EU mergers and takeovers (July 31)

BRUSSELS, July 31 (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:

-- Capman and Litorina Kapital III LP, both Swedish private equity investment companies, buy Cederroth, a Swedish maker of personal, health and home care products (approved July 31)

- Spanish undertakings Zurich Vida and Zurich Generales, both active in the field of insurance, and Spanish savings bank Caixa Sabadell, buy Spanish life insurer Sabadell Vida and Spanish non-life insurer Sabadell Generales (approved July 31)

-- Austria's Siemens AG Oesterreich, controlled by German engineering group Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE), and Austria's IGO, controlled by Austrian engineering and construction company Ortner-Gruppe, acquire joint control of Siemens Elin Buildings and Infrastructure GmbH, an Austrian building installation services company (notified June 25/deadline July 31)

-- VION Food Group of the Netherlands buys control of the operative subsidiaries of Grampian Country Food Group of Britain (notified June 25/deadline July 31)

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Austrian building materials company Strabag (STRV.VI) buys German civil engineering raw material production company Kirchner (notified July 25/deadline Sept 1)

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

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

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