BRUSSELS, July 12 | Fri Jul 12, 2013 6:39am EDT
BRUSSELS, July 12 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- German agricultural cooperative BayWa to acquire joint control of German grain trading company Bohnhorst Agrarhandel (approved July 12)
-- Swiss-based oil trader Vitol to buy one of refiner Phillips 66's British power plant (approved July 12)
NEW LISTINGS
None
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JULY 15
-- Norwegian maritime classification firm Det Norske Veritas to merge with Hamburg-based peer Germanischer Lloyd (notified June 10/deadline July 15)
JULY 18
-- Italian gas distributor Snam and Luxembourg investment company GICSI to acquire joint control of French gas network operator Transport et Infrastructure Gaz France S.A (notified June 13/deadline July 18/simplified)
JULY 19
-- U.S. diversified manufacturer Crane Co to buy U.S. manufacturer of electronic bill acceptors and transaction mechanisms MEI Conlux from private equity firms Bain Capital and Advantage Partners (notified May 31/deadline extended to July 19 from July 5 after Crane offered concessions)
JULY 22
-- U.S. medical product maker Baxter International Inc to buy Swedish kidney dialysis product company Gambro (notified June 3/deadline extended to July 22 from July 8 after Baxter offered concessions)
-- Canadian private equity firm Onex Corp to acquire indirect sole control of U.S. windows and door maker Jeld-Wen (notified June 17/deadline July 22/simplified)
-- Swiss industrial group ABB to buy U.S. solar energy company Power-One Inc (notified June 17/deadline July 22)
JULY 23
-- US Airways Group and American Airlines to merge (notified June 18/deadline July 23)
JULY 24
-- German car parts supplier Mahle to increase its majority stake in German peer Behr KG (notified June 19/deadline July 24/simplified)
JULY 25
-- Carrier Asia, which is a subsididary of United Technologies Corp, and Toshiba Carrier Corporation, which is a joint venture between UTC and Toshiba Corp, to set up an air-conditioning products joint venture in China (notified June 20/deadline July 25/simplified)
-- German insurer Allianz and Canadian investor Borealis to buy Czech gas pipeline operator Net4Gas from Germany's RWE AG (notified June 20/deadline July 25/simplified)
-- German insurer Allianz SE and others to buy RWE AG's Czech gas pipeline operator business Net4Gas (notified June 20/deadline July 25/simplified)
-- Carlyle Group to buy 40 percent of AlpInvest (notified June 20/deadline July 25/simplified)
JULY 26
-- Private equity firm Blackstone Group to buy property developer Multi Corp (notified June 21/deadline July 26/simplified)
-- Canadian pension funds OMERS and AimCo to acquire joint control of European cinema operator Vue Entertainment International Ltd (notified June 21/deadline July 26)
JULY 29
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs and financial services company Gavea Investimentos to acquire joint control of Latin American telecoms services company Cell Site Solutions Cessao de Infraestruturas S.A. (notified June 24/deadline July 29/simplified)
JULY 31
-- Dubai state-owned aluminium producer Dubal Aluminium, which is a subsidiary of the Investment Corp of Dubai, and Abu Dhabi state-owned Emirates Aluminium, which is owned by Mubadala Development Company, to merge (notified June 26/deadline July 31/simplified)
AUG 1
-- Private equity fund Cinven to buy German ceramic products maker CeramTtec from U.S. chemicals company Rockwood Holdings (notified June 27/deadline Aug. 1/simplified)
AUG 2
-- U.S. grain trader Archer Daniels Midland Co to buy Australian grain handler GrainCorp Ltd (notified June 28/deadline Aug. 2/simplified)
AUG 5
-- Norwegian sovereign wealth fund Norges Bank to acquire a joint control of French property developer SCI Pasquier which is now solely owned by Italian insurer Generali (notified July 1/deadline Aug. 5/simplified)
-- Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International to buy eye health products maker Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc from private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC (notified July 1/deadline Aug. 5)
AUG 7
-- Buyout firm BC Partners to buy German publisher Springer Science+Business Media from Swedish private equity fund EQT and Government of Singapore Investment Corp (notified July 3/deadline Aug 7/simplified)
AUG 8
-- Private equity firm Bain Capital to buy home products retailer Maisons du Monde (notified Sept 4/deadline Aug. 8/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice LLC to acquire online used vehicle purchasing services company which owns car seller "We buy any car" (notified July 4/deadline Aug. 8)
SEPT 3
-- Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy Olympic Air (notified Feb. 28/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 3 from April 23 after the Commission opened an in-depth investigation)
SEPT 6
-- Swedish refiner Nynas to purchase certain assets from Royal Dutch Shell's Harburg refinery (notified Feb. 19/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 6 from Aug. 8)
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.
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