Inhlawulo engu- € 3,6 billion: I-Airbus ihlala nabaphathi baseFrance, base-UK nabase-US

I-Airbus ifinyelele izivumelwano zokugcina ne-French Parquet National Financier (PNF), i-UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO), kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US (DoJ) ukuxazulula uphenyo lweziphathimandla ngezinsolo zokugwazisa nenkohlakalo, kanye ne Umnyango Wezwe wase-US (DoS) kanye ne-DoJ ukuze baxazulule uphenyo lwabo ekugcwaliseni okungalungile nokudukisayo okwenziwe ne-DoS ngokususelwe ku-US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).

Airbus uvumile ukukhokha izinhlawulo zama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-3,598 kanye nenzalo nezindleko kuziphathimandla zaseFrance, e-UK nase-US. Izivumelwano zokukhokhelwa ngegunya ngalinye zimi kanje: I-PNF € 2,083 million, i-SFO € 984 million, i-DoJ € 526 million kanye ne-DoS € 9 million lapho ama-euro ayizigidi ezingu-4.50 angase asetshenziselwe izinyathelo zokuthobela zokulungisa ezigunyaziwe.

I-Airbus ithole ikhredithi kuziphathimandla ngokubika kanye nokusebenzisana kwayo okuqinile ngokungaguquki phakathi nophenyo.

I-Convention Judiciaire d'Intérêt Public ne-PNF

I-Airbus ivumile ukungena ku- I-Convention Judiciaire d'Intérêt Public ne-PNF. Lesi sivumelwano asilingani nokwamukelwa kwesibopho sezomthetho. Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, i-PNF ivumile ukumisa ukushushiswa kwe-Airbus isikhathi esiyiminyaka emithathu. Ukushushiswa kuzonqanyulwa uma i-Airbus ithobela imigomo yesivumelwano phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ezibophezele ukuyenza. Lesi sivumelwano siqukethe nesibopho sokuthi i-Airbus ithumele uhlelo lwayo lokuthobela ekucwaningweni kwamabhuku okuhlosiwe okwenziwa yi-Agence Française Anticorruption (AFA) esikhathini esiyiminyaka emithathu.

Isivumelwano Sokushushisa Esihlehlisiwe ne-SFO

I-Airbus ivumile ukungena Esivumelwaneni Sokushushisa Esihlehlisiwe ne-SFO. Lesi sivumelwano asilingani nokwamukelwa kwesibopho sezomthetho. Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, i-SFO ivumile ukumisa ukushushiswa kwe-Airbus isikhathi esiyiminyaka emithathu. Ukushushiswa kuzonqanyulwa uma i-Airbus ithobela imigomo yesivumelwano phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ezibophezele ukuyenza. Ngenxa yokuqhubeka kokuqapha okuzokwenziwa yinhlangano yaseFrance Emelene Nenkohlakalo, i-AFA, akukho ukuqapha okuzimele okuzobekwa ku-Airbus ngaphansi kwesivumelwano ne-SFO.

Isivumelwano Sokushushisa Esihlehlisiwe ne-DoJ

I-Airbus ivumile ukungena Esivumelwaneni Sokushushisa Esihlehlisiwe ne-DoJ. Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, i-DoJ ivumile ukumisa ukushushiswa kwe-Airbus isikhathi esiyiminyaka emithathu. Ukushushiswa kuzonqanyulwa uma i-Airbus ithobela imigomo yesivumelwano phakathi nalesi sikhathi, ezibophezele ukuyenza. Akukho kuqapha kokuthobela okuzimele okuzobekwa ku-Airbus ngaphansi kwesivumelwano ne-DoJ.

Isivumelwano Semvume ne-DoS

Ekugcineni, i-Airbus ivumile ukungena esivumelwaneni semvume ne-DoS. Ngaphansi kwalesi sivumelwano, i-DoS ivumile ukuxazulula konke ukwephulwa komthetho we-ITAR okubalulwe ekudaluleni ngokuzithandela kwe-Airbus okuhlonzwe kuSivumelwano Semvume, futhi i-Airbus ivumile ukugcina isikhulu esizimele sokuthobela ukulawula ukuthekelisa, esizoqapha ukusebenza kahle kokuthekelisa kwe-Airbus. amasistimu okulawula nokuhambisana kwawo ne-ITAR.

Ngenxa yezizathu zomthetho, i-Airbus ayikwazi ukuphawula ngezitatimende zamaqiniso okuvunyelwene ngazo ezishicilelwe iziphathimandla eziphenyayo.

I-Airbus ithathe izinyathelo ezibalulekile zokuzilungisa futhi nokuqinisekisa ukuthi lokhu kuziphatha ngeke kuphinde kwenzeke. I-Airbus iluthuthukise kakhulu uhlelo lwayo lokuthobela ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwePhaneli Lokubuyekeza Ukuthobela Okuzimele. Inkampani izibophezele ekuqhubeni ibhizinisi ngobuqotho.

U-Denis Ranque, uSihlalo Webhodi Labaqondisi be-Airbus, uthe: “Izindawo zokuhlala esifinyelele kuzo namuhla zivula ikhasi ezinkambisweni zebhizinisi ezingamukelekile zesikhathi esedlule. Ukuqiniswa kwezinhlelo zethu zokuthobela imithetho kwa-Airbus kuklanyelwe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukuziphatha okubi okunjalo ngeke kuphinde kwenzeke. Izivumelwano ziphinde ziveze ukuthi isinqumo sokubika ngokuzithandela kanye nokusebenzisana neziphathimandla besilungile. Ukuzinikela okuvela eBhodini, kanye neKomidi lalo leZimilo kanye Nokuthobelana, ukuhlinzeka ngosekelo olugcwele ophenyweni nasekusetshenzisweni kwamazinga okuthobela aqashelwa umhlaba wonke kuvule indlela ezivumelwaneni zanamuhla.”

U-Guillaume Faury, Isikhulu Esiphezulu se-Airbus, wanezela: “Izivumelwano ezivunyiwe namuhla neziphathimandla zaseFrance, UK, kanye ne-US zimelela ingqopha-mlando ebaluleke kakhulu kithi, evumela i-Airbus ukuthi iqhubekele phambili futhi ikhule ngendlela eqhubekayo futhi enomthwalo wemfanelo. Izifundo ezitholiwe zenza i-Airbus ikwazi ukuzibeka njengozakwethu othembekile nesifuna ukuba nguye.”

I-Airbus izoqhubeka nokubambisana neziphathimandla esikhathini esizayo, ngokuvumelana nezivumelwano, futhi ifake isiko eliqinile Lezimiso Zokuhle Nokuthobela ngaphakathi kweNkampani.