Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Hasslacher Holding GmbH, Sachsenburg; Lau Forst Gruppe
BWB/Z-5851
On 26.01.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Hasslacher Holding GmbH, Sachsenburg, Austria, intends to acquire 60 % of the shares in and sole control over undertakings of Lau Forst Gruppe.
Economic Sector: Support services to forestry, Logging, Wholesale of wood.
Industry sector: A - Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Fischerei G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.02.2022.
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 24.02.2022 .