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Brussels authorizes a delay of the subsidy Italian-French for the alpine railway freeway on the Digione-Modane-Turin axis
The green light is subordinated to the concession of the service within on June 30, 2013
July 11, 2012
Today the EU commission has authorized a delay of the subsidy Italian-French in support of an experimental service of alpine railway freeway on the Digione-Modane-Turin axis. Brussels has explained that the delay, approved of in compliance with the norm EU on the aids of State, will allow with Italy and France to carry to term the procedure of concession of this innovative service of rail shipment of goods that was started in 2009 with an European ban of contest.
Italy and France have been engaged to guarantee that the effective concession of the service happens within on June 30, 2013 and the approval of the delay is subordinated to the concession of the service within such date.
The EU commission has remembered that France and Italy are collaborating to a project of alpine railway freeway that is extended for 175 kilometers between the Savoia (Aiton) and the Piemonte (Orbassano), through the railway gallery of Moncenisio and that this innovative service, currently in experimental phase, allows to transport the heavy motor vehicles on special trains. The project exclusively on the road offers a credible alternative to the transport in the alpine area, with a consequent reduction of the street risks and the impact on the atmosphere of the transport of goods on rubber.
The aid regime, that it previewed the concession of a subsidy of 23,5 million euros, was approved of by the Commission in 2003 as aid to the development of the arranged transport ( on 10 December 2003). The initiative previewed the management of the service by the society Alpine Railway Freeway (SULTRINESS), joint venture joint constituted by the Trenitalia Italian and the SNCF-Geodis French.
The EU commission has explained that with the today's decision it has accepted a last delay of the financing distributed from France and Italy for the experimental phase of the service of railway freeway, whose they take off it is contrasted and slowed down by difficulty of technical and administrative nature.
The EU commission has specified that it will control that the commercial exploitation of this service of rail shipment happens in consistent conditions to the European norm on the aids of State.
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Today the EU commission has authorized a delay of the subsidy Italian-French in support of an experimental service of alpine railway freeway on the Digione-Modane-Turin axis. Brussels has explained that the delay, approved of in compliance with the norm EU on the aids of State, will allow with Italy and France to carry to term the procedure of concession of this innovative service of rail shipment of goods that was started in 2009 with an European ban of contest.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
