Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

ECOWIND Handels-& Wartungs-GmbH; EVN-Ökowind Sonnenstromerzeugungs GmbH - BWB/Z-6002 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

ECOWIND Handels-& Wartungs-GmbH; EVN-Ökowind Sonnenstromerzeugungs GmbH

BWB/Z-6002

01.07.2022

On 30.06.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

ECOWIND Handels- & Wartungs-GmbH (Kilb / Austria) intends to acquire 50% of the shares in and joint control over EVN-Ökowind Sonnenstromerzeugungs GmbH (Maria Enzersdorf / Österreich). The object of the target company is the construction and operation of a floating photovoltaic system in Lower Austria. 

Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.07.2022.

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 29.07.2022 .

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