EU mergers and takeovers (July 23)

BRUSSELS, July 23 (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:

-- Swedish investment company Stena Adactum buys Swedish kitchen, bathroom and storage furnishings maker Ballingslov International BALL.ST (approved July 22)

-- Swedish private equity fund Altor Fund II buys the Akers group, a Swedish maker of rolls used in the steel and aluminium industry (approved July 23)

-- PAG Acquisitions Ltd, owned by funds managed and advised by British private equity investor Cinven Ltd, acquires control of the whole of Partnership Group Holdings Ltd, a British provider of long-term life insurance products (approved July 23)

NEW LISTINGS:

- Spanish undertakings Zurich Vida and Zurich Generales, both active in the field of insurance, and Spanish savings bank Caixa Sabadell, buy Spanish life insurer Sabadell Vida and Spanish non-life insurer Sabadell Generales (notified July 3/deadline Aug 8/simplified)

-- Irish fruits and vegetables company Total Produce (T7O.I) 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)

-- Dutch packaging paper manufacturer Mondi Coating buys parts of Dutch release liners manufacturer Loparex Assets (notified July 14/deadline Aug 20)

-- US global investment banking Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and French private equity PAI buy German building materials company Xella (notified July 15/deadline Aug 21/simplified)

-- 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 LEH.N and Turkish consultancy services company Met Group buy Turkish gas power plant developper Borasco Elektrik (notified July 15/deadline Aug 22/simplified)

-- Danish ENDK, German ENE, German-Swedish VE-T, all active in electricity transmission system operators, Norwegian NPS and German EEX, both active in power exchanges form a newly created joint venture EMCC, to handle congestion market services (notified July 16/deadline Aug 29)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

None.

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

JULY 23

-- German sports car maker Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) acquires control of the whole of German automobile maker Volkswagen (VOWG.DE) (notified May 14/deadline June 18/withdrawn on June 18, renotified/deadline July 23)

JULY 24

-- Arcapita Bank of Bahrain buys Britain's Freightliner Group Ltd, which handles rail freight haulage in Britain, Poland and Germany (notified June 18/deadline July 24/simplified)

JULY 25

-- U.S. IT products company Hewlett-Packard Co (HPQ.N) acquires control of the whole of U.S. peer Electronic Data Systems Corp EDS.N (notified June 19/deadline July 25)

-- Outokumpu Oyj (OUT1V.HE), a Finnish steel producer, buys SoGePar, an Italian distributor of stainless steel products across the European Union and Turkey (notified June 19/deadline July 25)

JULY 28

-- Mars, a U.S.-based candy producer, buys Wm Wrigley Jr Co WWY.N of the United States, known for chewing gum and other confectionary, for $23 billion (notified June 20/deadline July 28)

-- BRIST Ltd, a Malta-based holding company, and UPM-Kymmene RUS Holdings Oy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Finnish forest products group UPM-Kymmene (UPM1V.HE), acquire joint control of a Dutch-based joint venture that will produce sawn timber and pulp in Russia's Vologda region (notified June 20/deadline July 28/simplified/changed to normal clearance procedure on July 11)

JULY 30

-- Ramius, a Luxembourg investment firm, and U.S. financial services company Morgan Stanley (MS.N) acquire joint control of Phoenix Dichtungstechnik GmbH, a German company active in sealing membranes and profile seals (notified June 24/deadline July 30/simplified)

-- Capman and Litorina Kapital III LP, both Swedish private equity investment companies, buy Cederroth, a Swedish maker of personal, health and home care products (notified June 24/deadline July 30)

JULY 31

-- Ineos Group Ltd, a British chemicals producer, acquires control of an ACN plant from chemicals group BASF BASF.DE (notified June 25/deadline July 31)

-- General Electric Capital Corp (GEA.N), controlled by General Electric Co (GE.N) of the United States, buys Interbanca SpA, an Italian banking arm of Spain's Banco Santander (SAN.MC) (notified June 25/deadline July 31/simplified)

-- Contract notebook PC maker Wistron Corp (3231.TW) of Taiwan buys the liquid crystal display business of Taiwan's Lite-On Technology Corp (2301.TW) (notified June 25/deadline July 31/simplified)

-- Spanish bank Banco Santander (SAN.MC) buys financial services companies GE Money Bank GmbH of Austria, General Electric Capital Deutschland GmbH of Germany, GE Capital Bank Ltd of Britain, GE Money Oy of Finland, and GE Money Card Services Ltd of Ireland (notified June 25/deadline July 31/simplified)

-- Austria's Siemens AG Oesterreich, controlled by German engineering group Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE), and Austria's IGO, controlled by Austrian engineering and construction company Ortner-Gruppe, acquire joint control of Siemens Elin Buildings and Infrastructure GmbH, an Austrian building installation services company (notified June 25/deadline July 31)

-- VION Food Group of the Netherlands buys control of the operative subsidiaries of Grampian Country Food Group of Britain (notified June 25/deadline July 31)