PostNL/Sandd

The Dutch competition authority ACM does not give permission for the planned acquisition of postal operator Sandd by PostNL (a successor of the former state-owned monopoly postal operator). The ACM concludes that the acquisition would “create in practice a monopolist in the postal delivery market” and “lead to a significant reduction of competition”.

At the request of the ACM, a CRA team reviewed the market definition analysis and assessment done by the ACM in this case, specifically for the markets for bulk mail for businesses and single-piece mail.

The summary of the ACM decision can be found here in English and the decision of the ACM can be found here in Dutch.