Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Energie AG Oberösterreich Erzeugung GmbH; WIG Wietersdorfer Holding GmbH; AAE Gamit d.o.o.
BWB/Z-6447
On 06.12.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 29.4% of the shares in AAE Gamit d.o.o., Slovenia, by Energie AG Oberösterreich Erzeugung GmbH, Austria, and of a further 25.2% of the shares in AAE Gamit d.o.o., Slovenia, by WIG Wietersdorfer Holding GmbH, Austria.
Economic sector(s) concerned: Electricity generation through renewable energy.
Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.01.2024.
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 04.01.2024 .