Business & Commerce

#52026M12303EU merger notice for Parker-Hannifin’s planned acquisition of Filtration Group

🇪🇺European Union··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

Parker-Hannifin plans to acquire sole control of Filtration Group through a share purchase, and the European Commission is reviewing whether the deal falls under EU merger control rules. The case may be handled under the simplified procedure, which is usually used for transactions that appear unlikely to raise major competition concerns. Businesses, customers, suppliers, and competitors in engineering, motion-control, filtration, and separation technologies may want to monitor the review. Interested third parties have 10 days from publication to submit comments to the Commission, quoting case M.12303.

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Key Changes

  • Parker-Hannifin has notified the Commission of its planned acquisition of sole control over Filtration Group.
  • The Commission is considering the deal as a candidate for simplified merger review.
  • Interested third parties have 10 days from publication to submit comments.

Obligations

What this law requires

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Interested third parties that choose to submit observations on the proposed Parker-Hannifin/FGC concentration must ensure their observations reach the European Commission within 10 days of the notice publication and must specify reference M.12303 – PARKER-HANNIFIN / FGC.

interested third parties submitting observations
No later than 10 days following publication on 22 June 2026
reporting

Affected Parties

Parker-Hannifin CorporationFiltration Group Corporation+2 more…

Tags

EU merger control,competition,industrial engineering