BRUSSELS, July 11 (Reuters) - The following are proposed mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures under review by the European Commission, and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:
-- French yeast and bread-making products company Lesaffre buys British yeast company GBI and British bakery ingredients company BFP (approved July 11)
NEW LISTINGS:
-- Belgian fresh products company De Weide Blik NV, controlled by CVC Capital Partners, buys German rival Atlanta AG (notified July 4/deadline Aug. 11)
-- German financing solutions company Gefa, belonging to France's Societe Generale , buys German truck and trailer rental company Pema GmbH (notified July 4/deadline Aug. 11)
-- French energy company Total and Algerian gas giant Sonatrach acquire joint control of two newly created Algerian petrochemical companies (notified July 8/deadline Aug. 13/simplified)
-- Dutch holding company Burani Designer Holding and certain funds belonging to British international private equity group 3i buy Italian luxury leather goods company APB (notified July 4/deadline Aug. 11/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:
-- BRIST Ltd, a Malta-based holding company, and UPM-Kymmene RUS Holdings Oy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finnish forest products group UPM-Kymmene , acquire joint control of a Dutch-based joint venture that will produce sawn timber and pulp in Russia's Vologda region (notified June 20/deadline July 28/simplified/changed to normal clearance procedure on July 11)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:
JULY 14
-- Berkshire Hathaway , an investment vehicle of U.S. billionaire Warren Buffett, and German reinsurer Munich Re acquire joint control of Britain's Global Aerospace Underwriting Managers Ltd, involved in aerospace insurance and the provision of management services to aerospace insurance operations (notified June 9/deadline July 14)
JULY 15
-- U.S. chemical maker DuPont and Danisco U.S. Inc, a food ingredient producer controlled by Denmark's Danisco , acquire joint control of DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a developer of technology packages used for making cellulosic ethanol (notified June 10/deadline July 15/simplified)
-- Austrian construction company Strabag buys an 85 percent stake in German road builder F. Kirchhoff AG (notified June 10/deadline July 15)
-- Shell Deutschland Oil, an undertaking of oil and gas company Shell , Deutsche BP, an undertaking of oil and gas company BP , and German provider of into-plane services AFS Aviation Fuel Services , ultimately jointly controlled by BP and the German Lufthansa Group LHAGe.DE, buy a German provider of integrated IT solutions for into-plane services, Globefuel Systems & Services (notified June 10/deadline July 15/simplified)
-- Danisco , a Danish producer of emulsifiers for use in food, buys British peer Abitec (notified June 10/deadline July 15)
-- Nordic Capital, a Jersey private equity company, buys ConvaTec, a U.S. advanced wound care, ostomy and faecal incontinence products company (notified May 27/deadline July 1/extended to July 15)
JULY 16
-- Swedish investment holding company Investor AB and Swedish private equity investment fund operator Altor buy Swedish debt collection services company Lindorff Group AB (notified June 11/deadline July 16/simplified)
JULY 17
-- Dutch raw milk company Friesland Foods enters into a full merger with Dutch raw milk company Campina (notified June 12/deadline July 17)
-- French spirits and wines company Pernod Ricard buys Swedish peer V&S [VSG.UL] (notified May 29/deadline July 3/on June 27, deadline extended to July 17)
JULY 18
-- Swedish investment company Stena Adactum buys Swedish kitchen, bathroom and storage furnishings maker Ballingslov International (notified June 13/deadline July 18/simplified)
JULY 22
-- Swedish private equity fund Altor Fund II buys the Akers group, a Swedish maker of rolls used in the steel and aluminium industry (notified June 16/deadline July 22/simplified)
JULY 23
-- German sports car maker Porsche acquires control of the whole of German automobile maker Volkswagen (notified May 14/deadline June 18/withdrawn on June 18, renotified/deadline July 23)
-- Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York private equity firm, purchases the DSM Special Products unit of Royal DSM , a Dutch chemicals group (notified June 17/deadline July 23)
-- PAG Acquisitions Ltd, owned by funds managed and advised by British private equity investor Cinven Ltd, acquires control of the whole of Partnership Group Holdings Ltd, a British provider of long-term life insurance products (notified June 17/deadline July 23/simplified)