Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
STEAG Walsum 10 Kraftwerksbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH; STEAG-EVN Walsum 10 Kraftwerksgesellschaft mbH
BWB/Z-5649
On 01.09.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
STEAG Walsum 10 Kraftwerksbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, a company of STEAG GmbH (Essen / Germany), intends to increase its shareholding in STEAG-EVN Walsum 10 Kraftwerksgesellschaft mbH (Essen / Germany) from currently 49% to 100% and thus acquire sole control.
The intended concentration concerns the production of electricity.
Affected business areas: Production of electricity
Industry sector: D - Energieversorgung
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.09.2021.
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 23.09.2021 .