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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8609

18 December 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/golden shares
Golden shares of KPN and TPG in Netherlands brought before Court - No decision on Volkswagen until 2004

Brussels, 17/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Commission is taking the Netherlands to the Court of Justice, about the special voting rights the State holds in KPN and TPG, telecommunications companies which were privatised in 2004. It is thus pursuing its action against the "Golden Shares", after the French, Belgian and Portuguese cases which became case law after the Court of Justice ruling in June 2002. Procedures were opened against Italy, Spain, Germany and Denmark. However, there will be...

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