Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
illwerke vkw AG; Nahwärme Dornbirn GmbH
BWB/Z-6451
On 18.12.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 74% of the shares in Nahwärme Dornbirn GmbH, Austria, by illwerke vkw AG, Austria. Nahwärme Dornbirn GmbH is a newly founded company that will emerge from the spin-off of the district heating network of Energie Werk Ilg GmbH.
Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.01.2024.
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.
On 10.01.2024 the applicant requested the extension of the deadline for the submission of an application for examination by six weeks, pursuant to § 11 (1a) Cartel Act. The deadline for the submission of an application for examinations by the administrative authorities is extended by six weeks, thus ending on 29.01.2024.
Withdrawal of the Merger Application: The Applicant withdrew the Merger Application on 26.01.2024.