Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Austrian Retail Park Holding GmbH; EO Vermietung GmbH
BWB/Z-2417
On the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Austrian Retail Park Holding GmbH, Austria, intends to acquire indirectly the majority of the shares (90%) of, and with it sole control of EO Vermietung GmbH, Austria (the operator and the owner of the shopping centre Oberwart). The merger plan concerns the economic sector leasing by trade surfaces.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.09.2014.
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 11.09.2014 .