Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ÄrzteVerlag GmbH; Verlagshaus der Ärzte, Gesellschaft für Medienproduktion und Kommunikationsberatung GmbH
BWB/Z-6621
On 17.06.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Ärzteverlag GmbH, FN 73635 m, which is indirectly owned in equal shares by RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung and Mag. Philipp Ita, intends to acquire all rights in connection with the editing, publication, reproduction and distribution of the trade journal "Medizin Populär" (the "Trade Journal") and the website "www.medizinpopulaer.at" (the "Website"), including the title, labeling, media, license, copyright, work use and domain rights associated with the Trade Journal and the Website.
The ÖNACE code of the business sector concerned is; Publishing of books and periodicals; other publishing (excluding software).
J - PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.07.2024.
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.