Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Jacoby GM Pharma GmbH; Kwizda Pharmahandel GmbH; Richter Pharma AG - BWB/Z-4877 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Jacoby GM Pharma GmbH; Kwizda Pharmahandel GmbH; Richter Pharma AG

BWB/Z-4877

30.04.2020

On 30.04.2020 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Industry sector: N - Erbringung von sonstigen wirtschaftlichen Dienstleistungen

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.06.2020.

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.

On 26.05.2020 the applicant requested the extension of the deadline for the submission of an application for examination by two weeks, pursuant to § 11 (1a) Cartel Act. The deadline for the submission of an application for examinations by the administrative authorities is extended by two weeks, thus ending on 12.06.2020.

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 13.06.2020 .

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