EU mergers and takeovers (July 8)

BRUSSELS, July 8 (Reuters) - The following are planned mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

-- UK oil and gas company BP (BP.L: Quotazione) and U.S. chemical products company Dupont (DD.N: Quotazione) acquire joint control of U.S. company Biobutanol LLC, which develops and licenses technology for the commercial production of biobutanol (approved July 8)

-- Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS: Quotazione) to acquire sole control of Noble European Holdings BV, a Dutch subsidiary of U.S. tailor-welded blanks maker Noble International Ltd (NOBLQ.PK: Quotazione) (approved July 8)

-- British leisure travel company TUI Travel Holdings (TT.L: Quotazione) and Cypriot diversified asset holding company Oscrivia Ltd acquire joint control of leisure travel firms Voyage Kiev of Ukraine and VKO Moscow of Russia (approved July 8)

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Russian oil company OAO Lukoil (LKOH.MM: Quotazione) to take control of U.S. Dow Chemical's (DOW.N: Quotazione) Dutch-based Dow Refinery Business, which is made up of a 45 percent stake in the capital of Total Raffinaderij Nederland NV (notified July 3/deadline Aug. 10/simplified)