Complaint lodged before the Hellenic Competition Commission against the non-profit legal entity under private law under the name HELLENIC BANK ASSOCIATION” and the companies “DIAS INTERBANKING SYSTEMS S.A.”, “NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE S.A.”, “PIRAEUS BANK S.A.”, “ALPHA BANK S.A.” “EUROBANK S.A.” and “CARDLINK ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION SA” (now “SINGLE-MEMBER SOCIETE ANONYME FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION NETWORKS CARDLINK”)
Subject: Decision adopted on the joined cases concerning (a) the ex officio investigation conducted by the Directorate General for Competition (hereinafter “DGC”) into the market for the provision of banking services and, in particular, in the sub-markets for retail and corporate banking, card issuing and acquiring, as well as into the markets for interbanking systems, payment services and electronic transactions and (b) the ex officio investigation conducted by the DGC, following a complaint, into the markets for payment services, card issuing and merchant acquiring activities, provision of trading network services by use of electronic payment terminals and other devices, provision of acquiring processing services and interbanking systems, in order to determine whether there is an infringement of Articles 1 and 2 of Law 3959/2011 (Greek Competition Act), as in force, and 101 and 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter “TFEU”).
Subject: Clearance of the notified concentration concerning the acquisition by the company under the name «PIRAEUS BANK S.A.», on the basis of a mandatory public offer, of sole control over the company under the name «MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDING COMPANY S.A.», currently «MIG INVESTMENT GROUP HOLDING COMPANY S.A.»
Clearance decision on the notified concentration, pursuant to articles 5-10 of L. 3959/2011, concerning the acquisition by “Blantyre Capital Limited” of sole control over “IMITHEA Single Member SA Health clinics and Medical Diagnostic Centers” (Henry Dunant Hospital) within the meaning of article 5 par. 2(b) of L. 3959/2011, currently exercised by the holder of 100% of the share capital of IMITHEA, "BANK OF PIRAEUS SA" (hereinafter referred to as “Piraeus Bank”).
Subject: Clearance by the Hellenic Competition Commission (“HCC”) of the concentration concerning the acquisition by «EFT SERVICES HOLDING B.V.» (part of Euronet Worldwide, Inc group) of sole control of the Pireaus Bank merchant acquiring activities
Decision following prior notification of a concentration, according to articles 5-10 of L.3959/2011, regarding the acquisition of sole control, pursuant to article 5 par. 2b of L.3959/2011, over Piraeus Bank merchant acquiring activities by the company under the name “EFT SERVICES HOLDING B.V.”
Subject: Clearance by the Hellenic Competition Commission of the concentration concerning the acquisition of joint control by the companies (a) FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, through the company “HEALTHCARE INVESTORS II (GREECE) LLC” and (b) PIRAEUS BANK SA, over parts of the assets and liabilities of the company EUROMEDICA SA.
Decision on the concentration concerning the acquisition of joint control by the companies (a) FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, through the company “HEALTHCARE INVESTORS II (GREECE) LLC” and (b) PIRAEUS BANK SA, over parts of the assets and liabilities of the company EUROMEDICA SA.
Decision on the prior notification of a concentration, pursuant to Article 6 par. 1-3 of L. 3959/2011 by the banking company under the name “Piraeus Bank S.A.” regarding the acquisition of assets and liabilities of the Greek activity of the banking companies established in Cyprus a) “Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd”, b) “Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co Ltd” and c) “Hellenic Bank Public Company Ltd”.
Decision on the ex-officio investigation in companies that are active in the field of driving schools, to examine possible infringement of the provisions of articles 1 of former L. 703/1977 and current L. 3959/2011 & 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.
Decision on the prior notification of a concentration, pursuant to Article 6 par. 1-3 of L. 3959/2011 by the banking company under the name “Piraeus Bank S.A.” regarding the acquisition of sole control over the banking company under the name “Bank Millennium S.A.”.
Decision on a derogation request, according to article 9 par. 3 of Law 3959/2011, as in force, of the "PIRAEUS BANK SA", in relation to the acquisition of assets and liabilities of the Greek activity of the banking companies based in Cyprus (a) "BANK OF CYPRUS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED", (b) "CYPRUS POPULAR BANK PUBLIC CO LTD" and (c) "HELLENIC BANK PUBLIC CO LTD”.
Decision on the transaction notified by “PIRAEUS Bank S.A”, according to article 6 par. 1-3 of L. 3959/2011 (GG 93 Α΄/20.04.2011), concerning the acquisition of sole control over “GENIKI Bank S.A.”
Decision following prior notification of a transaction, according to article 6 par. 1-3 of L. 3959/2011, regarding the acquisition by “PIRAEUS BANK S.A.” of selected assets and liabilities of “AGROTIKI BANK OF GREECE S.A.” (ATE BANK), being under special liquidation.
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