Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Connectivity Solutions GmbH; Eltako GmbH; BEGA Gantenbrink-Auslandsbeteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG; Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6074
On 08.09.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Foundation of the joint venture DBT Digital Building Technology GmbH & Co. KG, by Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Eltako GmbH, BEGA Gantenbrink-Auslandsbeteiligungs
GmbH & Co. KG and Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG (without acquisition of joint control) and transfer of assets to the joint venture.
Relevant industries: Manufacture of communication equipment
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 06.10.2022.
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 07.10.2022 .