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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 13.09.2021  
C(2021) 6743 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
ALBA Asia Plastics Recycling Ltd.  
Unit 3608, AIA Tower,  
183 Electric Road, North Point,  
Hong Kong 
 
Swire Plastics Recycling Ltd,  
33/F Dorset House, Taikoo Place, 979 King’s Road, Quarry Bay,  
Hong Kong 
Subject : Case M.  10405 — Alba/Swire/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 20 August  2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertakings ALBA Asia Plastics Recycling Ltd. (Hong Kong), belonging to the 
ALBA group ultimately controlled by Dr. Axe l Schweizer and Dr. Eric Schweizer 
(“ALBA”, Germany) and Swire Plastics Recycling Ltd.  (Hong Kong), ultimately 
controlled by John Swire & Sons Ltd. (“Swire”, United Kingdom), intend to acquire 
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control 
over the whole of the undertaking ALBA Swire Plastics Recycling Ltd. (“JV”, Hong 
Kong) by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− ALBA is active in different areas of rec ycling, such as used glass, waste wood, e -
waste, organic waste, waste paper, plastics, metals and residual waste,  
                                                 
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 ‘ Commu nity’ 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 348, 30.8.2021, p. 6.  

 
2 − Swire is a conglomerate that is active in various industries, including beverages 
and food chain, aviation, marine services, trading & industrial and property, 
− The JV will be active in sourcing, collection, recovery, recycling and reprocessing of PET and high density polyethylene (“HDPE”) plastic waste in Asia. 
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 concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No  139/2004.
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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.