The Government will cancel the contest ATLL – Newspaper

The Government will cancel the contest ATLL – Newspaper

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Piping and interconnecting tunnel Fontsanta-Trinitat of ATLL.

is water, but the largest privatization ever undertaken by the Government is far from clear. The Minister of Land, Santi Vila , announced yesterday that it will convene on Monday to the jury that awarded the management of Aigües Ter Llobregat ( ATLL ) to a consortium led by Acciona (39%) and the Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual (39%) in 2012. The operation has broken apart by war Judicial undertaken by the loser of the contest, Aigues de Barcelona ( Agbar ), which won the challenge of it before a body of the Generalitat, the Organ Resource Administratiu Contractuals ( OARCC ), almost a year ago.

After the failures of Supreme Court which supported the cancellation of the concession to Acciona was only a matter of time the Government has to enforce judgments “quickly and always in the general interest,” according Vila said yesterday. Now the table, on which lies the problem, decide if the contest is repeated or management to another company bidding for the contract, Agbar is transferred, according to Government sources.

The Generalitat could reduce its deficit from 2012 to almost 1,000 million thanks to the operation: he joined 298.7 million in cash, at the signing of the contract on December 27, 2012, and charged at once 696.9 million in 50 annual installments (the duration of the management contract). If you lose management, Acciona and its partners are entitled to claim compensation.

Despite the new scenario, with the announcement of the jury “everything is in the air,” say officials . They warn that the courts have not yet ruled on the merits of the issue.

AGENCY REFORMADO

In any case, Vila initiative responds to the recent resolutions of the Superior Court de Catalunya (TSJC) and then the Supreme Court, which rejected the appeals, one of the Generalitat, calling provisionally suspend the invalidation of the competition decreed by the OARCC. Then the Government reformed the sole agency responsible for Juan Antonio Gallo and became a collegiate court.

The OARCC determined that the consortium led by Acciona should be away from ATLL management for failing the statement conditions on investment. The Minister that started the process, Lluís Recoder, left politics in 2013 to sign for KPMG . Before, former mayor of Figueres (Alt Empordà), Santi Vila, he relieved the December 27, 2012, the same day it was signed in haste, for the financial needs of the Generalitat, the contract with Acciona-BTG Pactual . Even the winning bidder defended not seal the contract and expect to disburse the money to know the meaning of challenges to competition. But the rush of the Government prevailed.