NewsWhore
07-27-2007, 02:40 PM
Vendors in the free trade zone at the airports in Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata are taking legal action because they feel that officials at Aerodom, the company that runs the country's airports, is trying to push them out. The Association of Free Trade Zone Owners says that Aerodom is using the excuse that areas are need for the modernization and expansion of the airports, but the owners said that Aerodom sold the areas to the Swiss company Dufry for US$42.5 million, which according to them also contravenes the Dominican constitution on the formation of monopolies. Listin Diairo writes that three legal decisions on the issues have already been handed out stating that Aerodom's actions violate the right to free business and is in breach of the contract signed with the owners. The owners also say that Aerodom has increased tax on sales to 15% as a way of putting pressure on them.
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