opposition to Notified Concentration M.12281

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Published March 25th, 2026

Detected March 25th, 2026

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The European Commission has published a notice regarding non-opposition to a notified concentration, Case M.12281, involving RCL CRUISES and MSC CRUISES. This notice indicates that the Commission will not oppose the proposed joint venture.

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This document is a notice from the European Commission (EUR-Lex Official Journal C-series) announcing its non-opposition to a notified concentration, identified as Case M.12281, involving RCL CRUISES and MSC CRUISES. The publication date is March 25, 2026. This signifies that the Commission has reviewed the proposed joint venture and has decided not to intervene on competition grounds.

For regulated entities, this notice is primarily informational. It confirms that the merger or joint venture between RCL CRUISES and MSC CRUISES has cleared the European Commission's competition review. No specific actions are required from other parties based on this notice, as it pertains to a specific transaction between the named companies.

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.12281 – RCL CRUISES / MSC CRUISES / JV)

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of the European Union | EN

C series |

| | C/2026/1916 | 25.3.2026 |
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.12281 – RCL CRUISES / MSC CRUISES / JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(C/2026/1916)

On 23 January 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 32026M12281. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law. |
(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

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