European Court overturns VW law

The European Court of Justice has said in a judgement announced 23 October 2007 that a German law protecting carmaker Volkswagen from takeovers is illegal.

BBC News, 23.10.07: 'Volkswagen law' is ruled illegal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7057815.stm

Deutsche Welle, 23.10.07:: EU Court Curbs German State Influence on Volkswagen http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2835767,00.html

European Court of Justice: Press Release, No.74, 2008 http://curia.europa.eu/en/actu/communiques/cp07/aff/cp070074en.pdf

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