Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG; Galileo Lebensmittel GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6233
On 29.03.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Dr. August Oetker Nahrungsmittel KG, D-33617 Bielefeld, Germany, intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over Galileo Lebensmittel GmbH & Co. KG, D-54311 Trierweiler.
Industry sector: Manufacture of other food products.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 10.05.2023.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
On 24.04.2023 the applicant requested the extension of the deadline for the submission of an application for examination by two weeks, pursuant to § 11 (1a) Cartel Act. The deadline for the submission of an application for examinations by the administrative authorities is extended by two weeks, thus ending on 10.05.2023.
The Applicant withdrew the Merger Application on 08.05.2023.