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The Competition Authority approves the buyers of the assets offered by Haga hf. and Olíuverzlun Íslands hf. following the merger of the companies.

29 November 2018
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Samkeppniseftirlitið heimilaði kaup Haga hf. á Olíuverzlun Íslands hf. (Olís) og fasteignafélaginu DGV hf. á grundvelli sáttar við Haga þann 11. september 2018. Samruninn var háður ítarlegum skilyrðum, sem ætlað var að ryðja úr vegi samkeppnishindrunum sem af honum leiddu. Þar á meðal skuldbundu Hagar sig til að selja þrjár dagvöruverslanir Haga, dagvöruhluta verslunar Olís í Stykkishólmi og fimm eldsneytisstöðvar Olís. Sáttina og nánari umfjöllun um hana má finna í frétt Samkeppniseftirlitsins frá 11. september 2018. Framkvæmd samruna Haga og Olís var háð því skilyrði að hæfur kaupandi fyndist að öllum framboðnum eignum. Er í sáttinni kveðið á um að kaupendur uppfylli tiltekin skilyrði sem fela m.a. í sér að þeir séu til þess fallnir og líklegir til að veita Högum og öðrum keppinautum umtalsvert samkeppnislegt aðhald. Í tengslum við sáttina gerðu Hagar annars vegar samning við Atlantsolíu um kaup á umræddum eldsneytisstöðvum og hins vegar samning við Ísborg ehf. um kaup á dagvöruverslununum þremur, auk dagvörusölu Olís í Stykkishólmi. Á grundvelli fyrrgreindrar sáttar var óháðum kunnáttumanni falið að meta þá kaupendur eignanna sem Hagar hafa samið við. Mat kunnáttumaðurinn báða fyrrgreinda kaupendur hæfa. Að undangenginni frekari athugun féllst Samkeppniseftirlitið á að Atlantsolía uppfyllti skilyrði sáttarinnar. Í ljósi álits kunnáttumanns og ákveðinna annarra atriða sem vörðuðu hæfi Ísborgar sem mögulegs kaupanda óskaði Samkeppniseftirlitið ítarlegra gagna frá fyrirtækinu um ýmis atriði sem tengjast hæfismatinu. Í kjölfar þeirrar athugunar komst Samkeppniseftirlitið að þeirri niðurstöðu að Ísborg uppfyllti ekki kröfur um hæfi kaupanda eignanna, a.m.k. að svo stöddu. Í kjölfarið var óskað á ný eftir mati Samkeppniseftirlitsins á hæfi Ísborgar. Réðust aðilar í tilteknar endurbætur á grundvelli þeirra athugasemda sem fram komu í niðurstöðu Samkeppniseftirlitsins. Í ljósi þeirra lagfæringa sem gerðar hafa verið af hálfu samningsaðila, sem og viðbótarskuldbindinga þeirra, hefur Samkeppniseftirlitið nú metið Ísborg hæfan kaupanda í skilningi sáttarinnar. Eitt þeirra atriða sem Samkeppniseftirlitið og óháður kunnáttumaður tóku til skoðunar var óhæði Ísborgar gagnvart Högum, einkum vegna tengsla fyrirsvarsmanns Ísborgar við óbeinan hluthafa í Högum. Að mati Samkeppniseftirlitsins girða umrædd tengsl ekki fyrir viðskiptin, m.t.t. til þeirra forsendna sem þau eru reist á. Í ljósi framangreinds er samrunaaðilum nú heimilt að framkvæma fyrrgreindan samruna Haga og Olís. Samkeppniseftirlitið mun birta ákvörðun vegna málsins, þar sem gerð verður nánari grein fyrir forsendum málsins, þar á meðal fyrrgreindu mati á hæfi kaupenda.

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