Mission Infrastructure

“Parteneriatul public-privat (PPP – n. red.) constituie solutia pentru dezvoltarea infrastructurii locale. Cu toate acestea, realizarea unor astfel de parteneriate are de suferit din cauza lipsei unor legi clare. Ar trebui sa existe un cadru legislativ care sa stabileasca in mod clar durata si valoarea minima a unui contract de tipul PPP”, spune Mihai Mares, partener in cadrul casei de avocatura Garrigues Romania.

El mentioneaza ca singurul PPP din infrastructura locala este cel dintre constortiul franco-elen Vinci-Aktor si statul roman, pentru constructia tronsonului de autostrada Comarnic-Brasov.

“A mission from Rostrade Holding visited Iraq to identify potential investment opportunities or the possibility of buying stakes in Iraqi-based joint ventures. We are the first Romanian private-capital company that visited Iraq for business purposes. We hope the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will establish a consulate in Kurdistan in the near future”, said Gheorghe Racaru.

He added that the company may establish an aviation company in the area. “We have identified investment opportunities in agriculture”. Romstrade group may record a turnover of €300 million this year.

“We still have to determine the time zero”

An IMF mission will visit Romania today to discuss the 2010 budget plan together with the European Commission, Finance Ministry officials said. The country is very likely to ask its lenders to extend deadlines depending on the new data.

“It will be a short mission, of 1, 2 or 3 days to complete the 2010 budget plan. There is a slight difference between us (IMF), Commission and authorities… We must clarify the time zero so whoever is in charge takes into account certain public policies. There is a small difference regarding the exposure on revenues, and authorities will hammer out the final points on certain indicators”, Romania’s IMF representative, Mihai Tanasasescu said.