EU mergers and takeovers (Oct 30)

BRUSSELS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The following are planned mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

None

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Japanese semiconductor maker Renesas Technology Corp, jointly controlled by Hitachi Ltd (6501.T) and Mitsubishi Electric Corp (6503.T), merges with NEC Electronics Corp (6723.T), controlled by Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp (6701.T) (notified Oct. 27/deadline Dec. 2)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

-- SNCF-Participations, belonging to French state-owned railway group SNCF, and Caisse de Depot et de Placement du Quebec, a manager of pension and insurance funds mainly in Quebec, take joint control of public transport operator Keolis and Effia, a provider of services to facilitate passenger mobility (notified Sept. 15/deadline Oct. 20/on Oct. 9, deadline extended to Nov. 4 due to referral request/referred to the French competition authorities on Oct. 30)

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

OCT 30

-- Dutch fresh produce group Univeg Holding BV, controlled by Luxembourg-based private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, and F.lli Ciccolella, an Italian firm that grows and sells cut flowers and potted plants, acquire joint control over Univeg Holding's flower and plant activities (notified Sept. 25/ deadline Oct. 30/simplified)

NOV 4

-- The Czech Republic's Cez Bohunice, belonging to Czech power group Cez (CEZPsp.PR) and Jadrova a Vyrad'ovacia Spolocnost AS (JAVYS), a Slovakian nuclear waste treatment firm, acquire control of new joint venture Jadrova Energeticka Spolocnost' Slovenska (JESS) (notified Sept. 29/deadline Nov. 4)