EU mergers and takeovers (May 31)

BRUSSELS, May 31 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under
review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU
merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

-- Private equity firms Permira [PERM.UL] and AXA Private
Equity (AXAF.PA) to acquire online travel agent Opodo (approved
May 30)

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Stichting Administratiekantoor Van der Sluijs Groep
Holding and Frisol Beheer B.V., a unit of Dutch property
developer Reggeborgh, to set up a petroleum supplies joint
venture to be called North Sea Group (notified May 30/deadline
July 7/simplified)

-- French minerals company Imerys (IMTP.PA) to acquire miner
Rio Tinto's (RIO.AX) (RIO.L) talc business (notified May
30/deadline July 7)

-- Building materials company Xella, jointly controlled by
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and private equity firm PAI Partners, to
acquire Danish building materials supplier H+H (notified May
30/deadline extended to July 7 from March 1 after the Commission
referred parts of the transaction to the German regulator)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

-- U.S.-based Seagate Technology (STX.O) to acquire Samsung
Electronic's (005930.KS) hard disk drive business (notified
April 19/deadline extended to Oct. 10 from May 30 after the
Commission opened an in-depth probe)

-- Western Digital Corp (WDC.N) to acquire Hitachi's
(6501.T) hard disk drive business (notified April 20/deadline
extended to Oct. 10 from May 31 after the Commission opened an
in-depth probe)

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE

JUNE 1

-- Germany chemicals company BASF (BASFn.DE) and British
peer Ineos to set up a styrenics joint venture (notified April
7/deadline extended to June 1 from May 18 after BASF offered
commitments)

-- Private equity firm PAI to acquire French equipment
rental operator Kiloutou (notified April 26/deadline June
1/simplified)

JUNE 7

-- Russian steel company Novolipetsk (NLMK.RTS) to acquire
control of Luxembourg-based carbon and steel company Steel
Invest & Finance (notified April 28/deadline June 7)

-- N.Y.-based Colgate-Palmolive (CL.N) company to acquire
European multi-category personal care brand Sanex (notified
April 28/deadline June 7)

JUNE 9

-- U.S drugmaker Pfizer (PFE.N) to acquire Danish medical
devices and consumer healthcare company Ferrosan's consumer
healthcare business (notified May 2/deadline June 9)

-- U.S. bug spray maker SC Johnson to acquire Sara Lee
Corp's (SLE.N) remaining insecticide business (notified Nov.
3/deadline extended for the third time to June 9 from May 26
after the company offered commitments to the Commission)

--Thai polyester chain producer Indorama Ventures Public
Company Limited IVL.BK and Italian polyester filament yarn
producer Sinterama SpA to acquire German textile product
supplier Trevira GmbH (notified May 2/June 9)

JUNE 10

-- Netherlands-based Holcim Grondstoffen BV and German
construction and contractor Basalt Union GmbH to create a joint
venture in trading of aggregates in the Netherlands (notified
May 3/deadline June 10/simplified)

JUNE 14

-- German auto insurers HUK, HDI and WGV to acquire online
price comparison site Aspect Online (notified May 4/deadline
June 14/simplified)

-- French dairy company Lactalis to acquire Italian milk and
diary company Parmalat SpA (PLT.MI) (notified May 4/deadline
June 14)

-- Energy trading firm Vitol [VITOLV.UL], African private
investment firm Helios Investment Partners, and oil giant Royal
Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) to form two joint ventures, Plateau Holding
and BV 3 (notified May 4/deadline June 14/simplified)

JUNE 15

-- Indian group Aditya Birla to acquire U.S.-based Columbian
Chemicals (notified May 5/deadline June 15)

-- Russian holding company Linea, which owns a major stake
in Russian mining company Eurochem, to acquire additional shares
in Russian holding company Donalink, which holds a major stake
in Russian coal miner SUEK (notified April 5/deadline June
15/simplified)

-- Energy firm Groene Energie Maatschappij NV (GEM),
dredging contractor Dredging Environmental & Marine Engineering
NV (Deme) (ACKB.BR)CFED.BR, renewable energy firm Electrawinds
Offshore NV (Electrawinds Offshore), environment holding company
S.R.I.W Environnement SA (SRIWE), renewable energy company
Z-Kracht, offshore energy investor Power@Sea NV (POWER@SEA),
port development company Rent-A-Port Energy NV (Rent-A-Port
Energy) and energy and waste management holding company Socofe
SA (Socofe) -- all Belgian-based -- to acquire joint control of
joint venture Otary RS NV (Otary) (notified May 5/deadline June
16/simplified)

JUNE 16

-- U.S. cable company Liberty Global (LBTYA.O) to acquire
German peer KBW from Swedish private fund investor EQT (notified
April 19/deadline extended to June 16 from May 30 after national
regulators requested that the case be referred to them)

-- French telecoms company Vivendi (VIV.PA) to acquire a 44
percent stake in French telecoms operator SFR from British
mobile operator Vodafone (VOD.L) (notified May 6/deadline June
16/simplified)

-- U.S. auto interiors maker Johnson Controls (JCI.N) to
acquire German auto parts manufacturer Keiper and the automotive
business of Recaro Group (notified May 6/deadline June 16)

-- Austrian building materials maker Wienerberger to acquire
control of Austrian tile maker Wibra Beteiligungs which owns a
joint stake in tile producer Tondach Gleinstatten (notified May
6/deadline June 16/simplified)

-- U.S. group Danaher (DHR.N) to acquire U.S. medical
diagnostics company Beckman Coulter BEC.N (notified May
6/deadline June 16)