Against 118 acres on the shore in Varna, the state has missed benefits for millions

For 18 years, the state has not considered a necessary account for a promised but unrealized investment of more than BGN 73 million, against which it has sold at least three times below the market 118 acres of terrains on the seashore. This is understood by the content of a document called « Investment Plan for Investment in the Project of Alley First ». On the basis of this plan, the investor company received from the Bulgarian Investment Agency a first -class investment certificate, and the deadline for its implementation for three years – in September 2010.

The investor did not ask for an extension of the certificate and in the summer of 2010, the Bulgarian Investment Agency had all the legal grounds to request the cancellation of the transaction with the company Holding Varna AD for the purchase of state property made as a « encouragement ».

For unknown reasons, this has not happened, and the project « Alley First » has not been implemented to this day.

The investment plan of the project « Alley One » contains 13 sections, detailing its concept, goals and parameters, the size of the investment and the stages for its realization (within three years), the number of jobs to be created, etc. It was signed on July 27, 2007 by the then co -executive directors of Holding Varna Tanya Parusheva and Milcho Bliznakov. The document was provided to « Dnevnik » by MP Stella Nikolova (« We continue the change – Democratic Bulgaria »).

50 euros per square meter on the first line to the sea

The Holding Varna AD (part of the Business Group around « Chimimport » and « Central Cooperative Bank ») Certificate of Investment First Class allowed the then Regional Governor of Varna District Hristo Control (MRF) to sell state terrains at the sea at at least three times lower. This price was In the parking area and the strengthening of the slope above it, Holding Varna AD has not realized its investment within 3 years, as required by the Law on Encourage Investment. And most of the terrains have been completely neglected for 18 years.

« The investment project envisages the construction of a complex for the provision of a wide range of public services related to the treatment, restoration and rehabilitation, qualification of staff for tourism needs, organizing local and international scientific and business presentations, seminars, symposia and congresses, providing conditions for the development of hydrology and hydrology. Sports and Tourism  » – this is recorded in the plan.

The promised total built -up area of ​​the project is 30 thousand square meters, on which the « 11 self -separate sites specialized in the provision of public services that meet the international standards and requirements for this » were to be built.

Priority

The introductory part of the investment plan also contains a list of « priority sites ». It includes technical infrastructure, international and congress center, information center, training center, qualification and retraining, Institute of Hydrology, Recovery and Rehabilitation Center, Fisheries Village, Aquapark, Sports Base, Parking Zones and other attractions.

In item III « The objectives of the project » among everything else is explicitly recorded and the following: « realization of an investment within 3 years ». The next item IV includes « time parameters of the investment project ». They are described as follows: first year – period from October 2007 to September 2008. The second year – from October 2008 to September 2009 and third year – from October 2009 to September 2010.

In another section – « time schedule in the stages » writes that the design was to be carried out in 2007 – 2008, construction and delivery of machinery and equipment from 2007 to 2010. And the commissioning of the sites in the investment project was due until September 2010.

The last – item XII of the investment plan for the project « Alley First » is entitled « Benefits for the Bulgarian State ». These include the following: « Increasing the share of local investments, creating higher levels of employment and profitability of the local population, creating a new appearance of the area providing high quality public services, building the image of the area as an attractive tourist destination, improving the infrastructure at regional and local levels, creating conditions for conditions for the creation of conditions, creation of conditions for levels, creation of conditions, creation of conditions for levels, creation of conditions, creation of conditions for the conditions for scientific levels, creation of conditions for the conditions for science and local levels, creating conditions for science and local levels, creating conditions for scientific levels, creating conditions for science and local levels, creating conditions for science and local levels, creating conditions for scientific and local levels. etc.

At this point, all these « benefits for the Bulgarian state » seem to be missed.

Five property acts quickly

The state sells at Holding Varna 118 decares on the seashore in Varna, separated into five properties, in this case, however, it was « wide -closed eyes » as it sold « encouraging terrains » in the last of the three years, the company had to realize its investment of BGN 73.1 million on them. implemented within the period provided by law.

These are five state -owned properties with previous state -owned status that cannot be sold or leased. However, they were deacated as privately owned by the state, which made it possible to make a transaction with them. This has happened without the obligatory decision of the State Property Act of the Council of Ministers, and the reasons for this remain a secret to this day. All this has happened in the last months of the management of the so -called. « Triple Coalition » (NMSS, BSP and MRF), and the transaction itself was carried out in June 2009 by the then Regional Governor in Varna Hristo Kontorv (MRF).

« Under the Law on Investment Promotion Act, investments are encouraged to acquire fixed assets in order to create a new or expand or modernization of existing production of goods and/or services that create jobs and the term for investment realization is up to three years, » the investment agency said. From there, they also state that the investment is considered realized in the implementation of the investment plan, which includes a schedule for implementation for a period of 3 years.

Unanswered questions

The condition of the five already private properties off the coast in Varna shows that the investment plan in question was not only implemented not only in the law provided for by law three years after their acquisition, but also to this day – 18 years later. Throughout this time, the state, represented by the Bulgarian Investment Agency and the Varna Regional Administration, has not found it necessary to revise the deal with its properties because of the unrealized first class investment.

« According to the text of contract N2 3910/15.06.2009 (with Holding Varna AD, ed.

On the grounds of Art. 17 of the same contract, all disputes regarding interpretation, invalidity, implementation and failure to comply with termination shall be brought by the parties before the Arbitration Court at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in accordance with the rules of cases based on arbitration agreements. This is a legal possibility provided only to the parties to the contract and does not impose an obligation of the regional governor to terminate the contract.

« At the conclusion of the contract, the special requirements of the Investment Promotion Act and the Rules for its implementation are fulfilled. On the basis of the text of the Investment Promotion Act, the sale of real estate – private state property, at the location of the investment, is carried out without a tender.