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| 17.5.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 187/13 |
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17.5.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 187/13

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10226 — Prosegur/Euronet/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 187/07)

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This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Prosegur Cash, S.A. (‘Prosegur’, Spain), belonging to the group controlled by Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad, S.A., and |
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Prosegur Cash, S.A. (‘Prosegur’, Spain), belonging to the group controlled by Prosegur Compañía de Seguridad, S.A., and

| — | EFT Services Holding B.V. (‘Euronet’, the Netherlands), belonging to the group controlled by Euronet Worldwide, Inc. |
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EFT Services Holding B.V. (‘Euronet’, the Netherlands), belonging to the group controlled by Euronet Worldwide, Inc.

Prosegur and Euronet acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Latam ATM Solutions, S.L. (‘JV’, Spain).

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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| — | The Prosegur group provides security services to companies, homes and businesses. Prosegur has three business lines: (i) alarms, (ii) security and (iii) cash. |
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The Prosegur group provides security services to companies, homes and businesses. Prosegur has three business lines: (i) alarms, (ii) security and (iii) cash.

| — | Euronet is an electronic payments provider. The Euronet group offers payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers and individual consumers. Its product offering includes among other things, ATM, point-of-sale (POS), all types of card and merchant acquiring services. |
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Euronet is an electronic payments provider. The Euronet group offers payment and transaction processing and distribution solutions to financial institutions, retailers, service providers and individual consumers. Its product offering includes among other things, ATM, point-of-sale (POS), all types of card and merchant acquiring services.

| — | The JV will own, develop and operate independent ATM networks and will provide outsourced ATM services to financial institutions in certain American (in particular, Central and Latin American) countries. These services will be exclusively provided outside the EEA. |
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The JV will own, develop and operate independent ATM networks and will provide outsourced ATM services to financial institutions in certain American (in particular, Central and Latin American) countries. These services will be exclusively provided outside the EEA.

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Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10226 — Prosegur/Euronet/JV

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

| European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

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(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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