Current contents of the Federal Cartel Office

The Bundeskartellamt has cleared the takeover by Kaufland Dienstleistung GmbH & Co. KG of four large food retail stores in Bedburg, Chemnitz, Essen and Wesel from Globus Markthallen Holding GmbH & Co. KG following extensive market investigations in the first phase of its merger control proceeding.

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The ninth Franco-German Competition Day was held in Paris today, bringing together the Bundeskartellamt and the Autorité de la concurrence.

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The Bundeskartellamt has no objections at this point in time to the plans by Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG and AdAlliance GmbH, which belongs to RTL Deutschland, to jointly market Bauer’s advertising inventory through AdAlliance.

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The Bundeskartellamt has cleared plans by Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen SE to acquire the Katharinenhof group in the first phase of merger control. The Katharinenhof group is currently owned by Deutsche Wohnen SE.

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The Bundeskartellamt has imposed a fine of 2.79 million euros on Strabag AG, Cologne, for collusive behaviour in a tender procedure (bid rigging).

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The Bundeskartellamt has today cleared Thalia Bücher GmbH’s acquisition of assets of insolvent buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG.

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