Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
MIT-EURO FOOD B.V.; MITSUI & CO., LTD
BWB/Z-6315
On 11.07.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
MIT-EURO FOOD B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, a company ultimately controlled by Mitsui, intends to acquire 33.86% of the shares but no controlling rights in Euricom S.p.A., Valle Lomellina, Italy, an Italian rice supplier.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.08.2023.
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 09.08.2023 .