State-owned ChemChina filed its request on Sept. 23, the
European Commission's website showed on Monday.
The EU competition enforcer can either clear the deal, with or
without concessions, or it can open a full investigation if it
has serious concerns that ChemChina's takeover of the world's
largest pesticides maker could harm customers and rivals.
ChemChina cleared one of the biggest hurdles last month when a
U.S. national security panel approved what would be the largest
foreign acquisition by a Chinese company.
The deal is one of several in the agrochemicals sector,
including the planned $130 billion merger of Dow Chemical <DOW.N>
and DuPont <DD.N>, Bayer's <BAYGn.DE> $66 billion bid for
Monsanto <MON.N> and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan's <POT.TO>
proposed merger with Agrium <AGU.TO>.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee; editing by David Clarke)
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