Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
IREKS GmbH; MOLINO MERANO Srl
BWB/Z-5596
On 03.08.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Establishment of a joint venture for the production of specific sourdoughs between IREKS GmbH, Kulmbach, Germany, and MOLINO MERANO Srl, Lana (BZ), Italy.
The intended concentration concerns the production of sourdough.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.08.2021.
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 01.09.2021 .