Thalys wordt geherstructureerd
Geplaatst: di 23 sep 2014, 17:24
European Commission approves Thalys restructuring
The European Commission announced on September 22 that it had approved the restructuring of Thalys as a 60:40 joint venture between SNCF and SNCB. Operating high speed services from Paris to Brussels, Amsterdam and Köln, Thalys had originally been established in partnership with DB and NS.
During its investigation, the commission had found that the impact on competition would be ‘particularly limited’, given that the proposed restructuring principally involved the existing relationship between SNCF and SNCB. In addition, the new joint venture would face competition from DB on certain routes ‘in the near future’, while air and the private car provided competition with Thalys services on certain routes.
Welcoming the commission’s decision, SNCF and SNCB said that the new joint venture was expected to be launched in 2015.
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Met andere woorden: Thalys wordt Frans-Belgisch, de DB stapt eruit en NS krijgt dus géén aandeel in Thalys.
The European Commission announced on September 22 that it had approved the restructuring of Thalys as a 60:40 joint venture between SNCF and SNCB. Operating high speed services from Paris to Brussels, Amsterdam and Köln, Thalys had originally been established in partnership with DB and NS.
During its investigation, the commission had found that the impact on competition would be ‘particularly limited’, given that the proposed restructuring principally involved the existing relationship between SNCF and SNCB. In addition, the new joint venture would face competition from DB on certain routes ‘in the near future’, while air and the private car provided competition with Thalys services on certain routes.
Welcoming the commission’s decision, SNCF and SNCB said that the new joint venture was expected to be launched in 2015.
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Met andere woorden: Thalys wordt Frans-Belgisch, de DB stapt eruit en NS krijgt dus géén aandeel in Thalys.