Autostrade argues that the clause of the privatisation law banning construction companies as shareholders has expired.
意大利高速公路公司称,这项私有化法律对建筑公司的约束条款已经过期了。
The decision took Autostrade and Abertis by surprise: over the past weeks the firms felt confident that their plan to create the largest toll-road company in the world was on track.
这个决定令意大利高速公路和Abertis都感到意外:过去的几周里,这两家公司都信心十足的认为,它们建立世界上最大的收费公路公司的计划进展顺利。
Instead they wrote to the boss of the motorways regulator, pointing out that the 1997 privatisation law which relates to Autostrade stipulates that no construction company can become a shareholder.
而是写信给汽车高速公路管理局的负责人,信中指出,1997年涉及意大利高速公路公司的私有化法律指出,建筑公司不可以成为其股东。
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