EU mergers and takeovers (July 13)

BRUSSELS, July 13 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS

-- Irish carrier Ryanair to acquire Austrian peer Laudamotion (approved July 12)

NEW LISTINGS

-- HK conglomerate CK Hutchison to acquire sole control of Italian mobile network Wind Tre from Dutch mobile operator Veon (notified July 12/deadline Aug. 17)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES

-- Siemens (BSE: SIEMENS.BO - news) and Alstom (LSE: 0J2R.L - news) to merge their railway operations (notified June 8/deadline extended to Nov. 21 from July 13 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

-- German copper products maker Wieland-Werke to acquire German copper smelter Aurubis (IOB: 0K7F.IL - news) ' flat rolled products unit Products Schwermetall (notified June 13/deadline extended to Aug. 1 from July 18 after the companies offered concessions)

FIRST (Other OTC: FSTC - news) -STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE

JULY 13

-- Business travel services company Global Business Travel Holdings Ltd, which is jointly controlled by American Express Co and Qatar Holding, to acquire UK peer Hogg Robinson (Frankfurt: DQX.F - news) Group Plc (notified June 8/deadline July 13)

-- Italian company Snam (Amsterdam: QE6.AS - news) to acquire Greek gas grid operator DESFA (notified June 8/July 13/simplified)

JULY 18

-- South Korea's LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS - news) to acquire sole control of Austrian car lighting systems makers ZKW Holding and Mommert Gewerbeimmobilien (notified June 13/deadline July 18/simplified)

-- South Korean consumer electronics company LG Electronics to acquire Austrian car light maker ZKW Holding GmbH (notified June 13/deadline July 18/simplified)

July 20

-- Private equity (IOB: 0QLS.IL - news) firm Blackstone (NYSE: BX - news) to acquire a majority stake in Thomson Reuters (Dusseldorf: TOC.DU - news) ' Financial and Risk (F&R) unit (notified June 15/deadline July 20)

-- Private equity firm Cinven to acquire pet food company Partner in Pet Foods Holdings (notified June 15/deadline July 20/simplified)

-- Finnish biofuel company Neste (LSE: 0O46.L - news) to acquire a majority stake in Dutch animal fat trader Demeter Animal Fats and Proteins (notified June 15/deadline July 20)

JULY 23

-- Copper company KME, which is part of Intek Group, to acquire German peer MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (notified June 4/deadline extended to July 23 from July 9 after the companies provided concessions)

-- French aerospace and defence group Thales (LSE: 0IW5.L - news) to acquire Franco-Dutch chipmaker Gemalto (Swiss: GMT.SW - news) (notified June 18/deadline July 23)

JULY 25

-- French private equity firm PAI Partners to acquire UK industrial services provider M Group Services (notified June 20/deadline July 25/simplified)

-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to acquire healthcare provider Mehlaeinen Holding (notified June 20/deadline July 25/simplified)

-- German construction products maker Knauf International to acquire U.S. peer Armstrong World Industries (Frankfurt: 91A.F - news) ' EMEA and Pacific Rim businesses (notified June 20/deadline July 25)

JULY 27

-- German company Oetker Group to acquire a majority stake in Spanish sparkling wine producer Freixenet (notified June 22/deadline July 27)

-- Swiss asset manager Partners Group Holding to acquire German metering company Techem from Macquarie (notified June 22/deadline July 27/simplified)

-- Czech investment group PPF Group to acquire Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor (LSE: 0G8C.L - news) 's central European businesses (notified June 22/deadline July 27)

-- Macquarie Group (Dusseldorf: 4M4.DU - news) and Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) to jointly acquire Dutch terminal operator HES International (notified June 22/deadline July 27)

JULY 30

-- Irish fresh food producer Total Produce (Frankfurt: T7O.F - news) to acquire a 45-percent stake in U.S. peer Dole Food Company (notified June 11/deadline extended to July 30 from July 16 after Total (LSE: 524773.L - news) offered concessions)

-- U.S. private equity firm Lindsay Goldberg to acquire German plastic product maker Coveris Rigid (notified June 25/deadline July 30/simplified)

-- U.S. house appliances maker Whirlpool (Sao Paolo: R2:WHRL3S.SA - news) and Italian cooker hood maker Elica (Milan: ELC.MI - news) to jointly acquire Indian electrical appliances company Elica PB India (notified June 25/deadline July 30/simplified)

JULY 31

-- German DIY retail chains Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG and ZG Raiffeisen to set up a joint venture (notified June 26/deadline July 31/simplified)

-- Metals and commodities company Liberty House Group to acquire French aluminium smelter Aluminium Dunkerque from Rio Tinto (notified June 26/deadline July 31/simplified)

-- Spanish fashion and cosmetics maker PUIG and German electrical appliances maker Bosch Group's unit BSH to jointly acquire Spanish perfume maker Noustique (notified June 26/deadline July 31/simplified)

AUG 2

-- Italian car rental company Eurocar, which is a unit of German carmaker Volkswagen (IOB: 0P6N.IL - news) eurocar, to acquire sole control of Italian peer Bonaldi (notified June 28/deadline Aug. 2)

AUG 3

-- Swiss logistics company Kuehner+Nagel and Singapore state-owned investment company Temasek to set up a joint venture (notified June 29/deadline Aug. 3/simplified)

-- French insurer Axa (Paris: FR0000120628 - news) to acquire German peer Roland (notified June 29/deadline Aug. 3/simplified)

AUG 7

-- Algerian state-owned oil and gas company Sonatrach to acquire an Italian refinery from Exxon Mobil (Swiss: XOM-USD.SW - news) (notified July 3/deadline Aug. 7/simplified)

-- U.S. powertrain technology company Tenneco (NYSE: TEN - news) to acquire car parts maker Federal Mogul (notified July 3/deadline Aug. 7)

AUG 8

-- Singapore state-owned property developer GIC Group (HKSE: 1669-OL.HK - news) and real estate developers Frasers Property Ltd JustGroup to set up a joint venture (notified July 4/deadline Aug. 8/simplified)

-- Private equity firm Bain Capital to acquire German tyre company Reifen Krieg Group (notified July 4/deadline Aug. 8/simplified)

AUG 9

-- Private equity firm KKR to acquire British restaurant operator Casual Dining Bidco (notified July 5/deadline Aug. 9/simplified)

-- Holding company Elixia, which is controlled by Nordic private equity firm Altor Fund III, and Tryghedsgruppen, whose members are policyholders of insurer Tryg (LSE: 0OHN.L - news) , to jointly acquire fitness chain Fitness DK Holding (notified July 5/deadline Aug. 9/simplified)

-- French consumer credit provider CA Consumer Finance S.A. and Spanish bank Bankia (Amsterdam: QU8.AS - news) to set up a joint venture (notified July 5/deadline Aug. 9/simplified)

-- Japan's Sumitomo Corp and Belgian wind farm developer Parkwind to jointly acquire Belgian wind farm operator Northwester2 (notified July 5/deadline Aug. 9/simplified)

AUG 10

-- Fertiliser company Uralchem to acquire sole control of Russian potash producer Uralkali (notified July 6/deadline Aug. 10/simplified)

AUG 24

-- German industrial gases group Linde (IOB: 0H3X.IL - news) to merge with U.S. peer Praxair (notified Jan. 12/ deadline extended to Aug. 24)

SEPT 4

-- iPhone maker Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL - news) to acquire UK music streaming service Shazam (notified March 14/deadline extended to Sept. 4 from April 23 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

OCT (Shenzhen: 000069.SZ - news) 31

-- German company BASF to acquire Belgian chemicals company Solvay (LSE: 0NZR.L - news) 's worldwide polyamide business (notified May 22/deadline extended to Oct. 31 from June 26 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

NOV 16

-- Deutsche Telekom (IOB: 0MPH.IL - news) to acquire Swedish peer Tele2 (LSE: 0QE6.L - news) 's Dutch unit and merge it with its Dutch business T-Mobile Nederland (notified May 2/deadline extended for the second time to Nov. 16 from Nov. 9 after the companies asked for more time)

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. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)