Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Land Salzburg Gesundheits-Holding GmbH; Tauernkliniken GmbH; Gemeinnützige Oberndorfer Krankenhausbetriebsgesellschaft mbH
BWB/Z-7133
On 14.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The province of Salzburg intends to take over the hospitals operated by Tauernkliniken GmbH (TK) and Gemeinnützige Oberndorfer Krankenhausbetriebsgesellschaft mbH (GOK) by integrating them into the healthcare holding company (Land Salzburg Gesundheits Holding GmbH), which is wholly owned by the province of Salzburg (merger within the meaning of § 7 [1], [3] Z 5 Kartellgesetz). To this end, the healthcare holding company is to acquire all shares (100%) in TK and GOK within the framework of share purchase agreements.
Affected business sector: Hospital structure.
R - HUMAN HEALTH AND SOCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES R 86 - Human health activities, R 86.1 - Hospital activities, R 86.10 - Hospital activities
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.12.2025.
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 13.12.2025 .