Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Raiffeisen Ware Austria Gruppe; FABU BeteiligungsgmbH
BWB/Z-6155
On 20.12.2022 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 FABU BeteiligungsgmbH (including its 100% subsidiary FABU Massivhaus HandelsgmbH),
Austria by RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, Austria.
Field of Activity: Modular building construction (planning, construction and sales of standardised single and semi-detached houses) as well as licensing
and franchising for modular building construction.
Industry sector: F - Baugewerbe/Bau
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 17.01.2023.
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 18.01.2023 .