La UE y otros exportadores de aeronaves civiles firman un pacto fundamental sobre créditos a la exportación.
Los principales países exportadores de aeronaves civiles han firmado en Brasil un acuerdo fundamental que limita la ayuda pública a los contratos de exportación. En el acuerdo, negociado bajo los auspicios de la OCDE, se contemplan todos los tipos de aeronaves civiles, desde los grandes reactores a los pequeños aviones y helicópteros.
Se establecen condiciones sobre tipos mínimos de interés, plazos máximos de reembolso y otros requisitos aplicables a los créditos a la exportación para la venta de aeronaves. En los últimos años se han concedido créditos oficiales a la exportación de aeronaves civiles para contratos de un valor calculado entre 7 000 y 10 000 millones de USD al año.
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Civil aircraft sector
EU and other civil aircraft exporters sign landmark pact on export credits
Brasilia, 30 July 2007
The world’s major civil aircraft exporting countries have signed a landmark agreement in Brazil limiting government support for export deals for civil aircraft. The agreement, negotiated under the auspices of the OECD, covers all types of civil aircraft, from large jets to small planes and helicopters. It sets minimum rates for interest rates, maximum timeframes for repayment and other conditions applied to export credits for aircraft sales. In recent years, official export credit support for civil aircraft sales has covered deals valued at between US$7 billion and US$10 billion annually.
The agreement is important because:
· It creates new international terms that limit the provision of export credit in the aircraft sector. This will help avoid disputes over government support on financing sales of aircraft in this sector. This agreement is not however linked in anyway to the ongoing Boeing-Airbus dispute settlement process in the WTO.
· It creates a level playing field for manufacturers and will encourage plane makers and airlines to focus on price and quality rather than on financial packages of government support for buyers.
· It replaces an agreement from 1986 which had become outdated and to which aircraft growing producers like Brazil – home of Embraer – were not signatories. Brazil has today signed the agreement along with a number of other OECD members, notably the EU, Japan, the US and Canada.
Why has this negotiation taken place under the auspices of the OECD?
Since 1978 the OECD has overseen the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, which is a «gentleman’s agreement» which limits official subsidies for export credits and has long been recognized as one of the foundation stones of fair competition in world trade. This agreement, which is the result of two years of tough negotiations, will form an annexe to that agreement. Brazil’s participation is significant because it is the first time that any non-OECD country has joined OECD countries in a trade pact relating to export credits. The agreement is allows for the option of other countries that may become big civil aircraft exporters, such as Russia and China, to join in future.
What is an export credit?
Governments offer export credits through Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) in support of producers competing for overseas sales. Export credits usually take the form of highly competitive loans to foreign buyers of domestic exports either directly or via private financial institutions benefiting from their insurance or guarantee cover.
Información obtenida de la UE Comisión Europea (Dirección General de Comercio)