Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Red Bull GmbH; Rauch Fruchtsäfte GmbH; Brandenburger Urstromquelle GmbH
BWB/Z-6110
On 19.10.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Red Bull GmbH, Austria, and Rauch Fruchtsäfte GmbH, Austria, each intend to acquire 50 % of the shares in Brandenburger Urstromquelle GmbH, Germany.
Economic Sector: filling and packaging.
Industry sector: N - Erbringung von sonstigen wirtschaftlichen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.11.2022.
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 17.11.2022 .