Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel; Vermögensverwaltung eGen; Raiffeisen Agrar Invest AG
BWB/Z-5387
On 26.04.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified operation concerns the indirect acquisition of sole control of Raiffeisen Agrar lnvest AG, Vienna by RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria Handel und Vermögensverwaltung eGen, Korneuburg, which thereby also indirectly acquires a non-controlling shareholding of more than 25% in BayWa AG, Germany.
Industry sector: K - Erbringung von Finanz- und Versicherungsdienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.05.2021.
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 26.05.2021 .