AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - ASML has approved the appointment of Christophe Fouquet as the company's new CEO.

Fouquet, 50, took up his new role as chief of Europe's largest technology company at ASML's annual meeting in Veldhoven, Netherlands on Wednesday.

"I'm very happy ... to be able to write the next chapter of ASML and to continue to build significant value for our shareholders," Fouquet said.

(Reporting by Toby Sterling. Editing by Jane Merriman)