Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ziegler Holzindustrie GmbH & Co KG; HS Timber Porductions Sebes srl
BWB/Z-6250
On 20.04.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect acquisition of 100% of the shares and sole control in HS Timber Productions Sebes srl, Romania, by Ziegler Holzindustrie GmbH & Co KG, Germany.
Fields of activity and NACE-Code: Sawmilling and planing of wood; Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.05.2023.
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.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 20.05.2023 .