{"id":8997,"date":"2026-02-23T08:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8997"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:02:07","slug":"romanias-courier-sameday-proposes-competition-risks-mitigation-plan-to-smooth-cargus-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8997","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s courier Sameday proposes competition risks mitigation plan to smooth Cargus takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s Competition Council published for debate the action plan proposed by courier company Sameday, controlled by Dante International \u2013 the owner of eMAG marketplace \u2013 in its attempt to mitigate the competition risks posed by the planned takeover of peer company Cargus from MidEuropa Partners.<\/p>\n<p>The Competition Council previously announced that it had raised a series of concerns regarding the takeover of Cargus by Sameday, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profit.ro\/insider\/retail\/vanzarea-cargus-catre-sameday-compania-de-curierat-a-emag-isi-asuma-mai-multe-obligatii-document-22354523?mc_cid=922532070e&amp;mc_eid=cd1f92f96c\" target=\"_blank\">Profit.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The takeover of Cargus, a home delivery courier, \u00a0the second largest courier company in Romania, \u00a0will help Sameday better cover urban areas, Lucian Baltaru, Sameday&#8217;s CEO and shareholder, told Profit.ro.<\/p>\n<p>The action plan, published by the Competition Council, includes, among others, a commitment to maintain the commercial terms for Cargus\u2019 clients by the end of the week and a commitment to transfer the activities related to Cargus\u2019s automated parcel pickup points (Automated Parcel Locker \u2013 APM).<\/p>\n<p>Sameday also commits to implementing a procedure for managing the relationship with couriers involved in delivering orders for eMAG Marketplace merchants.<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing the observations received, the Competition Council may request modifications to the proposed commitments and\/or decide to accept or reject them.<\/p>\n<p>Last June, MidEuropa, a leading private equity investor with deep roots in Central Europe, announced an agreement to sell Cargus, the first private courier company on the Romanian market, to Sameday, a regional parcel carrier company backed by eMAG.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: Facebook\/Sameday)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romania\u2019s Competition Council published for debate the action plan proposed by courier company Sameday, controlled by Dante International \u2013 the owner of eMAG marketplace \u2013 in its attempt to mitigate the competition risks posed by the planned takeover of peer company Cargus from MidEuropa Partners. The Competition Council previously announced that it had raised a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}