BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Boeing ( BA ) secured EU

antitrust approval on Tuesday for its $4.7 billion acquisition

of Spirit after agreeing to sell some Spirit businesses

to address competition concerns.

The deal announced in July last year aims to help Boeing ( BA )

streamline its operations and improve quality control, years

after it spinned off the key airline supplier.

Boeing ( BA ) offered remedies after the European Commission, which

acts as the EU antitrust enforcer, said the deal would have

significantly reduced competition in the global aerostructure

market and in the large commercial aircraft sector.

The Commission said it accepted Boeing's ( BA ) offer to divest all

Spirit's businesses that currently supply aerostructures to

Airbus to the European rival, confirming a Reuters

story last week.

Boeing ( BA ) will also sell Spirit's site in Malaysia that

supplies aerostructures to Airbus to Composites Technology

Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd, allowing the Malaysian company to

enter the market.

"Boeing's ( BA ) commitments will preserve competition in this

crucial market and enable the entry of a new rival, and ensure

commercial aircraft makers get the parts they need at

competitive prices," EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera said in a

statement.