Bundeskartellamt

Summaries of merger control cases

Case summaries of selected merger control decisions issued in 2010.

The Bundeskartellamt’s decisions are available at Entscheidungen.

Our ref.	Case	Date	Sector
B2- 117/09	Bundeskartellamt clears merger between Heiner Kamps Beteiligungsgesellschaft and Nadler Feinkost et al.	12.04.2010	Production of delicatessen salads and fish specialties
B5 - 16/10	Creation of a joint venture between Rheinmetall AG and MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG	22.02.2010	Manufacture of other transport equipment
B6 - 98/09	Bundeskartellamt clears merger in the press wholesale sector between Roth + Horsch Pressevertrieb and Presse-Vertrieb Pfalz	30.03.2010	Press wholesale
B1 - 108/09	Withdrawal of notification in the Frischbeton Pfuhl merger control proceedings - No joint venture between Dünkel/Röhm/Schwenk	19.04.2010	Ready-mixed concrete
B2-137/09	Clearance of Merger between Pelikan International Corporation and Herlitz	17.03.2010	Manufacture of stationery
B5 - 17/10	Clearance of Acquisition of Faber-Benthin Group by Hunter Douglas	20.10.2010	Interior Sun Protection Systems
B8 - 109/09	RWE project regarding Energieversorgung Plauen and Lingen and Radevormwald utilities cleared subject to conditions	30.04.2010	Energy supply (electricity und gas)
B8 - 23/10	Bundeskartellamt clears sale of EnBW associate GESO to TWD	26.02.2010	Energy
B9 - 56/09	Bundeskartellamt clears acquisition of TUIfly flight routes by Air Berlin	04.09.2009	Flight services