Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG; PelletsOne GmbH
BWB/Z-6144
On 12.12.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction concerns the planned acquisition of 100% of the shares in PelletsOne GmbH, Austria by RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, Austria.
Field of Activity: Pellets
Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.01.2023.
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 10.01.2023 .