"This 134 million euro measure enables Germany to help BASF step up its renewable hydrogen production capacities, thereby contributing to the greening of the chemical value chain and of the transport sector," EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.

($1 = 1.0245 euros)

(Reporting by Marine Strauss @StraussMarine; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)