AMSTERDAM, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Chinese semiconductor
company Wingtech has appealed to the Dutch
government to rescind its decision to take control of its
Netherlands-based computer chip subsidiary Nexperia, documents
seen by Reuters show.
Wingtech first challenged the decision on October 21 and
broadened its complaints on November 10, the documents showed.
In the appeal, lawyers for Wingtech urged the Ministry of
Economic Affairs to revoke the order, which they said was an
unprecedented and disproportionate "deprivation of property"
that lacked a legal basis.
The Dutch government suspended its intervention at Nexperia
on Wednesday, after what it said were constructive talks with
China over a dispute which has led to shortages of chips needed
by car manufacturers.
But it did not revoke the September 30 decision, a move it
said had been necessary to prevent the company's former CEO from
moving European operations to China from its current base in the
Netherlands.
China's commerce ministry said the Dutch move fell short of
fully ending its intervention as it had demanded.
Wingtech and Beijing have also called on the Dutch
government to withdraw from a separate court case alleging
mismanagement at Nexperia.
Other documents seen by Reuters show that Dutch Economy
Minister Vincent Karremans shortly after his intervention had
urged the court to act swiftly to prevent Nexperia assets being
moved to China.
In a letter to the court, lawyers for the state said there
was a considerable risk Wingtech would not adhere to the
government's intervention.
The court in October ordered the removal of ex-Nexperia CEO
and Wingtech founder Zhang Xuezheng for mismanagement.