CNA-Fita accusation the Italian highway concessionaires to depress national mobility



. The association of the road haulage bases such denunciation also on the analysis on the contained highway field in the First annual report to the Parliament of the new Authority of Regulation of the Transports, that it is introduced in recent days and that - emphasizes CNA-Fita - evidences that "every kilometer of freeway in Italy affords 1,15 million euros of revenues per year to who takes it in concession".

The relationship of the Authority explains that, "for how much concerns the economic results of the concessionaires, in the 2012 revenues of the reached concessionaires they have been pairs to 6,533 billion euros of which about 1,728 billion (beyond 25%) 596 million) and Anas canon are turned to the State between VAT ((1.132 million), that is the overcharge on the rate used from Been about to the maintenance of the nets not to toll; remaining 4,805 billion have gone to the concessionaires. Such values, subdivided on about 5.700 km of net in concession (and therefore to toll) - the Authority of Regulation of the Transports finds - the fan yes that every kilometer of freeway in Italy annually affords revenues pairs to about 1,150 million euros (300 thousand euros to the State and 850 thousand euros to the concessionaires [the total of revenues mentioned from CNA-Fita, go - the Authority specifies - in order almost three quarters to the concessionaires and for a quarter to the State, ndr]). To the revenues from toll - the Authority emphasizes moreover - they go added the revenues from subconcessioni and other asset that the highway concessionaires embed and of which a part (comprised between 2% and 20%) it is turned to the State".

"In last the twenty-year period - the Authority of Regulation of the Transports observes moreover - one has assisted to an increase of the revenues pairs to 270%, passing from 2,5 billion euros in 1993 to 6,5 billion in 2012, with advanced peaks of increase to 7% in 2003 and 2010-2011. The increase of the revenues observed in the past is interrupted in 2012, year in which a contraction of 3.17% has been recorded about, passing from 6,747 billion euros in 2011 the 6,533 billion one to 2012. The decrease is, for good part, attributable to the crisis of the highway traffic strongly connected to the economic conjuncture of the last years".

The relationship of the Authority of Regulation of the Transports examines beyond 46.000 kilometers of number and toll roads of concessionary societies that divide these drafts in the 21 Countries members of the Association Européenne DES Concessionnaires d' Autoroutes ET of ouvrages to Péage (ASECAP), the European official agency that reunites all the concessionaires who manage highway drafts to toll. "With the exception of the Holland, the whose net to toll is of single 20 km and that it anticipate a medium revenue from toll pairs to 1,338 million euro/km - specific the Authority - the two Countries with the highest rate than revenue for km is France and Italy, with beyond 800 thousand euros for freeway kilometer. To notice as these two Countries use a very similar tariff method".

The relationship of the Authority evidences also as, "besides the important tariff revenues, the field is characterized by a high and stable operating profit with operating margins (EBITDA) that in 2012 never they have not turned out inferior to 20% for all the concessionaires, and in some next cases to 60%, and an operating profit (EBIT) also it medium pairs to 20%, with concessionaires who anticipate an elevated profit much (advanced to 40%). Only exception is the concessionary Connection Spa Valle d'Aosta that has introduced an exercise result negative in 2012".

"It is possible also to notice - the relationship continues - as, given the revenues from services and the profit of the field, the highway field, at least regarding the phase of management and maintenance of the freeways, does not preview uses it of public funds distributed from the State. However when overtime is agreed or great works (for example, the realization of a third/fourth lane in a specific draft or the development of a new highway feature) during dealing the State has been made always loaded with a quota the total costs of the work through contributions unsecured. This although - specific the Authority - during the last few years is recorded that these contributions gradually have been reduced in the time in favor of new forms of financing".

On the base of such CNA-Fita analysis it emphasizes as that of the management of the highway net to toll is "the richest business" and remembers as for a long time the association denounces "the nefarious management of the highway concessions transformed in rich oligopolies that, increase after increase, depress national mobility".

CNA-Fita asks therefore clarifications the government: "to the Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi - it explains Cinzia Franchini, national president CNA-Fita - we ask what has the intention of make. For the umpteenth one he turns an Authority of the State, that of the regulation of the transports, as a result of that of the Authority for the protection of the competition and the market - he emphasizes - he has certifyd the embarrassing management of the highway concessionaires with analysis and inappuntabili data that, I assure them president - he continues the Franchini addressing to Renzi - the users measure and endure on their pockets every day. After the buffoonery of the reimbursements of the tolls promised from minister Lupi, and never arrived to the haulers, for the unwarrantable increases of January - denunciation the president of CNA-Fita - it would be right to resolve the problem of as he must yourself be supplied to compensate the unjust and unjust increases of the tolls that continue to prevent the resumption and to return a recovery of competitiveness of our enterprises impossible. Indiscretions quite speak about new echo taxes in arrival, with the concessionaires and all the Aiscat already ready, with the their powerful computer science instruments, in order to continue "Regional Administrative Court-to tax" anyone".

"We ask the Prime Minister - Cinzia Franchini concludes - to take part timely and definitively on those famous oligopolies to all, that they depress the economy of the Country, impoverishing it".

"Perhaps - it is the epigrafica final denunciation of CNA-Fita - to the Ministry of Transportation not there are alone Wolves but also… too many vixens"