EU mergers and takeovers (Dec 11)

BRUSSELS Dec 11 (Reuters) - The following are planned mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

-- Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and Germany's Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) acquire joint control of U.S. firm Spin HoldCo, the parent company of Coinmatch Service Corp, a supplier of outsourced laundry equipment services (approved Dec. 11)

-- Canadian investment fund Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board and Guernsey-based global banking, financial and advisory services firm Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund LP, part of Australia's Macquarie Group (MQG.AX), acquire joint control of Britain's Bristol International Airport Ltd (approved Dec. 11)

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Vienna-based Sulipo Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH, controlled by private equity fund One Equity Partners, acquires control of Austrian packaging company Constantia Packaging CVER.VI (notified Dec. 2/deadline Jan. 15/simplified)

-- Dutch supermarket chain Schuitema B.V., controlled by CVC Capital Partners, acquires from Dutch grocer Jumbo Groep Holding assets related to Super de Boer N.V. SDB.AS (notified Dec. 4/deadline Jan. 19)

-- Swiss grain trading company Ameropa Holding AG, controlled by the Zivy family of Switzerland, acquires control of German barley trader Interbrau GmbH (notified Dec. 7/deadline Jan. 20/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

None

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

DEC 14

-- Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd (AMC.AX) to acquire control of mining company Rio Tinto plc's (RIO.AX)(RIO.L) packaging units Global Tobacco Packaging, Global Pharmaceutical Packaging, Food Packaging Europe and Food Packaging Asia (notified Oct. 23/deadline extended to Dec. 14)

-- Privately owned oil trader Normeston Trading Ltd and Hungarian energy company MOL MOLB.BU to acquire joint control of MOL Energy Trade Ltd (notified Nov. 9/deadline Dec. 14)

-- Netherlands Antilles investment firm Hal Investments to acquire control of Italian eyewear maker Safilo Group S.p.A (SFLG.MI) (notified Nov. 9/deadline Dec. 14)

DEC 18

-- German construction company Bilfinger Berger AG (GBFG.DE) acquires control of Austrian industrial services firm MCE AG (notified Oct. 29/on Nov. 30, deadline extended to Dec. 18)

-- Channel Island-based private equity investment fund Altor Fund III GP Ltd, acquires sole control of Pharmacy Company Sweden 1 AB and Pharmacy Company Sweden 8 AB, both owned by state-controlled Apoteket AB (notified Nov. 13/deadline Dec. 18/simplified)

-- U.S. oil and gas exploration firm Occidental Petroleum Corp (OXY.N) acquires control of all of Citigroup's (C.N) energy trading business Phibro (notified Nov. 13/deadline Dec. 18/simplified)

DEC 21

-- Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Alimentos (MRFG3.SA) to take control of Brazilian counterpart Seara (notified Nov. 16/deadline Dec. 21)

-- U.S. specialty and intermediate chemical supplier Huntsman Corp (HUN.N) acquires sole control of assets of Tronox Inc TRXAQ.PK, a U.S. maker of titanium dioxide pigment (notified Nov. 16/deadline Dec. 21)