Brussels, 05/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - In a letter sent to the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barosso, the Polish Association of Road Hauliers (OIGD) called on Mr Barosso to look at the problem of “public intervention in the activity of Chinese enterprises” and take “anti-dumping measures” against road building companies operating on the Polish market. The association is particularly targeting the activities of the Chinese group led by COVEC (China Overseas Engineering Group), which recently won a call for tender for the construction of 50 kilometres of the A2 motorway linking Warsaw to Lodz and which was worth €425 million. According to the OIGD, the price included in the Chinese offer was “at least €150 million less” than the order and thus constitutes an example of “unfair competition”, demonstrating that the Chinese constructor had planned to suffer losses before carrying out the project. The losses are registered while carrying out the project and “will then be covered by the Chinese government,” pointed out the OIGD, which also highlighted similar practices in Romania. One of the priorities of the current Polish government is to finalise and modernise a network of motorways and fast roads, which are practically inexistent at the present time. The total value of the programme launched in this field is estimated by constructors to be at least €40 billion by 2020. (A.By./transl.fl)