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Ok of Brussels to the extension of the incentives Ferrobonus and Marebonus in support of the arranged transport
Green light of the EU commission to the extension of an analogous program of aids of Austria
October 25, 2017
Today the EU commission has approved of the extension of the program of aids of Italy to the promotion of the transport arranged through incentives in support of the transport goods carried out for marine way, with services short beam, that instead terrestrial (Marebonus) and carried out via railroad rather than via road (Ferrobonus), incentives that Brussels has confirmed to be online with the communitarian norms on the aids of State.
The regimes of aids were approved of initially by the EU commission 19th December ( on 19 December 2016). With the today's decision the programs are extended for the duration two-year-old from on January 1°, 2018 on December 31, 2019 having maintained however the initial budget of 200 million euros unchanged.
Moreover today the EU commission has approved of the extension of the duration two plans of aids publics of Austria, of the total value of 650 million euros, destined they also to promote the transfer of the transport of the goods from the road to the arranged transport. In particular, a program is face to promote the displacement of the traffic of the goods from the road to other modalities of transport, while the second has the objective to improve the connections between the railway lines and the intermodal terminals.
The Commission has confirmed the compatibility of the two plans Austrians with the communitarian norms in matter of aids of specified State and that the appraisal of the application of the two programs has verified that in last the five years the previewed measures have effectively contributed to transfer the transport of the goods from the road to the railroad. Therefore their extension to period 2018-2022 with a total budget of 650 million euros is decided.
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