The path for Lufthansa to take over the state-owned Italian airline ITA is clear, as the required documents for the buyout were submitted on time to the EU competition authority, Italy’s finance ministry said on Monday. “We confidently await the final approval from the European Commission to advance the completion of the transaction,” the ministry said in a statement. Negotiations between the Italian government and the German airline had stalled yet again in the past days after a fundamental agreement had long been reached. The dispute was about the final price, Italian media reported. But the…