The European Competition Commission brought the group Attica, submitting a complaint to incompatibi

The European Competition Commission brought the group Attica, submitting a complaint to incompatibility of State aid granted by Italy in the form of subsidized employer contributions in the Italian flag passenger ships, which compete in the Adriatic ships with Greek flag. With this move, the group Attica appears determined to lead to conflict ends with the group Grimaldi, who has "put on the good foot" in the Adriatic by Minoan Lines, and the Grimaldi Lines, utilizing the 'cheaper' cost function offered by the Italian flag in comparison with the cost of Greek flag. In the complaint, the group supports Attica, inter alia, that in Italy there since 1998, institutionalized second national register, called the Italian International Shipping Register (IIR), which dealt with cargo ships operating in international trade, but now has expanded to cover a variety of ships, including passenger and (ferries). For vessels embedded in IIR provides: Charges are social security contributions by the State (estimated at around 33% of gross salary). -The Amount ocean schedule corresponding to the tax withheld from the owner of the salary of the sailors, instead be paid to the State remains the owner, in order to reduce cost. The result of these arrangements is to distort competition, since there are no similar arrangements for ships with Greek flag. Thus, the Italian flag vessels that are currently active in the Adriatic Sea and compete directly with Greek flag ships, have a significant competitive advantage ocean schedule in the limits of unfair competition. The Attica Group cites real examples of labor costs. As mentioned features, the cost of employer ocean schedule contributions for one company the size of Superfast Ferries, which operates four ships in the Adriatic, estimated at 1,327,851.60 euros for the year 2011, while the tax deductions made by seafarers company amounted to EUR 551,808.58 for the same year. Overall, ie, an amount of approximately EUR 1,880,000 charged to run the company, while no corresponding burden companies with Italian flag vessels. Similarly, Anek, in 2011, employer contributions paid 1,275,000 euros and tax deductions seafarers reached 479,000 euros, so the total benefit would be if there were similar Italian provisions, amounted to 1.754 million euro for 2011 is therefore clear that Greek companies with Greek flag ships have a significant competitive disadvantage compared with companies with Italian flag vessels, both in operating costs and in terms of liquidity. Favourable settings IIR have not extended with the approval of the European Commission and domestic Italian routes, enhancing the advantage of Italian companies, which compete with Greek in the Adriatic Sea, while increasingly expand their activities in the Greek market (cabotage). Attica Group refers to Article 107 of the EU Treaty, ocean schedule which, as mentioned, expressly provides that "aid in any form from the State or through State resources which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favoring certain undertakings ocean schedule or the production of certain goods is incompatible with the internal market in so far as it affects trade between Member States, save where the Treaties provide otherwise. " The company denounced the policy and calls on the European Commission to consider ocean schedule the matter immediately with a view to eliminating those state aid for passenger ships operating in the Adriatic, and the return of the votes today to support at least the beginning of economic crisis. SOURCE: ocean schedule NAFTEMPORIKI ocean schedule
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