Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG; KONSTANT Landtechnik GmbH; Schwarzmayr Landtechnik GmbH; agxor Vertriebsgesellschaft Ost GmbH
BWB/Z-7090
On 07.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Raiffeisen Waren-Zentrale Rhein-Main AG (Germany) and Konstant Landtechnik GmbH (Germany) intend to acquire joint control over Schwarzmayr Landtechnik GmbH (Austria) and AGXOR Vertriebsgesellschaft Ost GmbH (Austria), and Robert Schwarzmayr (Austria) intends to acquire a non-controlling shareholding of more than 25% in Schwarzmayr Landtechnik GmbH and indirectly in AGXOR Vertriebsgesellschaft Ost GmbH.
Economic sector concerned: Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies.
G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.6 - Wholesale of other machinery, equipment and supplies, G 46.61 - Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.11.2025.
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 05.11.2025 .