BRUSSELS, Jan 23 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Private equity investor Advent International Corp to acquire industrial parts maker Brammer (approved Jan. 20)
NEW LISTINGS
-- Swedish hygiene products and forestry group SCA to acquire German bandage and plaster cast maker BSN from private equity firm EQT (notified Jan. 20/deadline Feb. 24/simplified)
-- Investment fund EQT Fund Management to acquire joint control of Germany energy company Getec Energie Holding which is now solely controlled by GEH GmbH (notified Jan. 18/deadline Feb. 22/simplified)
-- U.S. investment fund HPS to acquire joint control of U.S. insurance broker NFP Holdings which is now solely controlled by U.S. private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners (notified Jan. 16/deadline Feb. 20/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
-- U.S. chemicals company Dow Chemical to merge with DuPont (notified June 22/deadline extended to March 14 from Feb. 28)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JAN 25
-- U.S. medical devices maker Abbott Laboratories to acquire U.S. diagnostics company Alere (notified Nov. 29/deadline Jan. 25 after commitments submitted)
JAN 26
-- EP Investment and EP Investment II to jointly acquire Czech utility Energeticky a prumyslovy holding, a.s. (EPH) (notified Dec. 14/deadline Jan. 26/simplified)
JAN 30
-- ArcelorMittal Distribution Services France and Cellino to create a joint venture Steelcame Srl active in industrial sheet metal workshop and steel distribution (notified Dec. 16/deadline Jan 30)
JAN 31
-- Hitachi Chemical Company and Italy's Fiamm to form joint venture in automotive and industrial lead-acid batteries (notified Dec. 19/deadline Jan 31/simplified)
-- Austria's Alpha Bank and investment management firm Centerbridge to take joint control of debt management service coordinator Kaican (notified Dec. 19/deadline Jan 31/simplified)
FEB 2
-- REI Germany Cross Docks, a unit of NN Group, and CBRE Group Inc together with Poste Vita to acquire indirect joint control of over 10 real estate assets in Germany (notified Dec. 21/deadline Feb. 2/simplified)
-- Canada-listed holding company Fairfax (FFH.TO )and Sagard Holdings, a subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada, to acquire joint control of sports good manufacturer PSG (notified Dec. 21/deadline Feb. 2/simplified)
FEB 3
-- Private equity firm Cerberus Group to buy majority stake in Staples Europe from Staples (notified Dec. 22/deadline Feb. 3/simplified)
-- UK private equity fund adviser Apax Partners to take sole control of diagnostic service provider Unilabs (notified Dec. 22/deadline Feb. 3/simplified)