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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 06.03.2020  
C(2020 ) 1566 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying party  
Subject : Case M. 9649  – TSR RECYCLING / SIMS METAL MANAGEMENT 
(CERTAIN RECYCLING ASSETS)  
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 10 February 2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which  TSR Recycling 
GmbH & Co. KG and TSR Recycling Holding GmbH (together ‘TSR Recycling’, 
Germany), belonging to the Remondis group (Germany), which is ultimately 
controlled by Rethmann SE & Co. KG (Germany), acquire s within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Mirec B.V. 
(Netherlands), Sims M+R GmbH (Germany), Sims Recycling Solutions AB 
(Sweden), Sims Recycling Solutions Austrian Holdings GmbH (Austria) (together the 
‘Target Companies’), all belonging to Sims Metal Management Limited (US) by way 
of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 TSR Recycling : tradin g and processing of secondary raw material for steel 
producers and the foundry industry.  TSR Recycling collects, stores and processes 
metal and electronic scrap. TSR Recycling also offers waste disposal and 
environmental services. TSR Recycling operates re cycling facilities in Germany 
and across Europe,  
 
                                                 
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 56, 19.2.2 020, p. 8. 

2  Target Companies : electronic recycling and processing of metal mixtures from 
different recycling processes . The Target Companies operate facilities in 
Bergkamen (Germany), Eindhoven (Netherlands), Sint Niklaas (Belgium), 
Mullendorf (Austria) and Katrinenholm (Sweden).  
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(c) of the Commission  Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations 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 applicat ion 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 .