Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Lidl Osterreich GmbH; langfristige Anmietung einer Lebensmitteleinzelhandelsgeschäftsfläche von der Kolosseum Gesellschaft m.b.H und von WPSConsulting GmbH
BWB/Z-6166
On 23.12.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified project concerns the long-term lease of a food retail store space from Kolosseum Gesellschaft m.b.H. and from WPS Consulting GmbH by Lidl Österreich GmbH.
Field of Activity: Retail sale of food, beverages and tobacco in specialised stores
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 20.01.2023.
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 21.01.2023 .