The President of UOKiK issued her consent to a joint control over Van Pur taken by Royal Unibrew, Pura Birra and Zbigniew Wantusiak

Royal Unibrew leads a Danish corporate group in brewing industry. Pura Birra does not conduct operations. It only owns Van Pur shares. The third participant of the transaction is a natural person  who does not conduct economic activity. Van Pur is beer producer and distributor.

Under the existing regulations, a transaction is subject to a notification submitted to the antitrust authority if the transaction participants' combined turnover in the year preceding the notification exceeded 1 billion euro worldwide or 50 million euro in Poland

Upon the completion of antitrust proceeding, the President of UOKiK decided that the concentration shall not significantly restrict competition in Poland.

Under the existing regulations, a transaction is subject to a notification submitted to the antitrust authority if the transaction participants' combined turnover in the year preceding the notification exceeded 1 billion euro worldwide or 50 million euro in Poland.

Simultaneously, we would like to inform that the information on all antitrust proceedings related to concentrations conducted by UOKiK is available at the Office’s website.

Additional information for the media:
Małgorzata Cieloch, Spokesperson for UOKiK
Department of International Relations and Communication
Pl. Powstańców Warszawy 1, 00-950 Warszawa
Tel. +48 22 827 28 92, 55 60 106, 55 60 430
faks +48 22 826 11 86
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