Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Avia AG; BayWA AG; OLF Deutschland GmbH; Shell Deutschland GmbH
BWB/Z-6077
On 12.09.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Avia AG and BayWa AG; both Munich, Germany, intend to each acquire 25% of the shares in OLF Deutschland GmbH; Hamburg, Germany, from Shell Deutschland GmbH, Hamburg, Germany.
Activity concerned: Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products, Web Portals.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 10.10.2022.
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 11.10.2022 .