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BRUSSELS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The following are mergers underreview by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EUmerger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways to acquire 49 percentstake in Italian airline Alitalia (notified Sept. 29/approvedNov. 14)
-- Private equity firm KKR and German insurerAllianz to acquire indirect joint control of vendingmachine operator Selecta (notified Oct. 13/deadlineNov. 17)
NEW LISTINGS
-- Private equity firm EQT to acquire German engineeringgroups Siemens's hearing-aids business (notified Nov.14/deadline Dec. 19/simplified)
-- CCMP Capital to acquire 47 percent stake in PQ Corp fromCarlyle Group (notified Nov. 14/deadline Dec.19/simplified)
-- U.S. investment management firm Varder Partners toacquire 51 percent of Spanish bank Popular's creditcard business (notified Nov. 14/deadline Dec. 12/simplified)
-- Yanfeng Automotive Trim Systems, a subsidiary of China'sbiggest automaker SAIC Motor Corp., to acquire Johnson Control's auto interiors business (notified Nov. 14/deadline Dec.19/simplified)
-- Privately-held Czech airline Travel Service to take a 34percent stake in national carrier Czech Airlines (notified Nov.14/deadline Dec. 12
-- ReAssure to acquire HSBC's pensionsmanufacturing business (notified Nov. 13/deadline Dec.18/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
-- French telecoms operator Orange to acquireSpanish provider Jazztel (notified Oct. 16/deadlineextended to Dec. 4 from Nov. 20 after the Spanish competitionauthority asked to review the case/commitments submitted on Nov.13)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
NOV 13
-- Chemicals company Albemarle to buy specialtychemicals producer Rockwood Holdings Inc (notified Oct.9/deadline Nov. 13)
NOV 14
-- Mexican chemicals producer Mexichem to buyGerman plastic maker Vestolit (notified Oct. 10/deadline Nov.14)
NOV 16
-- Private equity firms Blackstone and TPG to jointlyacquire British mortgage lender Kensington Group plc (notifiedNov. 11/deadline Dec. 16/simplified)
NOV 17
-- Private equity firm 3i to acquire Diamond Holding GmbHfrom German jewellery retailer Group Christ Juweliere undUnrmacher Seit (notified Nov. 12/deadline Dec. 17/simplified)
NOV 18
-- Property developer RREEF, a unit of Deutsche Bank, and German property consultancy ECE to jointlyacquire properties (notified Oct. 14/deadline Nov. 18)
NOV 21
-- Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) Ltd andSpanish transport services provider Ferrovial Aeropuertos S.A.U.which is part of Spanish builder Ferrovial, to acquirejoint control of British airport operator Airport Holdings NDH1from Heathrow Airports Holdings Ltd (notified Oct.17/deadline Nov. 21)
NOV 24
-- South Korea's Lotte Chemical Corp to acquireVersalis Elastomers Co. Ltd, which is a joint venture betweenItalian energy group ENI subsidiary Versalis and Lotte(notified Oct. 20/deadline Nov. 24/simplified)
NOV 26
-- Aerospace group Airbus and French engine makerSafran to set up a joint venture (notified Oct.8/deadline extended to Nov. 26 from Nov. 12 after the companiesoffered concessions)
-- Chinese conglomerate Fosun to purchase Frenchholiday group Club Mediterranee (notified Oct.22/deadline Nov. 26/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire AllianceAutomotive from Weinberg Capital Partners (notified Oct.22/deadline Nov. 26)
NOV 28
-- U.S. medical device maker Medtronic Inc toacquire Irish peer Covidien (notified Oct. 10/deadlineextended to Nov. 28 from Nov. 14 after Medtronic offeredconcessions)
-- Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan toacquire minority stake in laundry solutions company CSCServiceWorks from private equity firm Pamplona CapitalManagement (notified Oct. 24/deadline Nov.28/simplified)
-- Spanish insurance company Mapfre to buy theItalian and German businesses of Direct Line, Britain'slargest motor insurer (notified Oct. 24/deadline Nov.28/simplified)
DEC 1
-- Dutch insurer Aegon to acquire a 51 percentstake in Spanish insurers Aegon Santander Vida and AegonSantander Nao Vida, which are now solely owned by Spanish bankSantander (notified Oct. 27/deadline Dec. 1/simplified)
-- Mondelez International Inc and competitor D.EMaster Blenders to merge their coffee businesses innew company called Jacobs Douwe Egberts (notified Oct.27/deadline Dec. 1)
-- Oil major BP to acquire jet fuel business StatoilFuel and Retail Aviation (notified Oct. 27/deadline Dec. 1)
DEC 2
-- U.S. car seat and electrical power systems maker LearCorp to acquire car leather producer Eagle Ottawa LLCfrom private< investment firm Everett Smith Group Ltd (notifiedOct. 28/deadline Dec. 2/simplified)
DEC 4
-- French insurer CNP Assurances S.A. to acquire 51 percentof Santander Insurance Life Ltd, Santander Insurance Europe Ltdand Santander Insurance Services Ireland Ltd from Spanish bankSantander's (notified Oct. 30/deadline Dec.4/simplified)
DEC 5
-- Malaysian palm oil producer Sime Darby Bhd toacquire New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (notified Oct.31/deadline Dec. 5/simplified
-- U.S. chemicals company Eastman Chemical Co to buyU.S. peer Taminco Corp (notified Oct. 31/deadline Dec.5/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners to buy U.S.business software maker Tibco Software Inc (notifiedOct. 31/deadline Dec. 5/simplified)
DEC 9
-- U.S. healthcare information company IMS Health toacquire certain businesses from French healthcare softwareprovider Cegedim (notified Nov. 4/deadline Dec. 9)
DEC 10
-- Santander Consumer Finance, part of Spanish bankSantander, and French car maker Peugeot S.A. (PSA) toset up a series of joint finance companies (notified Nov.5/deadline Dec. 10)
DEC 11
-- Mining groups Anglo American and BHP Billiton to acquire joint control of manganese minerSamancor which is now solely controlled by BHP Billiton(notified Nov. 6/deadline Dec. 11/simplified)
-- Oil giant Saudi Aramco to buy a minority stake in SouthKorean refiner S-Oil Corp from Hanjin Group (notified Nov. 6/deadline Dec. 11/simplified)
DEC 15
-- France's Lafarge and Swiss peer Holcim to merge (notified with commitments on Oct.27/deadline Dec. 15)
FEB 5
-- Belgian telecoms group Telenet to acquire 50percent stake in Belgian broadcasting company De Vijver Media(notified Aug. 18/deadline extended for the second time to March5 from Feb. 5)
MARCH 11
-- U.S. orthopaedic products maker Zimmer Holdings to acquire rival Biomet Inc (notified Aug.29/deadline extended for the second time to March 11 from Feb.16)
MARCH 23
-- SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state energy company, to buy stakesin Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gasutility DEPA (notified Oct. 1/deadline extended to March 23 fromNov. 5 after the Commission opened an in-depth probe)
GUIDE TO EU MERGER PROCESS
DEADLINES:
The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 workingdays to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposedremedies or an EU member state's request to handle the case.
Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.
SIMPLIFIED:
Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces theclearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without givingany reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified asnon-simplified -- that is, ordinary first-stage reviews -- untilthey are approved. (Editing by Foo Yun Chee)
