An appeals court in Rome has denied a
request of the prime minister's office to suspend the payment to
phone giant TIM of one billion euros which the company had
unfairly paid to the State in 1998, according to a court of
first instance, under a measure issued by the appeals court on
Monday, which was released Wednesday.
The State, through the premier's office, had requested a
suspension of the measure pending an appeals sentence.
In particular, the prime minister's office, had asked to halt
the payment on the grounds that it did not have the available
cash, which would have required a specific measure on budget
planning.
However, the appeals court ruled that the office had failed to
prove this and that it had refused a transaction agreement,
which included a reduction by 150 million euros of the payment
and an installment plan, made by TIM's legal representatives
during the trial of first instance.
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