Transactions & Deals in Austria

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• Concentrations meeting the Austrian turnover thresholds or the transaction-value threshold must be notified to the Federal Competition Authority (Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde).

  Turnover test: combined worldwide turnover above EUR 300 million, Austrian turnover above EUR 30 million and at least two parties each above set amounts. Transaction-value test: worldwide turnover above EUR 300 million, Austrian turnover above EUR 15 million, consideration above EUR 200 million and substantial activity of the target in Austria.Unternehmensserviceportal (USP) · checked 2026-10-19

• In-depth merger reviews and decisions to prohibit are made by the Cartel Court (Kartellgericht), at the Higher Regional Court of Vienna, on application by the official parties.

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• The Investment Control Act (Investitionskontrollgesetz) requires approval for acquisitions by investors from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland of Austrian companies in listed sensitive sectors.

  Thresholds are 25% and 50% of voting rights, and also 10% in particularly sensitive sectors such as defence, critical energy and digital infrastructure, water and certain health research. In force since 25 July 2020.CMS · checked 2026-10-19

• Insolvency proceedings are governed by the Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung), and preventive restructuring by the Restructuring Code (Restrukturierungsordnung) adopted in 2021 under the EU Restructuring Directive.

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