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AUG 24

-- German industrial gases group Linde to merge with U.S. peer Praxair (notified Jan. 12/ deadline extended to Aug. 24)

AUG 27

-- U.S. consumer products maker Procter & Gamble to acquire German peer Merck KGaA's consumer health business (notified July 20/deadline Aug. 27)

-- U.S. cargo shipping company Maritime Holdings and German peer Zeaborn to set up a joint venture (notified July 20/deadline Aug. 27/simplified)

-- Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire French storage maker Averys (notified July 20/deadline Aug. 27/simplified)

AUG 28

-- French company Europe Intermodal Holding, which is a unit of French group SNCF Mobilites, and Spanish holding company Krone-Mur Servifrio to acquire joint control of Spanish freight transport company Krone-Mur Primavia (notified July 23/deadline Aug. 28/simplified)

AUG 30

-- FSN Capital V to acquire Norwegian holding company Saferoad Holding (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified)

-- U.S. private equity firms Bain Capital and Vista Equity Partners Management to acquire joint control of the public sector businesses of Aptean Public Sector, Superion and Tritech (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified)

-- UK infrastructure support services provider Amey Group to acquire the rest of UK repair and maintenance services company CarillionAmey Ltd from Carillion Holdings Ltd (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified)

-- German carmaker Porsche and German industrial company Schuler to set up a joint venture (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified)

AUG 31

-- German food retailers Schwarz Gruppe to acquire waste management companies Karl Toensmeter Entsorgungswirtschaft and Toenmeier Dienstleistung (notified July 26/deadline Aug. 31/simplified)

SEPT 3

-- Japanese company Sumitomo Corp and Italian software provider Tierra to set up a joint venture (notified July 27/deadline Sept. 3/simplified)

-- Singapore's Sheares Healthcare to acquire joint control of Singapore peer Asia Healthcare Holdings Pte Ltd which is currently solely controlled by U.S. private investment firm TPG Growth III SF Pte Ltd (notified July 27/deadline Sept. 3/simplified)

-- Asset manager IFM Investors Pty Ltd to acquire waste management company Aqualia from Spanish industrial company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas S.A. (notified July 27/deadline Sept. 3/simplified)

-- French utility Engie and French supermarket chain Casino's photovoltaic subsidiary Greenyellow to set up a joint venture (notified July 27/deadline Sept. 3/simplified)

SEPT 4

-- Portuguese retail conglomerate Sonae to acquire Portuguese retail real estate group Sonae Sierra SGPS. S.A. (notified July 30/deadline Sept. 4/simplified)

-- Insurers AMF Pensionförsäkring AB (AMF) and Kommunal Landspensjonskassegjensidig forsikringsselskap (KLP) to acquire Swedish windfarm builder Stena Renewable (notified July 30/deadline Sept. 4/simplified)

-- iPhone maker Apple to acquire UK music streaming service Shazam (notified March 14/deadline extended to Sept. 4 from April 23 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

SEPT 5

-- Luxembourg investment company JAB Holding Co S.a.r.l. to acquire British food outlet Pret a Manger (IPO-PRET.L) (notified July 31/deadlinie Sept. 5)

-- Jera Trading, which is a joint venture between Jera Co and EDF Trading Ltd (EDFT), to acquire EDFT's LNG trading business (notified July 31/deadline Sept. 5/simplified)

-- French carmaker PGA Motors and Fiber to acquire joint control of auto dealer and car parts distributor Bernard Participations (notified July 31/deadline Sept. 5)

SEPT 6

-- Chinese conglomerate Fosun International to acquire Austrian automated production systems maker FFT Gesellschaft mbH (notified Aug. 1/deadline Sept. 6/simplified)

OCT 31

-- German company BASF to acquire Belgian chemicals company Solvay's worldwide polyamide business (notified May 22/deadline extended to Oct. 31 from June 26 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

NOV 29

-- Copper company KME, which is part of Intek Group , to acquire German peer MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (notified June 4/deadline extended to Nov. 29 from July 23 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

DEC 10

-- German copper products maker Wieland-Werke to acquire German copper smelter Aurubis' flat rolled products unit Products Schwermetall (notified June 13/deadline extended to Dec. 10 from Aug. 1 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

DEC 19

-- Siemens and Alstom to merge their railway operations (notified June 8/deadline extended to Dec. 19 from Nov. 21 after the companies asked for more time)

JAN 8

-- French aerospace and defence group Thales to acquire Franco-Dutch chipmaker Gemalto (notified June 18/deadline extended to Jan. 8 from Nov. 29 from July 23 after the companies asked for more time)

SUSPENDED DEADLINE

-- Deutsche Telekom to acquire Swedish peer Tele2's Dutch unit and merge it with its Dutch business T-Mobile Nederland (notified May 2/deadline suspended on July 24)

GUIDE TO EU MERGER PROCESS

DEADLINES:

The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposed remedies or an EU member state's request to handle the case.

Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.

SIMPLIFIED:

Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - until they are approved. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)