Press Release: Commission initiates in-depth examination of the planned Austrian fertilizer wholesale joint venture

The European Commission decided to initiate an in-depth examination into the proposed creation of the joint venture Inter-Fert Düngemittel GmbH (Inter-Fert) by the Austrian companies RWA Raiffeisen-Ware Austria AG (RWA) and AMI Agro Linz Melamine International GmbH (AMI), 30 September 2004. According to its first findings the Commission cannot exclude that the establishment of the joint venture by the leading Austrian manufacturer of fertilizers AMI and the most important agricultural wholesale organization RWA will create or strengthen a dominant position on the market for fertilizers in Austria and in bordering Bavaria.