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”).
Clearance of the proposed concentration,according to articles 5-10 of L. 3959/2011, consisting in the acquisition of sole control, over the Merchant Acquiring Business Unit of Eurobank S.A. by "Worldline S.A.", within the meaning of article 5(2)(b) of L. 3959/2011.
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 applications for granting derogation, according to article 9 par. 3 of law 3959/2011, as in force, of the "EUROBANK ERGASIAS BANK SA " regarding the intended notification of its concentrations with the financial institutions "New Proton Bank SA" and "New Postal Savings Bank of Greece SA", according to l. 3959/2011.
Decision on the prior notification of a merger according to article 6 par. 1 - 3 of law 3959/2011 of the company "NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE SA" related to the acquisition of control over "EUROBANK ERGASIAS SA" by submitting an optional public offer for the acquisition of all the common registered voting shares.
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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