Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 24 October 2017.

Hitachi Rail Italy Investments Srl and Finmeccanica SpA v Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Company law — Directive 2004/25/EC — Takeover bids — Second subparagraph of Article 5(4) — Possibility of changing the price of the bid in specific circumstances and in line with clearly determined criteria — National legislation providing an option for the supervisory authority to increase a takeover bid in the event of collusion between the offeror and the seller.#Joined Cases C-655/16 and C-656/16.