Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Autohaus Sulzbacher GmbH & Co KG; AVAG Holding SE; Autohaus Mitterbauer GmbH
BWB/Z-5283
On 26.02.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Intended purchase of the business of Autohaus Mitterbauer GmbH, by Autohaus Sulzbacher GmbH & Co KG, an affiliate company of AVAG Holding SE.
Concerned business sectors include trade in new Toyota and Lexus Motor vehicels, used cars, repair and service of motor vehicles, trade in parts for motor vehicles.
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.03.2021.
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 27.03.2021 .