Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA; Eckelt Glas GmbH; Glas Ziegler Ges.m.b.H. - BWB/Z-5937 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA; Eckelt Glas GmbH; Glas Ziegler Ges.m.b.H.

BWB/Z-5937

19.04.2022

On 19.04.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA (Munich, Germany) intends to acquire the business operations of Eckelt Glas GmbH (Steyr, Austria) and Glas Ziegler Ges.m.b.H (Vienna, Austria). The concentration relates to the processing and distribution of flat glass in the construction industry.
Economic Sectors:  Shaping and processing of flat glass;  Wholesale of flat glass.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.05.2022.

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 18.05.2022 .

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