BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Austrian motorcyle parts maker Pierer Industrie AG (PIAG) and Austrian industrial company Michael Tojner Industriebeteiligungs und -beratungs GmbH (MTIB) to acquire joint control of Austrian electronic parts maker ABATEC (approved Aug. 24)
-- Chinese conglomerate Fosun International 0656.HK to acquire Austrian automated production systems maker FFT Gesellschaft mbH (approved Aug. 24)
-- Luxembourg fitness chain Elixia Holding S.à.r.l and TryghedsGruppen, a member-based bodu whose members are policyholders of Danish insurer Tryg TRYG.CO , to acquire joint control of Danish fitness chain Fitness DK Holding (approved Aug. 24)
NEW LISTINGS
-- U.S. management company Abry Partners to acquire Norwegian A2P messaging company Link Mobility ASA LINK.OL (notified Aug. 24/deadline Sept. 28/simplified)
-- Real estate investment fund DV4, Dutch pension fund ABP and Canada's Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Primary Pension Plan to set up a British property joint venture (notified Aug. 20/deadline Sept. 24/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
AUG 27
-- U.S. consumer products maker Procter & Gamble PG.N to acquire German peer Merck (NYSE:MRK) KGaA's MRCG.DE consumer health business (notified July 20/deadline Aug. 27)
AUG 28
-- French company Europe Intermodal Holding, which is a unit of French group SNCF Mobilites SNCF.UL , and Spanish holding company Krone-Mur Servifrio to acquire joint control of Spanish freight transport company Krone-Mur Primavia (notified July 23/deadline Aug. 28/simplified)
AUG 31
-- HK conglomerate CK Hutchison 0001.HK to acquire sole control of Italian mobile network Wind Tre from Dutch mobile operator Veon VON.AS (notified July 12/deadline extended to Aug. 31 from Aug. 17 after Hutchison offered concessions)
SEPT 5
-- Luxembourg investment company JAB Holding Co S.a.r.l. to acquire British food outlet Pret a Manger IPO-PRET.L (notified July 31/deadlinie Sept. 5)
SEPT 6
-- Canadian real estate investor Ivanhoe Cambridge, which is a subsidiary of Canadian pension manager Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board to recapitalise several Ivanhoe limited partnerships (notified Aug. 1/deadline Sept. 6/simplified)
-- Asset manager Carlyle Group CG.O to acquire Dutch chemicals and paints company Akzo Nobel 's AKZO.AS chemicals business (notified Aug. 1/deadline Sept. 6/simplified)
SEPT 12
-- Italian gas company Spigas, which is controlled by Germany's EnBW Energie BadenWürttemberg EBKG.DE , and Italian peer Canarbino to acquire joint control of Italian gas company Miogas (notified Aug. 7/deadline Sept. 12/simplified)
SEPT 13
-- German car parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen ZFF.UL , German car brakes maker Gustav Magenwirth, German bike brakes maker Brake Force One GmbH and German car battery company Batterien-Montage-Zentrum GmbH to set up a joint venture (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 13/simplified)
SEPT 14
-- French transport company Keolis and British infrastructure asset management company Amey FERAC.UL to acquire joint control of British passenger rail services company W&B Rail Franchise (notified Aug. 9/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)
SEPT 17
-- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc IFF.N to acquire Israeli flavours and ingredients maker Frutarom FRUT.TA (notified Aug. 10/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)
SEPT 18
-- iPhone maker Apple AAPL.O to acquire UK music streaming service Shazam (notified March 14/deadline extended to Sept. 18 from Sept. 4 after the companies asked for more time)
SEPT 19
-- German carmaker Volkswagen's VOWG_p.DE Italian car dealer Eurocar to acquire Italian peer Vicentini (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 19)
-- Private equity firm KKR KKR.N to acquire U.S. business software company BMC Software (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 19/simplified)
-- French carmaker PGA Motors and Fiber to acquire joint control of auto dealer and car parts distributor Bernard Participations (notified July 31/deadline extended to Sept. 19 from Sept. 5 after the French competition authority asked to take over the case)
SEPT 20
-- Norwegian investment company Akastor AKAS.OL , Japanese trading company Mitsui & Co 8031.T and Japanese container shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines 9104.T to acquire joint control of subsea oil and gas services company Akofs Offshore (notified Aug. 16/deadline Sept. 20/simplified)
SEPT 21
-- U.S. pharmaceutical company Biogen BIIB.O and South Korean peer Samsung (KS:005930) BioLogics 207940.KS to have joint control of South Korean drugmaker Samsung Bioepis to set up a joint venture (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21/simplified)
-- Norwegian aluminium maker Norsk Hydro NHY.OL to acquire some of Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto 's RIO.L RIO.AX aluminium production assets (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21)
SEPT 26
-- U.S. private equity fund Charlesbank Partners Group to acquire joint control of contract food maker H-Food Holdings and the Hearthside group of companies HGHL.UL (notified Aug. 22/deadline Sept. 26/simplified)
SEPT 27
-- Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund Kuwait Investment Authority to acquire oil and gas pipeline firm North Sea Midstream Partners from private equity firm ArcLight Capital (notified Aug. 23/deadline Sept. 27/simplified)
-- U.S. planemaker Boeing (NYSE:BA) BA.N and French aerospace company Safran SAF.PA to set up a joint venture to make and service aircraft auxiliary power units (notified Aug. 23/deadline Sept. 27)
NOV 30
-- Deutsche Telekom DTEGn.DE to acquire Swedish peer Tele2 's TEL2b.ST Dutch unit and merge it with its Dutch business T-Mobile Nederland (notified May 2/deadline Nov. 30 after deadline suspension ended Aug. 6)
DEC 13
-- Copper company KME, which is part of Intek Group IKG.MI , to acquire German peer MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (notified June 4/deadline extended to Dec. 13 from Nov. 29 after the companies asked for more)
JAN 3
-- German copper products maker Wieland-Werke to acquire German copper smelter Aurubis' NAFG.DE flat rolled products unit Products Schwermetall (notified June 13/deadline extended to Jan. 3 from Dec. 10 after the companies asked for more time)
JAN 8
-- French aerospace and defence group Thales TCFP.PA to acquire Franco-Dutch chipmaker Gemalto GTO.AS (notified June 18/deadline extended to Jan. 8 from Nov. 29 from July 23 after the companies asked for more time)
SUSPENDED DEADLINE
-- Siemens SIEGn.DE and Alstom ALSO.PA to merge their railway operations (notified June 8/deadline suspended on Aug. 7)
-- German company BASF BASFn.DE to acquire Belgian chemicals company Solvay 's SOLB.BR worldwide polyamide business (notified May 22/deadline suspended on July 17)
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.