Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
RHI Magnesita GmbH; Horn & Co. Minerals & Products Management GmbH; RHIM- und Horn-Gruppe
BWB/Z-5907
On 18.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
RHI Magnesita GmbH (Austria) and Horn & Co. Minerals & Products Management GmbH (Germany) plan to establish a joint venture into which the entire disposal and recycling activities of the RHIM and Horn Group in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the Western Balkans and Turkey, will be incorporated.
Industry sector: E - Wasserversorgung; Abwasser- und Abfallentsorgung und Beseitigung von Umweltverschmutzungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.04.2022.
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 30.04.2022 .