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Parliamentary question - E-005156/2017Parliamentary question
E-005156/2017

European funding for the Pazo de Sober

Question for written answer E-005156-17
to the Commission
Rule 130
Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez (GUE/NGL)

The implementation report for the 2011 portion of the ERDF’s Operational Programme Galicia for the 2007-2013 period notes that the largest subsidy in terms of the co-financing grants awarded under Axis 2 Theme 08 went to the company Alvaher 98 S.L. for a total of EUR 887 619.98. Alvaher 98 reappears in the same report, under Axis 5 Theme 57.2, with a project entitled ‘Extension of Hotel’ for an investment amount of EUR 278 897.27. The amount of the associated subsidy is not given.

The implementation report for the 2014 portion of the ERDF’s Operational Programme then lists ‘decertified’ expenditure totalling EUR 418 083.90 against this same company.

Meanwhile, among the loans granted by the Galician Institute for Economic Promotion (IGAPE) with EIB financing (for the 2007-2010 period) there is a loan of EUR 2 500 000 concluded on 13 November 2009 with a maturity date of 13 November 2016.

Alvaher 98 received considerable backing from the various public administrations as it sought to set up a luxury hotel in the municipality of Sober (Lugo).

On 10 February 2015, the company filed for bankruptcy.

1. Is the Commission aware of these facts or has it carried out any investigation into the use of the public money that this company has received from European funds?

2. Have the ERDF funds and the EIB-backed loan been paid back?