EU okays with conditions Alstom’s buy of Bombardier’s rail business

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators approved on Friday Alstom’s bid for Bombardier Inc’s rail business after the French TGV high-speed train maker agreed to sell assets to address competition concerns.

The European Commission said Alstom will sell a French rail factory, its regional train unit Coradia Polyvalent, and a Bombardier commuter trains division and the related production facilities at its Hennigsdorf site in Germany.

Reuters reported on July 27 that the concessions would help Alstom clinched EU clearance for a deal that would make it the world’s second largest rail maker behind Chinese rival CRRC Corp <601766.SS>.

(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee, Editing by Gabriela Baczynska)