Premier Paolo Gentiloni has
said a special panel is evaluating whether France's Vivendi
broke Italian rules by failing to notify the authorities of its
of its effective control of Telecom Italia (TIM).
"A technical committee... is verifying whether Vivendi should
have informed the Italian government in advance that it was
taking control of TIM and whether this operation complies with
the Italian law on Golden Powers," Gentiloni said in an
interview published in Tuesday's Le Figaro.
Vivendi has a 24% stake in TIM, making it the top investor in
a company considered of strategic national asset.
TIM has sent an opinion by legal experts to the Italian
government that says Vivendi had not broken the rules as its
role only regards management, not control over assets.
Also on Tuesday, 14 former top TIM managers wrote to the
government urging the State to take back a stake in the company,
"to accelerate the development of the company in line with the
country's industrial policy".
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