Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
GATX Rail Germany GmbH; DB Cargo AG
BWB/Z-7080
On 30.09.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
GATX Rail Germany GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire 5,932 railcars used for the transportation of dry freight (Trockengüterwaggons) cars by way of a sale-and-lease-back arrangement from DB Cargo AG, Germany.
Industry sector: Rail cargo 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
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.10.2025.
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 29.10.2025 .