BRUSSELS, May 16 (Reuters) - Microsoft ( MSFT ) has

offered to sell its Office product without Teams at a lower

price than Office with Teams, as well as offer rivals better

interoperability access to its services and products, EU

antitrust regulators said on Friday.

The European Commission said it was now going to seek

feedback from rivals and customers before deciding whether to

accept the offer. Reuters was the first to report the move

earlier this week.

If accepted, Microsoft's ( MSFT ) offer would bring an end to a

long-running case triggered by a 2020 complaint by

Salesforce ( CRM )-owned Slack, which could have resulted in a

hefty antitrust fine for the U.S. tech giant.

Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Vice President for European Government Affairs

Nanna-Louise Linde said in a blogpost that the proposal was a

clear and complete resolution to concerns raised by rivals and

would give Europeans more choice.

Microsoft's ( MSFT ) offer would allow Europeans to buy Office 365

and Microsoft ( MSFT ) 365 suites without Teams at a lower price than

that for corresponding suites that include Teams, the EU

competition enforcer said.

Rivals could get access to and have effective

interoperability with certain Microsoft ( MSFT ) products and services

for specific functionalities and could also embed Office Web

Applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) in their own

products, and they could prominently integrate their products in

Microsoft's ( MSFT ) core productivity applications, the EU said.

Customers in Europe would be able to extract their Teams

messaging data for use in competing solutions. The pricing offer

would be valid for seven years and interoperability for 10

years.

Microsoft ( MSFT ) said if its pricing offer is accepted, it would

align the options and pricing for its suites and Teams service

globally.

Interested parties have a month to provide feedback.

Salesforce ( CRM ) said it would carefully scrutinise the offer.