22. 10. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 290/35 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19 July 1991 declaring the compatibility with the common market of a concentration (Case No IV/M068 — Tetra Pak/Alfa-Laval) Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) (91/535/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 of 21 December 1989 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (*), and in particular Article 8 (2) thereof, Having regard to the Commission Decision of 19 March - 1991 to initiate proceedings in this case, After consulting the Advisory Committee on Concentra- tions (%, Whereas : I. THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING This proceeding concerns a concentration which was notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 4 .of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The notification became effective on February 18 1991. The concentration consists of the proposed acquisition by Tetra Pak Interna- (") OJ No L 395, 30. 12. 1989, p. 1, rectified version O] No L 257, 21. 9. 1990, p. 13. @ OJ No C 275, 22. 10. 1991, p. 6. tional SA of all the share capital of Alfa-Laval AB by way of public bid. II. THE PARTIES In 1989, the last financial year for which figures are avail- able, Tetra Pak (Switzerland) had a world-wide turnover of ECU 3218 million, of which ECU 1 645 million was generated in the Community. Tetra Pak’s activity is limited to systems for packaging liquid food products. Two main categories of liquid packaging machines are - produced by Tetra Pak : those used for packaging liquid " under aseptic (sterile) conditions, and those used for pack- aging liquid for pasteurized milk and freshly squeezed fruit juice. Alfa-Laval AB is a Swedish company, quoted on the Stockholm stock exchange. In 1989, the last year for which figures are available, it had a world-wide turnover of ECU 2145 million, of which ECU 780 million was generated in the Community. Alfa-Laval is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of processing equipment. Its activities may be divided into three separate areas : — industry: Alfa-Laval produces five main types of industrial processing equipment : automation, dosing and analysing, flow equipment, separation and thermal equipment;