Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Energie AG Oberösterreich Erzeugung GmbH; ÖBf Beteiligungs GmbH
BWB/Z-6750
On 24.10.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Transfer of significant assets (project development for wind energy projects in the Kobernaußerwald, Upper Austria) to the newly founded Windpark Kobernaußerwald FlexCo, which is to be controlled by Energie AG Oberösterreich Erzeugung GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energie AG Oberösterreich together with ÖBf Beteiligungs GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Österreichischen Bundesforste AG.
Economic sector(s) concerned: Electricity generation through renewable energy.
D - ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 21.11.2024.
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 22.11.2024 .