Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Raiffeisen OÖ Invest GmbH & Co OG; Parmbys Beteiligungen AG
BWB/Z-7015
On 28.07.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Raiffeisen OÖ Invest GmbH &Co OG (Austria) intends to acquire approx. 33.75% of the shares of and sole control over Parmbys Beteiligungen AG (Austria). The concentration concerns the business sectors generation of electricity, wholesale of solid fuels, steam and air conditioning supply and production of solid fuels from vegetable biomass.
C - MANUFACTURING C 16 - Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials, C 16.2 - Manufacture of products of wood, cork, straw and plaiting materials, C 16.26 - Manufacture of solid fuels from vegetable biomass, D - ELECTRICITY, GAS, STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY, D 35 - Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, D 35.1 - Electric power generation, transmission and distribution, D 35.12 - Production of electricity from renewable sources, D 35.3 - Steam and air conditioning supply, D 35.30 - Steam and air conditioning supply, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.8 - Other specialised wholesale, G 46.81 - Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.08.2025.
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 26.08.2025 .