AMSTERDAM, July 5 (Reuters) - The European Commission

has begun gathering information from industry on its use of

"legacy", or slightly older generations of computer chips, in

supply chains, a spokesperson said on Friday.

In emailed remarks, a spokesperson said the European Union

and United States might develop "cooperative measures to address

dependencies or distortionary effects."

The remarks follow a Reuters report on Friday that the

Commission had begun a survey of the European semiconductor

industry in light of a rapid build-out of legacy chipmaking

capacity in China by companies with state support.