BRUSSELS, Aug 4 (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:
-- Ineos Group Ltd, a British chemicals producer, acquires control of an ACN plant from chemicals group BASF (approved Aug 1)
-- UK private equity company Cinven [CINV.UL] buys German truck and trailer components manufacturer JOST (approved Aug. 1)
-- Thomas Cook France, a French unit of British international tourism company Thomas Cook Group , buys French tourism company Jet Tours (approved Aug. 4)
-- Itema Group of Italy, which supplies textile machinery, buys BarcoVision , which makes tools to optimise production processes in the textile industry (approved Aug. 4)
NEW LISTINGS:
-- Dutch petroleum products company Delek buys Dutch petroleum products company Salland (notified July 30/deadline Sept 3/simplified)
-- Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo buys Indian pharamceutical company Rambaxy (notified July 30/deadline Sept 4/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:
AUG 6
-- Goldman Sachs , a U.S. investment group, purchases residential real estate group LEG of Germany and several Westphalia companies in the same business (notified July 1/deadline Aug. 6/simplified)
-- 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 23/10 working days extension/new deadline Aug. 6)
-- Delta Air Lines of the United States buys Northwest Airlines Corp , another U.S. international airline (notified June 23/deadline July 29/suspended July 16/suspension ended July 24/deadline Aug. 6)
AUG 11
-- 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)
-- 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)
-- Irish fruits and vegetables company Total Produce and Dutch fresh products company Haluco buy Dutch fresh products company TP Haluco and Total Produce buys sole control of Haluco UK (notified July 4/deadline Aug 11)
AUG 13
-- 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)
-- Jersey private equity firm Triton Managers II and Jersey private equity fund Altor Fund II buy Papyrus, a Swedish distributor of paper products (notified July 8/deadline Aug. 13/simplified)
AUG 14
-- U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co and GMT Communications Partners LLP, a British private equity fund company, buy Bigpoint GmbH, a German developer and host of online games (notified July 9/deadline Aug. 14/simplified)
-- Schlumberger , an oil services company from the Netherlands Antilles, and First Reserve, U.S. private investment funds, buy Saxon Energy Services , an oil production equipment company (notified July 9/deadline Aug. 14/simplified)
-- U.S. private equity investment firm Bain Capital Investors buys Japanese audiovisual electronic products company D&M Holdings (notified July 9/deadline Aug. 14/simplified)
-- Sun Capital Partners of the United States buys operational parts of SCS Upholstery called Share & Sons Ltd, a specialist in upholstered furniture retailing in Britain (notified July 9/deadline Aug 14/simplified)
-- A group of companies including Cegedel Group CEGK.LU of Luxembourg, ELIA System Operator of Belgium, EnBW of Germany, E.ON EONG.DE of Germany, EDF of France, RWE of Germany and TenneT TSO of the Netherlands form a company to allocate power transmission in Europe (notified July 9/deadline Aug. 14)
AUG 18
-- Robert Bosch [ROBG.UL] of Germany and Samsung SDI Co. Ltd of South Korea create a joint venture, SB LiMotive, to produce lithium ion batteries for hybrid electric and electric vehicles (notified July 10/deadline Aug 18)
AUG 20
-- Japanese electronic equipment maker Kenwood Corp enters into a full merger with Japanese electronic products company Victor Co of Japan (notified July 14/deadline Aug. 20)
-- Dutch packaging paper manufacturer Mondi Coating buys parts of Dutch release liners manufacturer Loparex Assets (notified July 14/deadline Aug 20)
AUG 21
-- US global investment banking Goldman Sachs and French private equity PAI buy German building materials company Xella (notified July 15/deadline Aug 21/simplified)
AUG 22
-- French insurance company BNPP Assurance, French commercial real estate management Sophia GE and private investor Mr. Jean-Philippe Chomette buy French hotel properties management CFH (notified July 16/deadline Aug 22/simplified)
-- Austrian power plant projects developper OPI, US financial services company Lehman and Turkish consultancy services company Met Group buy Turkish gas power plant developper Borasco Elektrik (notified July 15/deadline Aug 22/simplified)
AUG 25
-- Air France unit KLM buys Martinair Holland [MART.UL], another airline (notified July 17/deadline Aug. 25)
AUG 27
-- US human and animal healthcare products company Pfizer Inc. buys certain businesses in the field of animal health (SP Assets) of US Schering-Plough Corporation (notified July 22/deadline Aug 27) -- Italian electricity company Edison and Greek crude oil and fuel supply company Hellenic Petroleum acquire control of a newly created joint venture for the generation of electricity in Greece (notified July 22/deadline Aug 27)
-- German acquisition vehicle CSS buys German information technology products wholesaler Computerlinks (notified July 22/deadline Aug 27/simplified)
-- Turkish industrial and financial conglomerate Sabanci SAHOL.IS and Austrian electricity company Verbund buy Turkish electricity energy company Baskent BSKYO.IS (notified July 22/deadline Aug 27/simplified)