Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft; Energie 42 Beteiligungs GmbH
BWB/Z-6258
On 28.04.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft, Austria, intends to acquire a biomass power plant in Heiligenkreuz im Lafnitztal, Austria, including adjacent properties and the option to acquire a wood yard.
The proposed transaction concerns the generation of electricity from biomass.
ÖNACE Code D 35.11 – Production of electricity”
Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.05.2023.
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 27.05.2023 .