Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ministerium für Bau und Verkehr Ungarns; Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG
BWB/Z-6681
On 13.08.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Hungary, represented by the Ministry of Construction and Transport, intends to acquire another 6.13% of the shares in and positive sole control over RAAB-OEDENBURG-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn AG and thereby increase its shareholding to 71.73%.
The Transaction concerns rail transport activities.
ÖNACE Code 2008: Passenger rail transport; H 49.2 – freight rail transport.
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 10.09.2024.
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 11.09.2024 .