Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ECF S.A.S.; gastro total GmbH
BWB/Z-6097
On 03.10.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ECF S.A.S. (France), which is indirectly controlled by Naxicap Partners SA (France), which is indirectly controlled by BPCE S.A. (France), intends to acquire 100% of the voting shares and thereby sole control over gastro total GmbH (Germany). The concentration concerns the supply of turnkey solutions for professional kitchens.
ÖNACE Code: Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 31.10.2022.
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 01.11.2022 .