Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
FS Logistix; Lineas NV
BWB/Z-6978
On 23.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
FS Logistix S.p.A., Italy, intends to acquire a non-controlling 30% share in Antwerp Mainhub Terminal, located in Belgium, from Lineas BV, Belgium.
Industry sector: freight handling and transport"
H - TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE H 49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines, H 49.2 - Freight rail transport, H 49.20 - Freight rail transport, H 49.4 - Freight transport by road and removal services, H 49.41 - Freight transport by road, H 49.42 - Removal services, H 52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation, H 52.2 - Support activities for transportation, H 52.24 - Cargo handling
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 21.07.2025.
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 22.07.2025 .