WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1859/97 by Roberta ANGELILLI to the Commission. Airline crew transport services provided by Alitalia S.p.A. and Alitalia Team S.p.A.
Date: 1997-05-30
Institutions: ANGELILLI, European Parliament
Subjects: EU control, Italy, Latium, air transport, application of EU law, award of contract, competition law, invitation to tender, public contract, transport company

25. 2. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 60/59

The overall cost of this service is in the region of one and a half billion lire per year, which is at least 30% higher
than it would have cost to entrust this service to a chauffeur-driven car rental company.

In  addition,  by  its  very  nature  and  under  the  law,  a  taxi  cooperative  is  required  to  provide  services  for  all
customers without distinction, whereas services provided for a restricted clientele such as the passengers of a
given airline are the preserve of chauffer-driven car rental companies.

Alitalia  did  not  issue  an  invitation  to  tender  for  the  service  contract  in  question,  thereby  preventing  other
companies in this field from submitting bids and making it impossible to select a bid which might have been
financially more advantageous.

Will  the  Commission  say  whether,  in  concluding  this  agreement,  Alitalia  S.p.A.  has  fully  complied  with
Community rules on freedom of competition and service contracts, bearing in mind that 90% of Alitalia(cid:146)s capital
is held by the public holding company IRI.

If not, will the Commission say whether it intends to take steps to ensure that Community legislation is observed?

(98/C 60/90)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1859/97

by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission

(30 May 1997)

Subject: Airline crew transport services provided by Alitalia S.p.A. and Alitalia Team S.p.A.

The  company  Alitalia  Team  S.p.A.,  which  is  a  subsidiary  of  Alitalia  S.p.A.,  has  introduced  a  shuttle  service
between the control centre at Magliana in Rome and the Leonardo da Vinci airport for the purpose of transporting
the crews of the two above-mentioned companies.

In  order  to  provide  this  service  Alitalia  Team  concluded  in  November  1996  a  contract  of  a  value  of
500 million lire per year with a company named RAMP. Recently, Alitalia concluded contracts for the same
service with two cooperative companies, SAR and SIAT, for a value of around 10 billion lire for the Rome area
alone.

In neither case was an invitation to tender issued by Alitalia S.P.A. and Alitalia Team for the service contracts in
question, thereby preventing other companies in this sector from making bids and ruling out any possibility of a
more financially advantageous bid being selected.

Will the Commission say whether, in awarding the contracts for this service, the companies Alitalia S.p.A. and
Alitalia Team S.p.A. have fully respected Community rules on free competition and service contracts, bearing in
mind that 90% of Alitalia(cid:146)s capital is held by the public holding company IRI.

If not, will the Commission say whether it intends to take steps to ensure that Community law is observed?

Joint answer
to Written Questions E-1858/97 and E-1859/97
given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(11 July 1997)

In  accordance  with  Article  2(2)(b)(ii)  of  Council  Directive  93/38/EEC  of  14  June  1993  co-ordinating  the
procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (1),
contracting entities subject to the obligations of the Directive are those which exercise the activity of exploitation
of  a  geographical  area  for  the  purpose  of  the  provision  of  airport,  maritime  or  inland  port  or  other  terminal
facilities to carriers by air, sea or inland waterway.

Recital 18 of the Directive also states that the scope of this Directive, defined in particular in Article 2, does not
include entities offering air transport services to the public.

According to the information in the Commission’s possession, Fiumicino airport is managed by Aeroporti di
Roma S.p.A. and not by the Ufficio amministrazione scalo aeroporto di Fiumicino de l’Alitalia S.p.A.