Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsges.m.b.H.; NÖ Agenden VOR
BWB/Z-6653
On 19.07.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsges.m.b.H (St. Poelten, Austria), a company ultimately owned by the Province of Lower Austria, intends to acquire from Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR) Gesellschaft m.b.H. the business area "Planning, ordering and handling of the Lower Austrian regional bus and on-demand transport services and the Lower Austrian regional railroads".
The proposed transaction relates to local public transport.
Industry sector: urban and suburban passenger land transport.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.08.2024.
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 17.08.2024 .