BRUSSELS, July 18 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators on

Friday accepted glass maker Corning's offer to waive

exclusive deals with mobile phone makers and glass processing

companies and scrap purchasing clauses to end an eight-month

long investigation and stave off a possible fine.

The U.S. company, which sells a break resistant glass used

as a cover for mobile phones, tablets and smart watches under

the Gorilla Glass brand, counts Samsung, Sony ( SONY )

, Google, HP, Dell and Nokia

as its customers.

Apple ( AAPL ) is reportedly a customer too.

Corning submitted concessions to the European Commission in

November last year.

Corning has now agreed "to waive all exclusive dealing

clauses in all its current agreements with OEMs (original

equipement makers) and finishers", the EU antitrust enforcer

said in a statement.

It will also not require OEMs to purchase, or cause their

supply chain to purchase, more than 50% of their demand from the

company.

The offer is valid for 9 years. EU antitrust violations can

cause companies as much as 10% of their turnover.