Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller S.e.c.s.; Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
BWB/Z-6048
On 19.08.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The consortium Theo Müller S.e.c.s., Luxembourg, intends to acquire certain trademarks and related production sites for dairy products of Royal FrieslandCampina
N.V., Netherlands.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of dairy products
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.09.2022.
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 17.09.2022 .