Announcement
27 Nov 2025
In November 2025, the European Commission initiated an in-depth investigation into CRRC's involvement in the bid for the construction of the Lisbon railway line under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation. In April 2026, the European Commission conditionally cleared the bid, requiring the consortium to replace Portugal CRRC.
Source
Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
21 Apr 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Recent update from 21 Apr 2026:
On 21 April 2026, the European Commission conditionally cleared the bid, requiring the consortium to replace Portugal CRRC with Polish rolling stock manufacturer PESA, a company not found to have r...
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