16.11.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 335/15

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.7082 — EVO/PKO/eService JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 335/04

1.

On 11 November 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which EVO Payments International LLC (‘EVO’, USA) ultimately controlled by EVO Holdco, Inc. (USA) and Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (USA), and Powszechna Kasa Oszczędności Bank Polski SA (‘PKO’, Poland) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over Centrum Elektronicznych Usług Płatnicznych SA (‘eService’, Poland) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for EVO: activities in the field of electronic transaction payment processing and related services in the USA, Canada and the EEA,

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for PKO: activities in the field of banking and financial services, including retail, corporate and investment banking, brokerage services, leasing, factoring, investment and pension funds and housing development services,

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for eService: activities in the field of processing of card payments made at Point of Sale terminals (POS) or through the Internet, prepaid mobile phones, top-ups sales via POS terminals and provides cash withdrawal services.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.7082 — EVO/PKO/eService JV, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).