Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DLH Fuel Company mbH; FSH Flughafen Schwechat-Hydranten-Gesellschaft GmbH & Co OG
BWB/Z-6664
On 31.07.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DLH Fuel Company mbH, Hamburg, Germany, intends to acquire 14.3 % of the shares in FSH Flughafen Schwechat-Hydranten-Gesellschaft GmbH & Co OG („FSH”), Schwechat, Austria, which will increase DLH Fuel Company mbH’s shareholding in FSH to more than 25 %. The proposed transaction relates to the operation and management of the hydrant system at Vienna International Airport.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.08.2024.
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 29.08.2024 .