Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Bell Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG; Hermann Wein GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-7122
On 04.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
(In-)direct acquisition of Hermann Wein GmbH & Co. KG's ham production plant and the associated business property and associated assets of HK Verpachtungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG and further associated assets of FS Freudenstädter Spezialitäten OHG, by Bell Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG and its wholly-owned subsidiary Bell Schwarzwälder Schinken GmbH, all Germany.
C - MANUFACTURING C 10 - Manufacture of food products, C 10.1 - Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products, C 10.13 - Production of meat and poultry meat products
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 02.12.2025.
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 03.12.2025 .