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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10594 – SECURITAS / STANLEY SECURITY) (Text with EEA relevance) 2022/C 236/11
Date: 2022-06-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, provision of services, security services








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20.6.2022   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 236/110






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.10594 – SECURITAS / STANLEY SECURITY)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2022/C 236/11)

1.   
On 10 June 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).
This notification concerns the following undertakings:






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Securitas AB (‘Securitas’, Sweden),










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Electronic Security Business of Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (‘Stanley Security’, USA).




Securitas will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Stanley Security.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.
The same concentration was already notified to the Commission on 18 March 2022, but the notification was subsequently withdrawn on 11 April 2022.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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for Securitas: security service provider offering services in over 40 countries. It is active in the provision of a wide range of security services, including manned guarding, aviation security, electronic guarding, alarm monitoring and response, corporate risk management, fire services and other services such as parking and health and safety training,










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for Stanley Security: security service provider belonging to the Stanley Group and primarily active in the U.S. and the EEA, offering security systems for electronic guarding and related electronic security services of alarm monitoring and response world-wide, as well as packages and technology tailored to the healthcare sector in North America.






3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.



4.   
The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
Observations must reach the Commission no later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified:
M.10594 – SECURITAS / STANLEY SECURITY
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




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË







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