Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions GmbH; VERMOP Salmon GmbH
BWB/Z-6289
On 07.06.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire all shares in and sole control over VERMOP Salmon GmbH, Germany.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.07.2023.
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 06.07.2023 .