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The Public Ministry investigates the sale of six EDP dams on the Duero River, to a consortium led by the French company Engie for 2,200 million euros, six months ago, reports “Correio da Manhã” this Sunday.
According to the newspaper, the case is in the Central Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP), but there are still no accused. At the base of the investigation are suspicions of crimes of corruption, influence peddling and qualified tax fraud, he said.
The “Correio da Manhã” also advances that the transaction could have benefited from the legislative changes introduced in article 60 of the Statute of Fiscal Benefits enshrined in the 2020 State Budget (which had effects on the stamp tax), two months before the Dam sale agreement An aspect that is being analyzed by the DCIAP was announced in December of that year.
The Bloco de Esquerda accuses EDP of having “fled” the payment of a stamp tax of 110 million euros, in the form of a stamp, while the Cultural Movement of Terra de Miranda, says that it estimates that the “tassel” taxed EDP is around 300 million euros. According to this movement, the income of the local fund will also include a participation of the municipalities in the VAT and IRC income, the value corresponding to the IMI that would be taxed on the buildings that make up the dams and the annexed buildings. to its exploitation.
This Wednesday, the PSD accused the Government of being EDP’s “defense attorney” in the “scheme” for the sale of six dams to the consortium led by Engie. PSD president Rui Rio criticized the Executive for being “so lazy” by saying that “nothing is owed” from EDP to the State and having authorized the sale of the dams “even before the puppet company was formed.”
António Costa replied that “it is not the responsibility of any member of the Government to proceed with the tax classification of any business”, and that this own competence belongs to the Tax Authority (TA). The Prime Minister said, however, that “the least I can say is that this construction [da forma de venda] he was creative, it does not even occur to me that AT is not investigating, it is part of his role ”.
The CEO of EDP, Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade has reiterated that the company did not incur in irregularities, and that the transaction, through a spin-off to a new company and then the sale of said company to a third party, is normal in this type of transaction. operations. .
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