The Italian Government can exercise special powers in relation to any company which carries out activities deemed to be of strategic importance, including in the fields of energy, transport and communications irrespective of whether the State is a shareholder. The special powers entail that the acts, resolutions or transactions by the companies concerned that trigger a threat of severe prejudice to essential interests of the State must be notified to the Government. The Government can impose specific conditions or veto the transaction altogether. The Italian State exercises on Tim the Golden Power. 