Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
INHAUS Handels GmbH; SST Solar GmbH; EQ-Systems GmbH; A.B. Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-5781
On 26.11.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
INHAUS Handels GmbH (FN 207260 w), SST Solar GmbH (FN 316082 b) and A.B. Holding GmbH (FN 511231 k) intend to establish the SST Energy GmbH, which then acquires the material business units of SST Solar GmbH (FN 316082 b) and takes a 15% stake in EQ-Systems GmbH (FN 365122 w).
Affected business areas: trade, assembly and servicing of solar systems
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 27.12.2021.
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 28.12.2021 .