BRUSSELS, Feb 24 (Reuters) - The following are mergers underreview by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EUmerger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- French bank BPCE and Belgian private equity company GIMV to acquire joint control of Veolia Transport Belgium(approved Feb. 24)
NEW LISTINGS
-- French utility GDF Suez, Omnes Capital andPredica Prevoyance Dialogue du Credit Agricole to acquire jointcontrol of Futures Energies Investissements Holdings which isnow solely controlled by GDF Suez (notified Feb. 20/deadlineMarch 27/simplified)
-- Infrastructure operator Global Via Infraestructuras,which is 50 percent owned by Spanish bank Bankia, and LBEIP,which is a subsidiary of British lender Lloyds Bank toacquire joint control of Spanish hospital operator OHL Phunciona(notified Feb. 20/deadline March 27/simplified)
-- South Korean holding company Lotte to acquire jointcontrol of coffee maker Nestle Korea from Switzerland's Nestle (notified Feb. 19/deadline March 26/simplified)
-- U.S. agriculture machinery maker Agco Corp andGAZ, which is a unit of Rusian car maker Basic Element, to setup a joint venture (notified Feb. 18/deadline March25/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
-- U.S. food packager Crown Holdings to buy Spanishfood-can maker Mivisa Envases from investment funds theBlackstone Group, N+1 Mercapital and management (notifiedJan. 24/deadline extended to March 14 from Feb. 28 after CrownHoldings offered concessions)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
FEB 28
-- Investment fund Apollo Group and Spanish financialservices fund Fondo de Garantia de Depositos de Entidades deCredito to acquire joint control of air parts maker Synergy(notified Jan. 24/deadline Feb. 28/simplified)
-- Canadian investment fund Canada Pension Plan InvestmentBoard to acquire joint control of Luxembourg-based propertydeveloper Parque Principado from real estate developer IntuHolding S.a.r.l (notified Jan. 24/deadline Feb. 28/simplified)
MARCH 4
-- Publisher Aller Media AB and Swedish publisher EgmontHolding AB to acquire joint control of online publisher Mediafy,which is now controlled by publisher Bonnier Tidskrijfter (notified Jan. 28/deadline March 4)
MARCH 5
-- U.S. chemical maker Huntsman Corp to acquire U.S.peer Rockwood Holdings's titanium dioxide pigmentsbusiness (notified Jan. 29/deadline March 5)
MARCH 6
-- Russian oil producer Lukoil to acquire Italianenergy company ISAB Energy S.r.l and ISAB Energy Services S.r.l.(notified Jan. 30/deadline March 6/simplified)
MARCH 7
-- U.S. fuel products provider World Fuel Services Corp to buy British petroleum products distributor WatsonPetroleum Ltd (notified Jan. 31/deadline March 7/simplified)
MARCH 14
-- Spanish builder Sacyr and Lloyds Bank unit LBEIP to acquire joint control of hospital operator HC(notified Feb. 7/deadline March 14/simplified)
-- Asset management company Brookfield andJapanese shipper Mitsui O.S.K. Lines to acquire jointcontrol of U.S. port operator International Transportation Inc,which is now solely controlled by Mitsui (notified Feb.7/deadline March 14/simplified)
-- French insurer Predica, which is a subsidiary of Frenchbank Credit Agricole, and Aviva France toacquire joint control of a French property developer (notifiedFeb. 7/deadline March 14/simplified)
MARCH 17
-- Ireland's Kendrick Investments Ltd to take sole controlof Irish oil company Topaz Energy Group and Irish investmentfund Resource Property Investment Fund Plc (notified Feb.10/deadline March 17/simplified)
-- U.S. card payment services company WEX andBritish peer Radius to acquire joint control of ExxonMobil's European fuel card buisness (notified Feb. 10/deadlineMarch 17/simplified)
MARCH 18
-- British pension fund Universities Superannuation SchemeLimited (USS) to acquire 49.9 percent of British air trafficcontroller The Airline Group Ltd whose shareholders are BritishAirways, Easyjet and Monarch Airlines (notified Feb. 11/deadliine March 18)
MARCH 31
-- Swiss cement maker Holcim to buy some ofMexican peer Cemex's assets in Europe . (notified Sept. 3/deadline extended for the second time to May 2from March 31)
APRIL 23
-- Switzerland-based INEOS and Belgian chemicals companySolvay to form a joint venture (notified Sept.16/deadline extended for the third time to April 23 from March21)
APRIL 24
-- Hutchison 3G UK to acquire Telefonica Ireland,a unit of Spanish telecoms provider Telefonica (notified Oct. 1/deadline extended to April 24 from March 24)
MAY 14
-- Spanish telecoms provider Telefonica to buyDutch peer KPN's German unit (notified Oct.31/Commission opened in-depth probe on Dec. 20, new deadline May14)
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.