EU court says TNT ‘golden shares’ illegal

The Dutch government said on 28 September 2006 that it would accelerate discussions with TNT to cancel the “golden share” it holds in the mail and express company, following a ruling by the European Court of Justice that the construction was unlawful.

ECJ: Case Judgment in Joined Cases C-282/04 and C-283/04 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Submit&alldocs=alldocs&docj=docj&docop=docop&docor=docor&docjo=docjo&numaff=&datefs=2006-09-27&datefe=2006-09-28&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=&resmax=100

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