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Freeze toll rates, taxation of super-highway companies, renegotiating contracts, renationalisation … Since this fall, the state decided to look into concession contracts highways, the debate unleashed passions. Not a day goes by without a new proposal in response to the report of the Competition Authority, which denounced the motorway annuity. Wednesday, December 17, it was the turn of parliamentarians to invite in the debate, with the presentation of a report in the morning to the National Assembly and the Senate another in the afternoon.
“ Resume hand denouncing the contracts. “ This is the recommendation of deputies to the State. The rapporteur, Jean-Paul Chanteguet (Indre, Socialist Party) advocates that path that is not within “an ideological choice renationalisation but an appeal to the most appropriate device to review the financial ecosystem highways the benefit of the State and users. “
Contracts must be terminated by 31 December
The state then touch the toll income, which would finance transport infrastructure and simultaneously moderate rate increases. This purchase contracts could lead to a substantial renegotiation of existing contracts (Tariff Law, sharing concession fruits …) and an amicable settlement leading the state to return to termination. The latter could bring to market the sale of concessions for the same remaining term initially.
But the schedule is tight, the termination of contracts to be made before December 31st. “It is urgent that the government notifies its breaking dealers will, to build a new system in 2015, with later entry into force on 1 st January 2016 “ points the report.
On December 4, in a letter to Manuel Valls, 152 Socialist deputies had supported this proposal already outlined. “ You would place the state in a position of strength, you give him real means to negotiate in better conditions, new management contracts to private companies that could also be the current managers,” they wrote to the Prime Minister . “No solution is ruled out so far in the debate on the contribution of highway concessionaires to finance transport infrastructure and the sharing of their benefits,” ‘he replied.
The upcoming negotiations
Meanwhile, the motorway companies point out that this idea was never raised in the history of concessions and it would be a first .dropoff window They are sticking to their position that any changes can be made only with respect to the overall balance of the contract. Whatever the chosen solution will therefore require compensation.
In this case, compensation would exceed € 50 billion including $ 31 billion in debt. It should also compensation if, as Ségolène Royal request, the Minister for Ecology, toll rates were frozen in 2015 instead of the planned increase of 0.57%. The Association of French motorway companies (AFSA) indicates handing ten proposals to the government. “ They cover both investment, tariff, and other on carpooling and social use of the highway” , said on Tuesday its Chief Executive Officer, Jean Mesqui on BFM TV. If the voltage rises gradually, it is in the prospect of a meeting with the government in the coming days. So should really start negotiations.
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