Press Release: Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of German automotive spare parts dealer Europart by private equity fund Triton

The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the German automotive spare parts dealer Europart by the private equity fund Triton of Jersey. The Commission concluded that the transaction, because customers have sufficient alternative sources of supply, would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA)1 or any substantial part of it.