10 October 2006

Schema 28

Schema 28 and its lawyers, rather than threaten the government, should read more carefully the motivation of the decision by Tar of Lazio that was published just 2 days ago.
Reading this judgement could give them more insight. I'm referring to the ordered evaluation of the price cap with reference to the missing investments.
I would point out that the TAR of Lazio has ruled against a company that is controlled by ASPI itself for having wrongly and arbitrarily applied the tariffs and also for not having carried out the planned investments as laid down in the agreements.
I will repeat for the umpteenth time that the government and as far as I'm concerned the Ministry of Infrastructure does not intend in any way to touch the structuring of companies, including the possibility of mergers.
However it is time that the investments are made and that the tariffs are set in the public interest for the consumers and the tax payers.
I would in fact encourage an accurate reading of the judgement of Lazio's TAR which repeats that the concession is not a private contract that can be handled in complete autonomy, but that it implies public obligations in the interests of the people, and the company must keep to these obligations.
It is the duty of the Government and of my Ministry to ensure that the law is respected. I keep to the laws and I am not frightened by the threatening tone of the Schema 28 note.

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Justice