EU mergers and takeovers (June 6)

BRUSSELS, June 6 | Fri Jun 6, 2008 10:09am EDT

BRUSSELS, June 6 (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:

-- A German company active in the provision of stevedoring services to container shipping lines, Eurogate, controlled by Eurokai and BLG Logistics group, and Danish containerised liner shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), buy German Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven and Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven Beteiligungsgesellschaft (approved June 6)

NEW LISTINGS:

None

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

None

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

JUNE 9

-- Swedish farm tractor front loader company Alo Intressenter buys French farm tractor front loader company Mailleux (notified April 29/deadline June 9)

JUNE 12

-- Iberia, IBLA.MC, the Spanish airline, and Singapore Technologies Aerospace jointly buy Madrid Aerospace Services, which services landing gear for Airbus planes (notified May 6/deadline June 12/simplified)

JUNE 13

-- Renolit of Germany, a maker of thermoplastic films controlled by RAG group [RUHR.UL] and Beteiligungen, purchases SUNcoat of Germany, which works with technical films (notified May 7/deadline June 13/simplified)

-- Volkswagen (VOWG.DE), the German automaker, purchases Scania (SCVb.ST) of Sweden, which makers trucks and buses (notified May 7/deadline June 13)

-- British American Tobacco (BATS.L) of Britain buys the cigarette business and some other interests of tobacco products maker Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni of Denmark (notified May 7/deadline June 13)

JUNE 16

-- Private equity firm Nordic Capital of Britain buys Finland's CPS Color Group Oy, which makes integrated tinting systems (notified May 8/deadline June 16/simplified)

-- U.S. portfolio management firm Apollo Group, through its unit Hexion Specialty Chemicals, buys U.S. chemicals maker Huntsman Corp (HUN.N) (notified May 8/deadline June 16)

JUNE 17

-- Vienna Insurance Group (VIGR.VI) of Austria buys a series of insurance companies in Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary from Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen of Austria (notified April 23/deadline June 3/extended to June 17)

-- L'Oreal (OREP.PA), a French cosmetics firm, purchases YSL Beaute, a perfume and luxury cosmetics maker (notified May 13/deadline June 17)

-- Italian utility Enel (ENEI.MI) and Spanish construction/energy company Acciona (ANA.MC) buy Spanish energy company Endesa (ELE.MC), in an agreement that also includes the sales of some business assets to E.ON EONG.DE of Germany. The deal represents a modification of an earlier transaction that won EU Commission approval (notified May 13/deadline June 17)

-- U.S. office supplies retailer Staples Inc (SPLS.O) seeks to buy control of Corporate Express CXP.AS of the Netherlands, which distributes office supplies to large companies (notified May 13/deadline June 17/simplified)

-- U.S. private equity company The Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] to buy all of Greek chemicals distributor and producer Neochimiki NCHr.AT (notified May 13/deadline June 17/simplified)

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