Luxembourg, 27/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The ruling in the highly political cases concerning "golden shares" will be rendered on 4 June. The Court of Justice is expected to say whether the Portuguese, French and Belgian legislation, which gives the State specific powers and capacity to act in the management of privatised companies in so-called strategic sectors (i.e. energy) are contrary to European law, or not.
Advocate General Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer said, in July 2001, that the legislation...