The Austrian merger control regime is set out in Part I, Chapter 3 of the Austrian Cartel Act 2005 (KartG). The turnover thresholds that trigger a merger filing requirement in Austria are among the lowest in the European Union. Furthermore, as the domestic turnover threshold is only based on the parties’ combined Austrian turnover, it is not required that at least two parties achieved a turnover in Austria in the last financial year under Austrian merger control rules.
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