The President of UOKiK has given her consent to the company Czerwona Torebka to take over control of Merlin.pl

Czerwona Torebka is in control of group of companies engaged in constructing and managing shopping precincts. The Company Merlin.pl deals with Internet retail sales of goods (inter alia, books, audio-books, e-books and CD, DVD and Blu Ray discs). As a result of concentration Czerwona Torebka shall take over control of Merlin.pl.

Having completed antitrust proceedings, the President of the Office decided that the concentration would not lead to a significant restriction of competition.

Pursuant to the applicable regulations, any transaction is subject to notification to an anti-trust authority if it involves undertakings whose total turnover achieved in the preceding year exceeds EUR 1 billion worldwide or EUR 50 million in Poland.

Please note that information concerning all concentration-related antitrust proceedings conducted by the Office is available at the Office’s website.

Decisions granting consent to concentration schemes expire if the merger is not completed within 2 years from the decision issue date. Information about all concentration-related antitrust proceedings conducted by the Office is available at the Office’s website. For more information concerning merging of undertakings please see the specifically made study .

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Małgorzata Cieloch, Spokeperson for UOKiK

Department of International Relations and Communication

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