Austria’s competition regulator has given the all clear for MediaforEurope (MFE) to invest in ProSiebenSat.1. The former Mediaset is looking to create a pan European TV platform. The merger was initially registered at the end of 2022 and initially withdrawn following the instigation of an examination by the BWB and Austria’s Antitrust Court. The Federal…
A general introduction to the most noteworthy features of the merger control regime in Austria, with particular regard to key developments over the past year.
Austrian law knows two – arguably three – versions of the principal witness rule: On the one hand, the "small" and "large" principal witness rules, found in Section 41a of the Austrian Criminal Code.