Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Axalta Coating Systems Austria Holding GmbH; LACK & TECHNIK VertriebsGmbH; LACK & TECHNIK Graz Vertriebs GmbH
BWB/Z-7110
On 21.10.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
C - MANUFACTURING C 20 - Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, C 20.3 - Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics, C 20.30 - Manufacture of paints, varnishes and similar coatings, printing ink and mastics, G - WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE, G 46 - Wholesale trade, G 46.7 - Wholesale of motor vehicles, motorcycles and related parts and accessories, G 46.72 - Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 18.11.2025.
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 19.11.2025 .