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amortize

Voorbeeldzinnen

1. In Italy, the operation of a hydropower plant is subject to a concession, the duration of which is such as to allow the company to amortize the investment.
2. Moreover, Società Terni had been granted a particularly long concession (60 years instead of 30), and therefore, at the time of expropriation, the company had already had thirty years to amortize its investment.
3. While Terni’s own concession would have expired already a few years earlier, it is conceivable that the Italian authorities intended to align the expiry of the Terni tariff with the general expiry of hydroelectric concessions in Italy in 1992. Moreover, Società Terni had been granted a particularly long concession (60 years instead of 30), and therefore, at the time of expropriation, the company had already had thirty years to amortize its investment.
4. And, indeed, this appears to be the rationale of the original provision of Italian law limiting the duration of the preferential tariff to 1992. While Terni’s own concession would have expired already a few years earlier, it is conceivable that the Italian authorities intended to align the expiry of the Terni tariff with the general expiry of hydroelectric concessions in Italy in 1992. Moreover, Società Terni had been granted a particularly long concession (60 years instead of 30), and therefore, at the time of expropriation, the company had already had thirty years to amortize its investment.