Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt GmbH; Buchdruckerei Lustenau Gesellschaft mbH
BWB/Z-6124
On 11.11.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt GmbH and Buchdruckerei Lustenau Gesellschaft mbH, both Austria, intend to set up a full-function joint venture in Dornbirn, Austria.
The business sectors affected by the planned merger are " printing and media prepress" and “binding of printed materials and related services”
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.12.2022.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 28.11.2022 .