Brussels (Reuters) – Boeing is about to obtain the European Union agreement (EU) for its acquisition of Spirit Aerosystems, for an amount of $ 4.7 billion (4.03 billion euros), people said to the file.
Corrective measures to respond to EU concerns should include the sale of certain activities of Spirit Aerosystems, they added.
Boeing had announced the operation in July of last year, with the aim of rationalizing its operations and improving quality control, years after having separated from the main supplier of airlines.
Corrective measures taken by Boeing to respond to EU competition concerns should be those that companies have announced at the time of the acquisition agreement, said those interviewed.
This is the sale of European deficit activities from Spirit to Airbus and the sale of its activities in Prestwick, Scotland, and Subang, Malaysia, which support Airbus programs, as well as those of Belfast.
The European Commission, which ensures the application of competition rules in the EU, is expected to make a decision by October 14.
Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems refused to comment.
The British competition agency authorized the operation without conditions in August.
Boeing has long been planning to buy its former subsidiary, which, according to analysts, has struggled to thrive independently despite the diversification of its activities for Airbus and other European companies.
(FOO Yun Chee report, Etienne Breban, edited by Kate Entringer)
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