Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Stark Group Holding Austria GmbH; SCHILOWSKY, Baumarkt und Baustoffhandel KG
BWB/Z-6252
On 21.04.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Stark Group Holding Austria GmbH (Eberstalzell / Austria), a company of the STARK Group A/S (Frederiksberg / Denmark), intends to indirectly acquire from SCHILOWSKY, Baumarkt und Baustoffhandel KG (Neunkirchen / Austria) all assets and liabilities constituting the business operations of SCHILOWSKY, Baumarkt und Baustoffhandel KG. The proposed concentration concerns the sale of building materials.
Affected business areas: Other retail sale
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
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 .