EU mergers and takeovers (Sept 21)

BRUSSELS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS

-- Agricultural commodities trader Bunge to acquire majority stake in German company Walter Rau (approved Sept. 20)

-- China's HNA Group to acquire Swiss airline catering firm Gategroup (approved Sept. 20)

-- U.S. private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg to acquire Austria-based Schur Flexibles Group, a manufacturer of flexible packaging products (approved Sept. 19)

NEW LISTINGS

-- Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Austrian holding company WM Holding to jointly acquire French furniture retailer Deconneubles Partners SAS (BUT)(notified Sept. 9/deadline Oct. 14/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES

None

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE

SEPT 22

-- Czech investor EPH and private equity group PPF Investments to buy from Sweden's stale-owned utility Vattenfall lignite mines and power plants in Germany - Vattenfall Mining and Vattenfall Generation (notified Aug. 18/deadline Sept. 22)

SEPT 23

-- Triton Group to acquire sole control over Stromboli, holding entity of Flakt Woods (notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23)

-- FIH Mobile to buy from Microsoft Mobile Vietnam and other assets from Microsoft Mobile (notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23)

SEPT 28

-- Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange plan to merge (notified Aug. 24/deadline Sept. 28)

OCT 4

-- Private equity firm PAI Partners to acquire Dutch holiday park operator RP Group (notified Aug. 30/deadline Oct. 4/simplified)

OCT 5

-- Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Co Ltd to acquire Japanese peer Mitsubishi Motors Corp (notified Aug. 31/deadline Oct. 5)

OCT 6

-- U.S. electric component distributor Avnet to acquire British Raspberry Pi mini-computer maker Premier Farnell (notified Sept. 1/deadline Oct. 6)

OCT 7

-- Meat processing company ABP Food Group to acquire a 50 percent stake in Irish beef producer Slaney Food (notified Sept. 2/deadline Oct. 7)

-- Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 to acquire Danish peer TDC's Swedish subsidiary TDC Sverige AB (notified Sept. 2/deadline Oct. 7)

OCT 10

-- German cement producers Heidelbergcement and Schwenk to jointly acquire Mexican peer Cemex's Croatian unit (notified Sept. 5/deadline Oct. 10)

OCT 12

-- U.S. laser tools and systems maker Coherent to acquire laser developer and manufacturer Rofin-Sinar Technologies (notified Sept. 7/deadline Oct. 12)

-- China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina) to acquire crop protection maker Adama Agricultural Solutions from Israel's Discount Investment Corp (notified Sept. Sept. 7/deadline Oct. 12/simplified)

-- UK property developer Segro and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board to jointly acquire a Polish logistics unit (notified Sept. 7/deadline Oct. 12/simplified)

-- French jewellery retailer Thom S.A.S., which is owned by private equity firm Bridgepoint Group Ltd, to acquire Italian peer Stroili Oro S.p.A. (notified Sept. 7/deadline Oct. 12/simplified)

OCT 13

-- Private equity firm BC Partners to acquire plastic products maker Keter and holding company Jardin (notified Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13/simplified)

-- Singaporean palm oil processor Wilmar to acquire commodity trader Bunge Ltd's stake in a Vietnamese oilseed crushing business (notified Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13/simplified)

OCT 14

-- Chinese household appliances company Midea Group to acquire German industrial robot maker Kuka (notified Sept. 9/deadline Oct. 14/simplified)

-- Private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Austrian holding company WM Holding to jointly acquire French furniture retailer Decomeubles Partners SAS (notified Sept. 9/deadline Oct. 14/simplified)

-- French minerals company Imerys to acquire alumina producer Alteo ARC and Alufin GmbH Tabularoxid from Alteo Holding SAS(notified Sept. 9/deadline Oct. 14)

-- Indonesian waste management company GLM, Singaporean industrial company Multico, Japanese chemical producer Toray Group and Japense trading company Toyota Tsusho Corp to set up a joint venture (notified Sept. 9/deadline Oct. 14/simplified)

OCT 17

-- Belgian wind energy producer Eneco Wind Belgium NV and Belgian peer Elicio NV to set up a joint venture (notified Sept. 12/deadline Oct. 17/simplified)

OCT 18

-- Australian logistics company Brambles and First Reserve Management L.P. to set up a joint venture (notified Sept. 13/deadline Oct. 18/simplified)

-- Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co Ltd to acquire chipmaker NXP Semiconductors' standard prodcuts business unit Nexperia (notified Sept. 13/deadline Oct. 18/simplified)

OCT 20

-- U.S. pulp and paper company International Paper Co to acquire Weyerhaeuser's pulp business (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20)

-- Private equity firms Blackstone and New Mountain Capital to jointly acquire software provider Ida Software (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20/simplified)

-- Private equity firms Advent International and Thomas H. Lee Partners to jointly acquire pharmaceutical services provider InVentiv (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20/simplified)

OCT 21

-- Aeroporti di Roma subsidiary Atlantia and French energy company EDF to jointly acquire airport operator Societe Aeroports de la Cote d'Azur (ACA) (notified Sept. 16/deadline Oct. 21/simplified)

-- Private equity firm Cinven to acquire Italian insurer Old Mutual Wealth Italy (notified Sept. 16/deadline Oct. 21/simplified)

-- German tourism company TUI AG to acquire French peer Transat France's French and Greek tour operating units (notified Sept. 16/deadline Oct. 21)

OCT 24

-- German drugmaker Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire French peer Sanofi's animal health business (notified Sept. 19/deadline Oct. 24)

-- U.S. rail equipment maker Wabtec Corp to acquire French peer Faiveley Transport SA (notified April 4/deadline Oct. 24/commitments offered July 25)

SUSPENDED

-- U.S. chemicals company Dow Chemical to merge with DuPont (notified June 22/deadline suspended after companies failed to provide key information)

-- SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state energy company, to buy stakes in Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gas utility DEPA (notified Oct. 1/deadline suspended on Jan. 21)

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 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposed remedies 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 the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - until they are approved.

(Compiled by Foo Yun Chee)