Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Denzel KFZ GmbH; Jürgen Auer Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG
BWB/Z-6137
On 25.11.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Denzel-Group, through its group company Denzel KFZ GmbH, takes over the operation (asset deal) of a new car dealership as well as a car repair shop for vehicles
of the brand of the BMW Group, including an affiliated used car dealership, on location Gewerbeparkstraße 37, 3500 Krems.
The activity of the is Denzel-Group as well as the der Jürgen Auer Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG is trade in motor vehicles and the maintenance and repair of motor vehicles.
Denzel-Group is represented at a total of 24 operating sites throughout Austria; annual sales in 2021 amounted to EUR 811 million.
Jürgen Auer Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG has generated total annual sales of EUR 19,2 million at the site Gewerbeparkstraße 37, 3500 Krems.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 23.12.2022.
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 not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 24.12.2022 .