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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  10.1.2020  
C(2020 ) 170 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9593  – PTT GC / ALPLA TH / JV  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 9 December  2019 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
conc entration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertaking s PTT Global Chemical Public Compa ny Limited (“PTT GC”, Thailand) 
and ALPLA TH Recycling beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b. H.A. (“ALPLA TH”, Austria) , 
a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Alpla Holding GmbH , acquire within the 
meaning of Article 3(1)(b ) and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation joint control over the 
whole of the undertaking ENVICCO Limited (“JV”, Thailand ) by way of purchase  of 
share s in a newly created company constituting a joint venture .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 PTT GC  manufactures and supplies upstream, intermediate, and downstream 
petrochemical products, including PolyEthylene Terephthalate (PET) and H igh 
Density Polyethylene (HDPE);  
 ALPLA TH develop s and produces rigid plastic packaging solutions such as 
packaging sy stems (i.e. bottles with caps/closure ), bottles, closures, 
injection -moulded parts, preforms and tubes;  
 JV will produce and supply mechanically recycled plastics, namely recycled 
PET and recycled HDPE, made from post -consumed packaging materials.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘Community ’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication  in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 425, 18.12.2019 , p. 56. 

2 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5 (a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain conce ntrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 .4 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier  GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .