Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Caisse des dépôts et consignations; ORPEA S.A.
BWB/Z-6283
On 26.05.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Caisse des dépôts et consignations (France), a French public sector financial institution, intends to acquire a non-controlling stake of more than 25% in ORPEA S.A. (France), which is active in Austria via SeneCura and OptimaMed.
The concentration concerns the provision of services related to nursing homes, service residences, aftercare and (stationary and ambulatory) rehabilitation clinics, health resorts, and therapy clinics, as well as home care and domestic services.
Affected industry: Residential care activities.
Industry sector: Q - Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.06.2023.
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 24.06.2023 .