WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3750/97 by Roberta ANGELILLI to the Commission. Execution of services connected with the activities of Alitalia Spa
Date: 1997-11-21
Institutions: ANGELILLI, European Parliament
Subjects: Italy, air transport, award of contract, carriage of passengers, contract, crew, holding company, invitation to tender, public contract, public sector

C 174/116

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

8. 6. 98

(98/C 174/179)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3750/97

by Roberta Angelilli (NI) to the Commission

(21 November 1997)

Subject: Execution of services connected with the activities of Alitalia Spa

With regard to the joint answer to questions E-1858/97 and E-1859/97 (1) it should be specified that the transport
services referred to are expressly provided for staff and crews of Alitalia Spa. Consequently, whichever company
concluded  the  contracts  in  question,  whether  the  Societa‘ Aeroporti  di  Rome  Spa  or  Alitalia  Team  Spa,  it  is
necessary, for the purposes of the transparency of these agreements, to clarify the relationship between Alitalia
Spa  and  the  above-mentioned  companies.  Furthermore,  despite  the  provisions  of  Article  1(b)  of  Directive
92/50/EEC (2) and recital 18 of Directive 93/38/EEC (3), Alitalia is a company 90% of whose capital is held by
IRI, a public holding company. Nevertheless, the company can conclude contracts for tens of billions of Lire
without being subject to any rules governing transparency, unlike other public companies, such as Ferrovio delle
Stato Spa (the State Railways). This is an obvious anomaly, for which it is hard to find any justification.

In view of the above, can the Commission say:

1.  whether  both  the  contracts  referred  to  in  the  above-mentioned  written  questions  are  to  be  considered  as

having been concluded by Alitalia Spa;

2. 

the reason for the anomalous situation whereby Alitalia Spa, 90% of whose capital is held by the public
holding company IRI, should be excluded from the application of any European law on public contracts,
thereby jeopardizing the correctness and transparency of the contracts concluded by it?

(1)  OJ C 60, 25.2.1998, p. 59.
(2)  OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p. 1.
(3)  OJ L 199, 9.8.1993, p. 84.

Answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission

(6 January 1998)

In  her  previous  written  questions  (E-1858/97  and  E-1859/97),  the  Honourable  Member  stated  that  the
1.
contracts for the transport of passengers and crew had been awarded by Alitalia S.p.A. through its administrative
office at Fiumicino airport and through Alitalia Team S.p.A. respectively.

2.
The Honourable Member is asked to refer to the answer given to those written questions as regards the
scope  of  Directives  92/50/EEC  coordinating  award  procedures  for  public  service  contracts  and  93/38/EEC
coordinating contract award procedures in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors.

(98/C 174/180)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3751/97

by Florus Wijsenbeek (ELDR) to the Commission

(21 November 1997)

Subject: The Austrian ecopoint system

Is  the  Commission  aware  that  there  are  problems  with  the  introduction  of  the  electronic  ecopoint  system  in
Austria,  as  a  result  of  which  Dutch  hauliers  will  face  difficulties  next  year  because  of  a  shortage  of  the  old
eco-vouchers?

Can the Commission say how it is kept abreast of developments in Austria(cid:146)s electronic ecopoint system?