By Christina Zander

STOCKHOLM--Swedish steelmaker SSAB (SSAB-A.SK) said Thursday it has received approval from the European Commission to sell Naantali steel service center in Finland, Halmstad steel service center in Sweden and 50% of the shares in Norsk Stal Tynnplater AS to Tata Steel in Europe.

These transactions are part of the divestment remedies the European Commission deemed necessary for the combination of Rautaruukki with SSAB, announced last year.

SSAB has now received the commission's approval regarding the divestments of all those remedies required for the combination. These transactions are still, however, subject to the approval of national competition authorities. The transactions have only a limited impact on SSAB's financial results.

At 0836 GMT SSAB shares traded up 2.9% at SEK39.51.

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