Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Valeo Foods Group; Schluckwerder Holding GmbH - BWB/Z-5197 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Valeo Foods Group; Schluckwerder Holding GmbH

BWB/Z-5197

12.01.2021

On 11.01.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Valeo Foods Group, Ireland, intends to indrectly acquire all of the shares in and sole control over Schluckwerden Holding GmbH, Germany.

ÖNACE Code: Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery. 

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 08.02.2021.

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 09.02.2021 .

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