Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
VR Equitypartner GmbH; AGC Verwaltungs- und Management GmbH; IDENTA Ausweissysteme GmbH
BWB/Z-6489
On 25.01.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The proposed transaction concerns the indirect acquisition of the majority of the shares in and joint control over IDENTA Ausweissysteme GmbH (Germany) by VR Equitypartner GmbH (Ger-
many) and AGC Verwaltungs- und Management GmbH (Austria).
The proposed transaction concerns the production and distribution of smart cards.
Affected business areas: Activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding and Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment"
C - MANUFACTURING K - TELECOMMUNICATION, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, CONSULTING, COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER INFORMATION SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.02.2024.
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 23.02.2024 .