Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN; Optimal Präsent GmbH
BWB/Z-6414
On 02.11.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, intends to indirectly acquire 100% of the shares in Optimal Präsent GmbH, 100% of the limited partner and general partner shares in AV Verlag Bankenbedarfsartikel GmbH Nfg. KG and Österreichischer Agrarverlag Druck und Verlags GmbH Nfg. KG as well as to indirectly acquire 50% of the shares in ÄrzteVerlag GmbH.
The ÖNACE code of the business line concerned is J 58.1 Publishing of books and periodicals; other publishing activities (excluding software).
Industry sector: J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.11.2023.
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 01.12.2023 .