Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
BE Solution GmbH; Burgenland Energie AG; SOLAH Group GmbH
BWB/Z-6316
On 11.07.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Burgenland Energie AG (Eisenstadt / Austria) intends to acquire, indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiary BE Solution GmbH (Eisenstadt / Austria) a minority shareholding
of 25.02% in and joint control over SOLAH Group GmbH (Eisenstadt / Austria) including its subsidiaries.
The intended concentration concerns the development, construction, sale and monitoring of photovoltaic plants.
Affected business areas: Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung
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 .