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". – I have discussed this matter on various occasions with Minister Buttiglione and also with some Members of this Parliament. May I add that this concerns an extension for quite a long time – about 33 years – and thus this project falls under the rules of public procurement and thus competition must play a role in the award of the contracts. After all, competition means that prices will be lower than would otherwise have been the case and also that advantages will accrue to, I assume, the Italian public or at least the Italian State and therefore indirectly to the Italian public. Therefore we should all be in favour of more competition in the award of such immense contracts.
The fact that there is a possible cross-subsidisation in favour of rail transport is an aspect which is perfectly defensible. Therefore, when the terms of the contract that is to be awarded are framed and formulated, that condition will have to be included in the contract to be awarded. Anybody who wants to obtain that contract will have to satisfy that condition. There is nothing wrong with that.
The Commission firmly believes that public contracts must be awarded subject to the rules on public procurements and they basically amount to the fact that competition must be allowed. Otherwise we open the door again to awarding contracts in an underhanded fashion and it will be the public who will suffer.
I am sure no one in this House wants that and, therefore, the Commission is right to follow this line."@en1
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