30In that connection, it must be pointed out that the suspension of voting rights, as provided for in Decree-Law No 192/2001, means that the category of public undertakings concerned is precluded from participating effectively in the management and control of Italian undertakings operating in the electricity and gas markets. Since the objective pursued by Decree-Law No 192/2001 is to avoid ‘anticompetitive attacks by public entities operating in the same sector in other Member States’, it has the effect of dissuading public undertakings established in other Member States, in particular, from acquiring shares in Italian undertakings operating in the energy sector.
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