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the EU commission submits Italy to the Law court for the lacked recovery the aid to SEA Handling
Draft of about 360 million euros granted between 2002 and 2010
July 23, 2014
The EU commission has announced today the referring of Italy to the European Law court for the lacked recovery the aid to SEA Handling, operator for the assistance to earth, that EU in matter of aids of State is considered incompatible with the norms. Brussels has explained that Italy has not complyd to the decision of the EU commission of the 2012 that arranged to the recovery of the aid pairs to about 360 million euros granted between 2002 and 2010 from SEA, Italian public manager of the airports of Milan, to its controlled SEA Handling, recovery of the sum that, in spite of Italy had four months of time from the emanation of the decision for at a distance giving execution to you - it has emphasized the Commission - of beyond a year and means from the decision still have not happened.
The Commission has restated that, besides to violate the norms EU in matter of aids of Been about to the enterprises in difficulty financial institution, such contributions of capital have supplied to SEA Handling an undue advantage regarding the competition.
The Commission has remembered that Italy, SEA Handling and the municipality of Milan, main shareholder of SEA, have appealled the decision of 2012 of the Commission dinanzi to the Court of the EU asking of suspension in March 2013. However - it has specified Brussels - the Court of the EU has rejected the question of precautionary provisions in July 2013 and in any case the resource does not suspend the obligation for the Member States to recover the considered aid incompatible.
Moreover 9th July the EU commission has started a groundbreaking investigation in order to estimate if a vital contribution of pairs to 25 million euros carried out from SEA in favor of its controlled new charged of the management of the services to earth, Airport Handling, is compatible with the norms EU in matter of aids of State (inforMARE on July 9, 2014). According to the expressed preliminary opinion from the Commission, the purpose and the result of the constitution of the new society are in reality those to avoid the restitution of the aid of incompatible State granted to SEA Handling, of which Airport Handling it can be considered the economic successor.
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The EU commission has announced today the referring of Italy to the European Law court for the lacked recovery the aid to SEA Handling, operator for the assistance to earth, that EU in matter of aids of State is considered incompatible with the norms. Brussels has explained that Italy has not complyd to the decision of the EU commission of the 2012 that arranged to the recovery of the aid pairs to about 360 million euros granted between 2002 and 2010 from SEA, Italian public manager of the airports of Milan, to its controlled SEA Handling, recovery of the sum that, in spite of Italy had four months of time from the emanation of the decision for at a distance giving execution to you - it has emphasized the Commission - of beyond a year and means from the decision still have not happened.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
