Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH; ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH - BWB/Z-5488 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH; ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH

BWB/Z-5488

28.06.2021

On 24.06.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH, Germany, intends to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of and sole control over ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH, Germany.


The concentration concerns the helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul industry.

Industry sector:  Repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.08.2021.

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.

​On 21.07.2021 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 05.08.2021.

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 06.08.2021 .

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