Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Autonet Group Holding AG; Augsburg International Impex SRL
BWB/Z-5723
On 22.10.2021 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Autonet Group Holding AG with its seat in Switzerland intends to acquire a share of 51 % in Augsburg International Impex SRL with its seat in Romania.
Activity concerned: Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories; Wholesale with other machines and equipment
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.11.2021.
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 20.11.2021 .