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: Approval of the notification of acquisition of sole control, by Worldline on the Merchant Acquiring Business Unit of Eurobank SA according to article 6 par. 1 to 3 of law 3959/2011, in the market of payment services.
Decision on the prior notification of a concentration according to article 6 par. 1 of law 3959/2011 concerning the change in the quality of the exercised joint control over the company “CARDLINK ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION NETWORK MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION SA” by the companies “ALPHA BANK SA” and “EUROBANK-ERGASIAS BANK SA" with the entry of the company “EDGEPAY HOLDINGS LIMITED", as a new shareholder, and the functioning of the joint controlled company as a functionally autonomous economic entity in the market.
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