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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9583

19 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 23
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Amendments to “Volkswagen law” do not seem to address all Commission's concerns

Brussels, 18/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 16 January, the German authorities brought forward proposals for amending the “Volkswagen law” to bring it into line with the Court of Justice decision of 23 October 2007 (see EUROPE 9529). The announced changes, however, would appear to leave unchanged some points that were criticised by the Court, and would still considerably restrict the powers of the group's major shareholder, Porsche. The amendments set out by Justice Minister...

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