Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Atos Medical AB; TRACOE medical GmbH; XTR Holding Ltd
BWB/Z-5634
On 27.08.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Atos Medical AB, Malmö, Sweden, intends to acquire sole control over TRACOE medical GmbH, Nieder-Olm, Germany, and XTR Holding Ltd., Wetherby, United Kingdom.
Affected industry: Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies; Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.09.2021.
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 25.09.2021 .