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BRUSSELS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following are mergersunder review by the European Commission and a brief guide to theEU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
None
NEW LISTINGS
-- Private equity firm Cinven to buy German life insurerHeidelberger Leben from British lender Lloyds Banking Group (notified Sept. 17/deadline Oct. 22/simplified)
-- Dutch pension group PGGM to acquire control of gasdistributor Northern Offshore Upstream Gas Pipeline System,which is jointly controlled by French gas and power group GDFSuez and EBN B.V. (notified Sept.17/deadline Oct. 22/simplified)
-- BP Europa, which is a unit of British energy group BP plc, to buy a joint stake in Polish fuel supplier Lotos Tankfrom Polish oil company Grupa Lotos (notified Sept.16/deadline Oct. 21/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
SEPT 20
-- British mobile telecoms provider Vodafone to buyGerman cable company Kabel Deutschland (notified Aug.16/deadline Sept. 20)
SEPT 23
-- Nordic insurer IF P&C Holding Ltd to acquire sole controlof Danish insurer Topdanmark (notified Aug. 19/deadlineSept. 23)
-- German tank storage provider Oiltanking, which is ownedby German privately owned company Marquard & Bahls AG, andinvestment funds group Macquarie to set up a joint venture(notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23/simplified)
SEPT 26
-- Argentine meat producer JBS SA to buyBrazilian poultry and pork producer Seara Brasil and leatherproducts maker Columbus Netherlands B.V. (Zenda) from MarfrigAlimentos SA (notified Aug. 22/deadline Sept.26/simplified)
SEPT 30
-- Norwegian fish farmer Marine Harvest to increaseits stake in Norwegian salmon farmer Morpol ASA (notified Aug.9/deadline extended to Sept. 30 from Sept. 16 after MarineHarvest offered concessions)
-- Japanese trading house Marubeni to acquire jointcontrol of Portuguese energy producer National PowerInternational Holdings B.V. (NPIH) from French energy group GDFSuez (notified Aug. 26/deadline Sept. 30/simplified)
-- Chinese telecoms equipment maker ZTE Services DeutschlandGmbH to buy German Alcatel-Lucent Network Services from Germantelecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent Holding GmbH (notifiedAug. 26/deadline Sept. 30/simplified)
OCT 2
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs and private equity firm TPGLundyCo and British real estate investor Max Property Group Plcto acquire joint control of hospital leasor MPG HospitalHoldings Ltd (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)
OCT 4
-- Soft drinks manufacturer Refresco Group to acquire rivalPride Foods (notified Aug. 16/deadline extended to Oct. 4 fromSept. 20 after Referesco Group offered concessions)
OCT 7
-- Private equity firms Bain Capital and Altor Fund III toacquire joint control of German fish feed producer Ewos, whichis owned by Norwegian fish farmer Cermag ASA (notifiedSept. 2/deadline Oct. 7)
OCT 8
-- Swiss cement maker Holcim to exchange someassets and combine others with Mexican peer Cemex (notified Sept. 3/deadline Oct. 8)
-- U.S. technology products distributor Arrow ElectronicsInc to buy Computerlinks AG (notified Sept. 3/deadlineOct. 8/simplified)
OCT 9
-- Amvest Vastgoed B.V. to buy healthcare services providerDLH B.V. which is jointly controlled by DLH's management and aunit of Dutch private equity firm NPM Capital N.V. (notifiedSept. 4/deadline Oct. 9/simplified)
-- Dutch steel product maker and machinery equipmentdistributor Koninklijke Reesink to buy Pon Holdings B.V.'sEuropean material handling businesses (notified Sept. 4/deadlineOct. 9)
OCT 10
-- Spanish airports operator Aena and the private equity armof French insurance group Axa to buy a stake inLondon's Luton airport from Spanish infrastructure companyAbertis (notified Sept. 5/deadline Oct. 10)
OCT 11
-- French bank BNP Paribas Fortis and Belgian telecomsoperator Belgacom to set up a joint venture for aBelgian mobile wallet (notified Sept. 6/deadline Oct. 11)
OCT 16
-- Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy OlympicAir (notified Feb. 28/deadline extended for the secondtime to Oct. 16 from Sept. 25 after Aegean offered additionalcommitments)
OCT 21
-- Switzerland-based INEOS and Belgian chemicals companySolvay to form a joint venture (notified Sept.16/deadline Oct. 21)
-- Private equity firm CVC to acquire full control ofdomestic appliances repairer Domestic & General Group Holdings(notified Sept. 16/deadline Oct. 21/simplified)
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.
