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| 7.7.2021 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 269/5 |
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7.7.2021

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 269/5

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10348 — Global Payments/Erste Group/Payone Businesses)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2021/C 269/05)

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This notification concerns the following undertakings:

| — | Global Payments Inc. (‘Global Payments’, USA), |
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Global Payments Inc. (‘Global Payments’, USA),

| — | Erste Group Bank AG (‘Erste Group’, Austria), |
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Erste Group Bank AG (‘Erste Group’, Austria),

| — | The Austrian POS merchant acquiring and POS terminal provision and management businesses (the ‘PAYONE Austrian Divestment Business’) of Ingenico Group S.A. (‘Ingenico’, France), belonging to Worldline S.A. (‘Worldline’, France). |
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The Austrian POS merchant acquiring and POS terminal provision and management businesses (the ‘PAYONE Austrian Divestment Business’) of Ingenico Group S.A. (‘Ingenico’, France), belonging to Worldline S.A. (‘Worldline’, France).

Global Payments and Erste Group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the PAYONE Austrian Divestment Business.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

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| — | for Global Payments: a financial services company that provides various payments solutions to merchants, issuers, businesses and consumers worldwide, |
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for Global Payments: a financial services company that provides various payments solutions to merchants, issuers, businesses and consumers worldwide,

| — | for Erste Holding: an Austrian financial services group which offers banking and financial services in Central and Eastern Europe, |
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for Erste Holding: an Austrian financial services group which offers banking and financial services in Central and Eastern Europe,

| — | for the PAYONE Austrian Divestment Business: providing point-of-sale (‘POS’) merchant acquiring services and POS terminal provision and management services in Austria. |
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for the PAYONE Austrian Divestment Business: providing point-of-sale (‘POS’) merchant acquiring services and POS terminal provision and management services in Austria.

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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.10348 — Global Payments/Erste Group/Payone Businesses

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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