EU mergers and takeovers (Aug 28)

BRUSSELS, Aug 28 (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:

-- U.S. human and animal healthcare products company Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) buys certain animal health businesses from U.S. Schering-Plough Corp SGP.N (approved Aug. 27) -- Italian electricity company Edison (EDN.MI) and Greek crude oil and fuel supplier Hellenic Petroleum (HEPr.AT) acquire control of a newly created joint venture for the generation of electricity in Greece (approved Aug. 27)

-- U.S. industrial pumps company Flowserve (FLS.N) and German industrial gases company Linde (LING.DE) buy Austrian refuelling systems for natural gas vehicles company Flowserve Compression (approved Aug. 28)

-- U.S. international media company NBC Universal, U.S. global private investment firm Bain Capital and U.S. global investment and advisory firm Blackstone Capital (BX.N) buy Landmark weather information business (approved Aug. 28)

-- Dutch petroleum products company Delek buys Dutch peer Salland (approved Aug. 28)

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Rail Cargo Austria AG, a freight transport and forwarding company, acquires control of the whole of Hungarian peer MAV Cargo (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

None

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

AUG 28

-- Swedish specialty chemicals company Perstorp buys the toluene diisocyanate business of Dutch LyondellBasell Industries and the hexamethylene diisocyanate and isophorone diisocyanate business of French Rhodia (RHA.PA), together called Target (notified July 23/deadline Aug. 28/simplified)

AUG 29 -- Dutch investment company Parcom (PCPA3B.SO) buys Dutch bakery products company Bakkersland (notified July 24/deadline Aug. 29/simplified)

SEPT 2

-- French retail banking firm Credit Mutuel buys German retail banking business Citibank Germany (notified July 28/deadline Sept. 2/simplified)

SEPT 4

-- Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo (4568.T) buys Indian pharmaceutical company Ranbaxy Laboratories (RANB.BO) (notified July 30/deadline Sept. 4/simplified)

SEPT 5

-- U.S. food service equipment company Manitowoc (MTW.N) buys UK food service equipment company Enodis ENO.L (notified July 31/deadline Sept. 5)

SEPT 8

-- Air France (AIRF.PA) unit KLM buys Martinair Holland [MART.UL], another airline (notified July 17/deadline Aug. 25/10 working days extension/new deadline Sept. 8)

-- Luxembourg investment firm CVC and German civil law foundation RAG [RUHR.UL] buy German real estate conglomerate Evonik (notified Aug. 1/deadline Sept. 8)

-- Spanish life insurer Zurich Vida and Spanish non-life insurer Zurich Generales buy Spanish life insurer BanSabadell Vida, Spanish pension products company BanSabadell Pensiones and Spanish non-life insurer BanSabadell Generales (notified Aug. 1/deadline Sept. 8/simplified)

SEPT 9

-- French investment fund management firm Abenex Capital and Natixis Private Equity buy French commercial catering company Colbison (notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 9/simplified)

-- Spanish petroleum products company Galp Energia Espana, Portuguese energy-related services company Amorim and Portuguese retail and corporate banking services company CGD buy Spanish petroleum products company Agip Espana (notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 9)

-- UK marketing data services company WPP (WPP.L) buys UK consulting company TNS (notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 9)

SEPT 10

-- Dutch concrete and wire products manufacturer Hombergh and Dutch investment company De Pundert buy Dutch printing services provider RSDB (notified Aug. 5/deadline Sept. 10)

SEPT 15

-- Spanish bank and insurer Banco Santander (SAN.MC) buys UK financial services company Alliance & Leicester ALLL.L (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)

-- Japanese electronic consumer products company Sony (6758.T) buys U.S. recorded music company Sony BMG (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)

-- Japanese electronic materials and components company TDK (6762.T) buys German electronic components company Epcos EPCGn.DE (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)

-- Austrian energy production company Centrex Europe Energy & Gas, German ZMB and Italian electricity and gas supplier Enia (EN.MI) buy Italian energy trader Enia Energia and Italian gas company SPV JV (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)

SEPT 16

-- Italian public utility company Acea (ACE.MI) and Italian water treatment and supply company Ondeo buy Italian water treatment and supply company Acque Blu (notified Aug. 11/deadline Sept. 16/simplified)

-- Diehl, a German defence and aero systems company; and Thales (TCFP.PA), the French aerospace and defence firm, buy Laupheim, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products (notified Aug. 11/deadline Sept. 16/simplified)

SEPT 17

-- Italian metal components company CLN and UK vehicle body structure company Wagon WAGN.L buy Italian roll-formed steel beams company WM (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)

-- Belgian waste management company Indaver and Dutch investment fund company NEIF buy German waste management company SAV (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)

SEPT 18

-- Worldwide trader Mitsui and Turkish steel distributor Bamesa Celik buy Turkish steel processing company Bami (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)

-- UK private equity investor Lion Capital (LCHL.OB) buys UK food products company Foodvest Group (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 18)

-- French consumer credit company Sofinco and French catering and services company Sodexo (EXHO.PA) create a joint venture (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)

SEPT 19

-- Canadian metals producer Teck (TCKb.TO) buys Canadian mutual trust fund Fording FDG_u.TO, established in connection with the creation of coal company EVCP (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 19/simplified) -- U.S. private equity investments company Gores Group buys communications products company Siemens Enterprise Communications (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 19/simplified)

-- Maltese corporate group GMR (GMRI.BO) and Canadian pension funds company OTPPB buy Dutch electricity generation facilities company InterGen (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 19/simplified)

SEPT 23

-- NTT Data Corp, part of Japanese telecoms group NTT (9432.T), acquires all of Cirquent GmbH of Germany, an IT services company (notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23/simplified)

-- DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S of Denmark acquires control of all of ABX Logistics Worldwide SA/NV of Belgium (notified Aug. 19/simplified/deadline Sept. 23)

SEPT 24

-- Bertelsmann (BTGGg.F) of Germany, 3i (III.L) Group of Britain, Gustavo Garcia Brusilovsky of Spain and Gerald Heydenreich of Latvia acquire joint control of Buy Vip of Spain (notified Aug. 20/deadline Sept. 24/simplified)

-- ERGO International, an insurance unit of German reinsurer Munich Re (MUVGn.DE), acquires control of the whole of Bank Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung, an insurance company primarily active in supply of life insurance in Austria (notified Aug. 20/deadline Sept. 24/simplified)

SEPT 25

-- Arques Industries AG of Germany to acquire all of SHC, currently controlled by Germany's Siemens (SIEGn.DE) (notified Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25)

-- German carmaker Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE) acquires control of all of Volkswagen Group Ireland Ltd (notified Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25)