Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Qatar Liquefied Gas Company; Shell Gas B.V.
BWB/Z-6152
On 16.12.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Shell Gas B.V., incorporated in the Netherlands, intends to acquire 25% of the total share capital in Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited (11), incorporated in the State of Qatar, from QatarEnergy Oil and Gas (1) Q.S.C. The contemplated transaction concerns production of natural gas (ÖNACE code: D.35.21 – Manufacture of gas).
Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.01.2023.
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 14.01.2023 .