EU mergers and takeovers (March 16)

BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

None

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Austrian construction company Haselsteiner Familien-Privatstiftung and Austrian chemical company Krassny-Privatstiftung to acquire joint control of Austrian fund manager Semper Constantia Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft (notified March 9/deadline April 16/simplified)

-- British foodservice distributor Brakes Group, controlled by private equity firm Bain Capital Investors, acquires Swedish food service distributor Menigo Foodservice AB (notified March 12/deadline April 21/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

-- Greek refiner Motor Oil (MORr.AT) to acquire control of Greece's Shell Gas Commercial and Industrial Science (The LPG Company) and Shell Hellas AE, both controlled by Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L), and joint control with Shell Overseas Holdings Ltd of new joint venture Shell AE (notified Jan. 27/deadline extended to March 17 from March 3 due to referral request/referred to Greek competition authorities March 15)

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

MARCH 17

-- Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts [KKR.UL] to acquire British retailer Pets at Home (notified Feb. 10/deadline March 17/simplified)

MARCH 19

-- Special-purpose vehicle Lotte Chemical UK Ltd, owned by petrochemical company KP Chemical Corp, which is part of the Lotte Group, to acquire assets of resin maker Artenius UK Ltd (notified Feb. 12/deadline March 19)

-- Spanish car parts supplier Gestamp Automocion SL, part of Spanish group Corporacion Gestamp SL, to acquire German auto parts company Escha AG (notified Feb. 12/deadline March 19)