Brandenburg, Germany: Today’s meeting of the Parliamentary Finance Committee for the Tesla Gigafactory 4 purchase has been canceled which further delayed the contract signing date of the land purchase — the contract signing was estimated to happen before Christmas but does not look like the case anymore.

The reason for this delay has been caused by Tesla’s reluctance to sign the purchase agreement on the current terms set by the Brandenburg government. The reason for dropping the meeting was stated as “Lack of a basis for decision-making”.

In short, the Brandenburg government wants Tesla to restore the land back to its original state if the U.S. based automaker decides to forfeit the factory building plan at an early stage, Tesla is trying to avoid any high costs in such a situation, reports German newspaper Bild.

Brandenburg government was expecting Tesla to provide the signed purchase agreement last week but that did not happen and it resulted in the cancellation of today’s meeting — the 300-hectare Gigafactory 4 land is the state’s property.