German firm takes legal action to obtain Swiss Leopard tanks
The battle tanks are at the centre of a legal dispute over custody.
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The German company Global Logistics Support (GLS) has obtained a super-provisional order from an Italian court to release 25 Swiss tanks stored in Italy.
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The Swiss company that has possession of them, Ruag, is now examining legal options in this context.
According to Ruag, the decision to release the Leopard 1 main battle tanks was made in a unilateral process. It is only provisional and does not yet have legal force, Ruag said in a statement on Friday. It may not be enforced until the objection period has expired.
In a press release in August, the GLS declared its claim to 25 of the Leopard 1 main battle tanks stored by Ruag in Italy. No-one from GLS could be reached at the moment.
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