BRUSSELS, July 20 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Australian drugmaker CSL CSL.AX to acquire Swiss drugmaker Novartis' NOVN.VX influenza vaccines business (approved July 17)
-- Commodities trader Cargill CARG.UL to buy rival Archer Daniels Midland Co's ADM.N global chocolate business (approved July 17)
-- Swedish insurer AMF Pensionsforsakring AB and Finnish insurer Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company to set up a joint venture (approved July 17)
NEW LISTINGS
-- French companies Groupe In Vivo and Groupe Scael to set up a joint venture (notified July 14/deadline Aug. 19/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
-- U.S. drugmaker Pfizer PFE.N to acquire U.S. peer Hospira HSP.N (notified June 15/deadline extended to Aug. 4 from July 20 after Pfizer offered concessions)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JULY 20
-- U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp BLL.N to acquire British rival Rexam Plc REX.L (notified June 15/deadline July 20)
JULY 22
-- French building supplies company St Gobain SGOB.PA to acquire Swiss chemicals company Sika SIK.VX (notified June 16/deadline July 22)
JUNE 23
-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to acquire a 65 percent stake in Dutch food and dietary supplements maker DSM DSMN.AS (notified June 17/deadline July 23)
JULY 27
-- Finnish telecoms equipment maker Nokia NOK1V.HE to acquire French peer Alcatel-Lucent ALUA.PA (notified June 19/deadline July 27)
JULY 29
-- U.S. drugmaker Mylan MYL.O to acquire U.S. peer Perrigo PRGO.N (notified June 23/deadline July 29)
-- U.S. company Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N to acquire U.S. personal care and cosmetics company Procter & Gamble's PG.N Duracell battery unit (notified June 23/deadline July 29)
JULY 30
-- Schibsted Distribution and Amedia Distribution Helthjem to set up a joint venture (notified June 24/deadline July 30/simplified)
JULY 31
-- Talanx Asset Management GmbH and Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (Nord LB) to acquire joint control of alternative asset investment management company Caplantic GmbH (notified June 25/deadline July 31/simplified)
AUG 4
-- Private equity firm Cinven Capital Management to acquire biological testing services company Labco (notified June 29/deadline Aug. 4/simplified)
AUG 5
-- Asset manager BlackRock and private equity firm First Reserve Management to acquire joint control of a joint venture building a gas pipeline in Mexico, in which GDF Suez holds a stake (notified June 30/deadline Aug. 5/simplified)
-- Spanish cars part maker Grupo Antolin GASI.UL to acquire auto parts maker Magna Interiors from Canadian car parts maker Magna International Inc MG.TO (notified June 30/deadline Aug. 5)
AUG 6
-- U.S. healthcare company Danaher Corp DHR.N to acquire air and water filter maker Pall Corp PLL.N (notified July 1/deadline Aug. 6/simplified)
-- Swiss travel retailer Dufry DUFN.S to acquire Italian peer World Duty Free WDF.MI (notified July 1/deadline Aug 6)
AUG 7
-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to acquire beauty products retailer Douglas Group (notified July 2/deadline Aug. 7/simplified)
-- German insurer Axa Konzern and Compugroup Medical Mobile DTL COPMa.DE to set up a joint venture (notified July 2/deadline Aug. 7/simplified)
AUG 10
-- Private equity firm Lone Star Fund IX to acquire textile floor coverings producer Balta (notified July 3/deadline Aug. 10/simplified)
AUG 11
-- Investment fund Apollo Management L.P. to acquire Saint-Gobain Emballage, Saint Gobain Vicasa S.A., Saint Gobain Vidros and Obale, with the group known as Verallia (notified July 6/deadline Aug. 11/simplified)
AUG 13
-- Swiss bakery products maker Aryzta ARYN.VX to acquire 49 percent of frozen food retailer Picard Groupe (notified July 8/deadline Aug. 13)
AUG 14
-- NH Hotel Group SA NHH.MC and HNA Hospitality Group Co Ltd to set up a joint venture which will operate mainly in China (notified July 9/deadline Aug. 14/simplified)
AUG 17
-- Investment fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and real estate investment trust Intu Holding S.a.r.l. to indirectly acquire a joint controlling stake in Spanish shopping mall Puerto Venecia Investments SOCIMI S.A. (notified July 10/deadline Aug. 17/simplified)
-- Private equity firm CVC CVC.UL to acquire theatre producer Stage Entertainment (notified July 10/deadline Aug. 17/simplified)
-- Spanish energy company Repsol REP.MC and Mexican industrial group Grupo Kuo KUOB.MX to expand their joint venture Dynasol (notified July 10/deadline Aug. 17/simplified)
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs GS.N and Altor to jointly acquire soy-based protein solutions maker Hamlet Protein (notified July 10/deadline Aug. 17)
AUG 18
-- U.S. staffing company ManpowerGroup Inc MAN.N to acquire German peer 7S Group (notified July 13/deadline Aug. 18/simplified)
AUG 19
-- Fuel supplier World Fuel Services Corp INT.N to acquire businesses divested by BP Plc BP.L (notified July 14/deadline Aug. 19/simplified)
AUG 20
-- Dutch building materials distributor PontMeyer, which is part of Deli Building Supplies B.V., to acquire Dutch holding company DBS (notified July 15/deadline Aug. 20)
AUG 21
-- U.S. conglomerate General Electric GE.N to acquire most of French engineering group Alstom's ALSO.PA power equipment business (notified Jan. 19/deadline extended for the third time to Aug. 21 from Aug. 6)
SEPT 2
-- Norwegian telecoms company Telenor TEL.OL and Swedish peer TeliaSonera TLSN.ST to combine their Danish mobile businesses (notified Feb. 27/deadline extended to Sept. 2 from Aug. 19 after the companies asked for more time)
SUSPENDED
-- SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state energy company, to buy stakes in Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gas utility DEPA (notified Oct. 1/deadline suspended on Jan. 21)
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.