March 14, 2008 (LPAC)--The European Union Commissary for the Internal Market, Charlie McCreevy, has written a letter to the Italian government demanding explanations on "incompatibilities" of the Italian concession laws for the highway network, with "EU laws". In particular, McCreevy refers to the Italian decision to unilaterally change concessions with Autostrade, in order to prevent a takeover by the Spanish Abertis group. It is believed that now Abertis could open a complaint against Italy with the Commissary on Competition, Neelie Kroes. In previous statements Kroes had already condemned Italy for sabotaging the merger.