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The EU commission inquires on aids granted to Rumanian the railway operator goods CFR Marfa
The company is the historical operator of the market of the transport goods on track in Rumania
December 18, 2017
The EU commission has started an investigation in order to ascertain if the cancellation of the debits of Rumanian the railway society goods CFR Marfa regarding the State and the lacked one succeeded in recovering other amounts due from the company have conferred to the society an undue advantage and constitute an infraction to the European norms on the aids of State.
"The market of the transport of the goods on track - Margrete Vestager has asserted, European commissioner to the Competition - is an essential member of the trasportistici connections of any economy. CFR Marfa is the historical operator of this market in Rumania and has benefitted of the cancellation of credits publics and the lacked recovery loans that would have had to reimburse to the creditors publics. We must verify if a private investor would have churns with CFR Marta in the same way of the government and, in case contrary, if such measures are compatible with the norms of the EU in matter of aids of State".
In particular, the investigation of the EU commission will examine a series of measures for the exchange in actions of debits of the value of about 1,7 billion new she (360 million euros) put into effect in 2013 by the Rumanian State in favour of the CFR Marfa and lacked recovery, beginning from 2010, of debits and taxes at the expense of CFR Marfa and of debits regarding CFR Infrastructure.
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