Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
WIEN ENERGIE GmbH; ImWind-Gruppe
BWB/Z-6746
On 18.10.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
WIEN ENERGIE GmbH (Austria), a subsidiary of WIENER STADTWERKE GmbH (Austria), intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over a project portfolio in the renewable energy sector from the ImWind-Group (Austria). The project portfolio consists of the companies (i) IEL Mön I GmbH (ii) ImWind LOI Zwei GmbH & Co KG (including the general partner ImWind LOI Zwei GmbH) and (iii) ImWind PV HoRi
GmbH & Co KG (including the general partner ImWind PV HoRi GmbH; all based in Austria).
The intended concentration concerns generation of energy.
Affected business areas: Electricity supply.
D - ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 15.11.2024.
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 16.11.2024 .