Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
TATRAVAGÓNKA a.s.; G&S Rail Investments GmbH; ELH KG
BWB/Z-6597
On 29.05.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
TATRAVAGÓNKA a.s. (Slovakia) intends to acquire 100 % of the shares in and sole control over G&S Rail Investments GmbH (Switzerland), and, thereby indirectly, its 100 % subsidiary ELH Eisenbahnlaufwerke Halle GmbH & Co. KG (Germany).
The notified merger concerns the production and distribution of rolling-stock components.
ÖNACE-Code: Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.06.2024.
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 27.06.2024 .