AMSTERDAM, July 6 (Reuters) - The Dutch markets regulator onWednesday asked for EU permission to conduct an antitrust reviewof a proposed merger between Liberty Global's Dutch cablecompany Ziggo and Vodafone's Dutch operations.
The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) said it hadasked the European Union Commission, which has default authorityover the matter automatically due the size of the companies'combined sales, to remand it to the ACM.
The Commission declined a similar request in 2014 to reviewthe merger that created Ziggo.
Ziggo and Vodafone in February announced plans to mergetheir Dutch operations in order to better compete with formerincumbent KPN. (Reporting by Toby Sterling; editing by Jason Neely)