未提供先进技术,印度审计总署抨击法国公司未履行“阵风战机”的补偿条款 (要求法国把军购50%返还印度)

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NEW DELHI: French firms Dassault Aviation and MBDA, the main companies in the Rs 59,000 crore contract for 36 Rafale fighters inked in September 2016, have been slammed by the national audit watchdog for their failure so far to fulfil offsets obligation in offering advanced technology to India.

新德里消息:2016年9月,印度签署了价值5900亿卢比的合同,购买36架“阵风”战机,法国达索航空公司和MBDA公司是该合同的主要相关方。但由于未能履行向印度提供先进技术的补偿义务,两家公司遭到了国家审计监督机构的抨击。

The French companies are required to plough back 50% of the contract value to India as offsets or re-investments under the deal. Tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the CAG report on “management of defence offsets” said the two French firms have so far failed to deliver on their initial promise in September 2015 to discharge 30% of their offset obligation by offering “high technology” to DRDO.

根据合同,两家公司必须将合同金额的50%返还给印度,作为补偿或再投资。印度审计总署(CAG)关于“国防补偿管理”的报告于周三提交议会,报告称,这两家法国公司迄今未能兑现2015年9月的最初承诺,即通过向DRDO提供“高科技”以履行30%的补偿义务。

The CAG report, however, itself admits that discharge of offsets in the Rafale deal are spread over seven years from the date of signing the contract, with no such obligation in the first three years.

然而,CAG的报告本身承认,“阵风”交易的补偿义务从合同签署之日起,在7年内履行,在前3年无需履行该义务。

The report, however, also criticises the fact that the maximum discharge of the offsets - 57% by MBDA and 58% by Dassault - is slated only during the last or seventh year (2023).

然而,该报告也批评了这样一个事实,即补偿义务的最大部分——MBDA占57%和达索占58%——却安排第七年履行(2023年)。

Though the CAG report dwells upon several defence deals, the Rafale contract is noteworthy because it led to a political dogfight between the BJP-ledgo nment and Congress. The Supreme Court had in November last year rejected review petitions for a probe into the 36-fighter deal.

尽管CAG报告中提到了几笔国防交易,“阵风”战机合同还是值得关注的,因为该交易导致了人民党政府和国大党之间的政治混战。去年11月,最高法院驳回了对36架“阵风”交易进行调查的复审请求。

Referring to different deals, including the Rafale one, the CAG report said: "In many cases, it was found that foreign vendors made various offset commitments to qualify for the main supply contract, but later were not earnest about fulfilling these commitments.”

在提及包括“阵风”在内的不同交易时,CAG报告称:“在许多交易中,我们发现外国供应商做出了各种补偿承诺,以符合主供应合同的条件,但后来并没有认真履行这些承诺。”

In the Rafale deal, DRDO had in April 2016 identified six new technologies to be acquired from Dassault and MBDA. But the firms did not agree on transfer of five technologies as most of them were not within their core competence.

在“阵风”交易中,DRDO在2016年4月确定了将从达索和MBDA获得的6项新技术。但是这些公司没有同意转让这五项技术,因为其中大多数都不在他们的核心竞争力之内。