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The acquisition of Póstmiðstöðin ehf. by Árvakur hf. and 365 miðlar hf. The Competition Authority seeks comments on the merging parties' proposed conditions for the merger.

16 October 2018
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Samkeppniseftirlitið hefur nú til skoðunar kaup Árvakurs hf. og 365 miðla hf. á Póstmiðstöðinni ehf., en með samrunanum hyggjast samrunaaðilar sameina dreifikerfi sín fyrir dagblöð, tímarit og fjölpóst undir fyrirtækinu Póstmiðstöðinni sem þeir hyggjast reka sem dótturfélag.  

 Árvakur er útgáfufélag Morgunblaðsins og Torg ehf. dótturfélag 365 miðla er útgáfufélag Fréttablaðsins. Um er að ræða stærstu dagblöð landsins. Póstmiðstöðin er félag sem starfar á sviði dreifingar, m.a. dagblaða og fjölpósts. Póstmiðstöðin er dreifingaraðili Fréttablaðsins og annarra miðla. Landsprent ehf. er dótturfélag Árvakurs og hefur m.a. sinnt dreifingu Morgunblaðsins og annarra miðla.

The merging parties have stated their willingness to ensure third-party access to the Postal Centre's distribution network. The Competition Authority has presented its preliminary assessment of the merger to the merging parties and given them the opportunity to propose remedies that would address the competition concerns otherwise arising from the merger. The merger parties' proposals for conditions that could be imposed on the merger were received on 12 October 2018.

Samkeppniseftirlitið leitar nú sjónarmiða hagsmunaaðila við tillögum samrunaaðila. By this notice, the Competition Authority calls for the views of all parties who consider themselves to have an interest, etc.d. current customers of the aforementioned distributors, competitors of Árvakur and 365 media, and others who conduct any kind of business in this field or see a business opportunity in the market. The views of consumers are also sought.

Áréttað skal að Samkeppniseftirlitið hefur ekki tekið afstöðu til framlagðra tillagna samrunaaðila.   

For a more detailed presentation of the case, the Competition Authority provides access to the following documents:

Letter Samkeppniseftirlitsins til hagsmunaaðila, dags. 15. október 2018, þar sem nánari grein er gerð fyrir rannsókn málsins og tillögum samrunaaðila. 

Proposal from the merging parties on the conditions for the merger, dated 12 October 2018 .

Óskað er eftir því að sjónarmið berist eigi síðar en 22nd October not known. Aðilum er gefinn kostur á að koma sjónarmiðum sínum á framfæri, í bréfi, tölvupósti (samkeppni@samkeppni.is) eða síma (585-0700).

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