Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft; CLS Ingenieur GmbH
BWB/Z-5910
On 25.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft, Linz, intends to indirectly acquire 44.1% of, and thus a controlling influence, over CLS Ingenieur GmbH, Guntramsdorf. The transaction constitutes a concentration under Section 7 (1) (3) and (5) of the Cartel Act.
Economic sectors: Engineering services
Industry sector: M - Erbringung von freiberuflichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.04.2022.
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 23.04.2022 .