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 italian government has changed the rules about motorway concessions to prevent a friendly merger between autostrade and abertis , so that deal is off .

意政府已修订出让高速公路的相关条例，防止autostrade（其国内高速公路运营商）与abertis（西班牙高速公路运营商）友好合并，最终这笔买卖告吹。

Government objections in italy this month derailed the merger of spain 's abertis with autostrade , the italian motorway operator .

本月，由于意大利政府的反对，西班牙abertis与意大利高速公路运营商autostrade的合并宣布流产。

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。