CELEX: 32022M10613
Language: en
Date: 2022-03-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21/03/2022 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10613 - PORSCHE AUSTRIA / WOLFGANG DENZEL AUTO / SAUBERMACHER DIENSTLEISTUNG / JV) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                               Brussels, 21.3.2022
                                                               C(2022) 1839 final
                                                                               PUBLIC VERSION
                                                               Porsche Austria GmbH & Co OG
                                                               Louise-Piëch-Straße 2
                                                               5020 Salzburg
                                                               Austria
                                                               Wolfgang Denzel Auto AG
                                                               Erdbergstraße 189-193
                                                               1030 Vienna
                                                               Austria
                                                               Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG
                                                               Hans-Roth-Straße 1
                                                               8073 Feldkirchen
                                                               Austria
Subject:        Case M.10613 – PORSCHE AUSTRIA / WOLFGANG DENZEL AUTO /
                SAUBERMACHER DIENSTLEISTUNG / JV
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 25 February 2022, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the
        undertakings Porsche Austria GmbH & Co OG (“Porsche Austria”, Austria),
        ultimately controlled by Volkswagen AG, the ultimate parent company of
        Volkswagen group, Wolfgang Denzel Auto AG (“Denzel”, Austria), controlled by
        “Familienstiftung W. Denzel” and individual members of the Denzel family and
        Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG (“Saubermacher”, Austria), solely controlled by
        Roth Privatstiftung, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the
1       OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on
        the Functioning of the European Union (‘TFEU’) has introduced certain changes, such as the
        replacement of ‘Community’ by ‘Union’ and ‘common market’ by ‘internal market’. The terminology
        of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.
2       OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the ‘EEA Agreement’).
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak---    Merger Regulation joint control in a newly established full-function joint venture by
   way of purchase of shares.3
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
       Porsche Austria GmbH & Co OG (“Porsche Austria”, Austria), ultimately
        controlled by Volkswagen AG, the ultimate parent company of Volkswagen
        group,
       Wolfgang Denzel Auto AG (“Denzel”, Austria), controlled by “Familienstiftung
        W. Denzel” and individual members of the Denzel family,
       Saubermacher Dienstleistungs AG (“Saubermacher”, Austria), solely controlled
        by Roth Privatstiftung.
3. The joint venture will provide (i) consulting services in relation to the handling and
   disposal/treatment of lithium batteries, (ii) special containers and (iii) selection of
   waste treatment partners.
4. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that
   the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of
   paragraph 5(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of
   certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.4
5. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European
   Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it
   compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is
   adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of
   the EEA Agreement.
                                                            For the Commission
                                                            (Signed)
                                                            Olivier GUERSENT
                                                            Director-General
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 104, 4.3.2022, p. 13.
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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