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EU mergers and takeovers (UPDATED August 26)

BRUSSELS, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Following are additions and deletions to takeovers, mergers and joint ventures under European Commission merger regulation review. (See end for guide to EU merger processes)

DELETIONS

-- Plans by Germany's TUI , formerly Pressaug, to buy French tour operator Nouvelles Frontieres International (cleared Aug 26)

-- Plans by Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks for a joint venture, to be known as Sigma, which will provide information technology and computer related services (withdrawn)

ADDITIONS

-- Plans by auto parts maker Magna International Inc to buy Donnelly Corp. in a $320 million stock-and-debt deal. Magna is one of the world's biggest suppliers of auto components and Detroit-based Donnelly is the world's largest maker of auto mirrors (notified Aug 14/deadline Sept 16)

-- Plans by Spain's Banco de Sabadell and Portugal's Banco Comercial Portugues (BCP) to take joint control of BCP's internet subsidiary Activobank. BCP is Portugal's biggest non-state bank. Sabadell listed its shares in 2001 and is Spain's fourth biggest bank by assets (notified Aug 9/deadline Sept 13/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by U.S. agribusiness firm Bunge Limited to buy French cooking oil firm Cereol SA from Italy's Edison SpA . The purchase of would make Bunge the world's top soybean processor and boost its European market share (notified Aug 19/deadline Sept 20)

ONGOING ONE-MONTH REVIEWS:

-- Plans by Cinven Group to purchase National Car Parks Group, a unit of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (notified Aug 14/deadline Sept 16/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Investor AB of Sweden, through its EQT Northern Europe investing unit, to purchase Dragoco Gerberding and Haarmann & Reimer. Both H&R and Dragoco produce flavours, fragrances and aroma chemicals (notified August 12/deadline Sept 16)

-- Plans by Wind Telecommunication, controlled by France Telecom and ENEL , to purchase parts of the mobile phone carrier Blu (notified Aug 9/deadline Sept 13)

-- Plans by German state-owned railway operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] to purchase logistics group Stinnes (notified August 13/deadline Sept 17)

-- Plans by Prudential Financial of the United States and Sal. Oppenheim Jr & Cie of Germany for a joint venture, Oppenheim Funds Trust, to manage, market and distrbute retail funds (notified August 13/deadline Sept 17/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Questor Partners of Bermuda to purchase the aluminum business of Teksid S.p.A. of Italy (notified August 9/deadline Sept 13/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Toyota Motor Corp to purchase Toyota Espana, which distributes Toyotas and spare parts (notified August 9/deadline Sept 13/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Vestar Capital Partners of the United States to purchase the Cardo Rail division of Cardo of Sweden, which makes brakes for railroads (notified August 9/deadline Sept 13/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Hermes, a subsidiary of German insurer Allianz , and Austria's Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG [OKB.UL] to take joint control of Austrian credit insurer Prisma Versicherungs AG (notified Aug 7/deadline Sept 10/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Thales Microelectronics, part of French defence electronics maker Thales SA and Darfon, owned by Taiwanese mobile phone maker Benq Corp for a joint venture to design, produce and sell low-temperature co-fired ceramics components and substrates (notified Aug 5/deadline Sept 10/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Demag Holding, controlled by U.S. private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, to buy seven subsidiaries and business units of German engineering firm Siemens . The subsidiaries are Demag Cranes Components, Gottwald Port Technology, Mannesmann Plastics Machinery and car suspension maker Stabilius. The Siemens business units involved are Ceramics, information technology services division SENS and electricity meter maker Metering (notified Aug 7/deadline Sept 10/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Accor Services France SA, owned by hotel group Accor SA , and savings plan manager Interepargne, owned by French bank Natexis Banques Populaires , for a joint venture, Servepar, to manage employee savings plans (notified Aug 5/deadline Sept 9/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Ernst & Young Audit SA, the French unit of international accounting firm Ernst & Young [ERNY.UL], to merge with Barbier Frinault, PGA SARL, Archibald and JDP, which were formerly part of Arthur Andersen in France (notified August 5/deadline Sept 9).

-- Plans by DLJ Capital Funding, part of Credit Suisse Group Inc , to buy Britain's Bowater Windows Ltd via and its holding company Hamsard Ltd (notified Aug 2/deadline Sept 6/candidate for simplified procedure)

-- Plans by Dutch building firm BAM NBM to acquire local peer HBG (notified July 31/deadline August 23/extended to September 3)

-- Plans by Danish packaging firm Danapak, part of dairy co-operative Arla Foods, and Austria's Teich AG, controlled by Turnauer Industriestiftung, to take joint control of flexible packaging maker Danapak Flexibel AS (notified Aug 1/deadline September 3)

-- Plans by Legal & General Ventures Limited, part of the Legal & General Group Plc , and Ireland's IWP Holdings to take joint control of household products firm IWP Household (notified Aug 1/deadline September 3)