Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
OMV Aktiengesellschaft; Rissbacher Walter GmbH
BWB/Z-5860
On 03.02.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Long-term lease of a truck filling station from Rissbacher Walter GmbH by OMV Downstream GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OMV Aktiengesellschaft.
Economic Sector: Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialized stores
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.03.2022.
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 04.03.2022 .