EU mergers and takeovers (May 14)

                                
 BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under
review by the European Commission, and a brief guide to the EU
merger process:
                                
 
                                
 APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:
                                
 -- CEZ <CEZPsp.PR>, a Czech energy conglomerate, and MOL
<MOLB.BU>, a Hungarian integrated oil and gas company, create a
joint venture to develop gas-fired power plants and related gas
infrastructure in Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Slovenia
(approved May 14)
                                
 -- TomTom NV <TOM2.AS>, a Dutch maker of navigation software
and devices, buys Tele Atlas <TA.AS>, a Dutch producer of
digital maps (approved May 14)
                                
 
                                
 NEW LISTINGS:
                                
 -- Iberia, <IBLA.MC>, the Spanish airline, and Singapore
Technologies Aerospace jointly buy Madrid Aerospace Services,
which services landing gear for Airbus planes (notified May
6/deadline June 12/simplified)
                                
 -- Renolit of Germany, a maker of thermoplastic films
controlled by RAG group [RUHR.UL] and Beteiligungen, purchases
SUNcoat of Germany, which works with technical films (notified
May 7/deadline June 13/simplified)
                                
 -- Volkswagen <VOWG.DE>, the German automaker, purchases
Scania <SCVb.ST> of Sweden, which makers trucks and buses
(notified May 7/deadline June 13)
                                
 -- Ineos [INEO.UL] of Britain, a chemical maker, buys a
plant owned by BASF <BASF.DE>, a German chemical maker (notified
May 7/deadline June 13)
                                
 
                                
 EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:
                                
 -- StatoilHydro, a Norwegian integrated oil and gas company
active in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, buys Jet Scandinavia, an
operator of motor fuel retail stations in Denmark, Norway and
Sweden (notified March 14/deadline April 23/10 working days
extension/deadline May 13/in-depth probe opened on May 14/new
deadline Sept. 18)
                                
 
                                
 FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:
                                
 
                                
 MAY 15
                                
 -- Barclays PLC <BARC.L> of Britain, operating through one
of its units, buys Novem Group, which includes Car Interior
Design Holding of Germany and associated companies that design
components for high-end passenger vehicle interiors (notified
April 4/deadline May 15/simplified)
                                
 -- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> of South Korea
buys control of Samsung Opto-Electronics, a distributor of still
digital cameras that operates in several European countries,
from Samsung Techwin Co of South Korea (notified April
4/deadline May 15/simplified)
                                
 -- ArcelorMittal <ISPA.AS> of Luxembourg and Gonvarri of
Spain, both steel producers and processors, jointly buy Gonvarri
Basi Produtos, a Brazilian steel producer (notified April
4/deadline May 15/simplified)
                                
 -- European aerospace and defence company EADS <EAD.PA> and
French public utilities management company Sita France,
controlled by Suez <LYOE.PA>, buy French aircraft storage
company TARMAC Aerosave (notified April 4/deadline May
15/simplified)