FrancophonIA/DGT-Translation_Memory huggingface dataset:
English: While the specific rights acquired in the past by employees in the sector amount to a total of […], the enterprises are relieved of the payment only of the specific pension benefits acquired before the reform by employees assigned to electricity and gas transport and distribution, which represented a total of […] at 1 January 2003. The enterprises in the sector therefore remain responsible for an amount of […].
Slovak: Reforma je primeraná k tomu, čo je striktne potrebné, keďže spoločnosti sú odbremenené iba od časti platieb minulých špecifických dôchodkových práv. Celková výška všetkých minulých špecifických práv je totiž na úrovni […] pre celé odvetvie, spoločnosti sú odbremenené iba od platby špecifických dôchodkových práv nadobudnutých pred dňom rozhodujúcim pre spustenie reformy zamestnancami pracujúcimi v prenose a v distribúcií elektrickej energie a plynu, čo predstavuje sumu […] k 1. januáru 2003.
Polish: W rzeczywistości, jeśli kwota wszystkich dawnych szczególnych świadczeń wynosi […] dla sektora, przedsiębiorstwa są zwolnione tylko z płacenia szczególnych świadczeń nabytych przed wejściem reformy w życie przez pracowników zajmujących się przesyłem i dystrybucją energii elektrycznej i gazu, co stanowi kwotę […] na dzień 1 stycznia 2003 r. Kwota […] pozostaje więc obciążeniem dla przedsiębiorstw sektora.
Hungarian: Ugyanis ha a múltbeli specifikus jogosultságok összege az ágazatra vonatkozóan […], a vállalatokat csak a villamos energia és a gáz szállításával és elosztásával foglalkozó dolgozóknak a reform bevezetésekor már megszerzett specifikus jogosultságainak a kifizetése alól mentesítik, ami 2003. január 1-jén […] összeget képviselt, tehát […] összeg továbbra is az ágazat vállalatait terheli.
English: Between July 2001 and June 2002, many letters were exchanged between the Commission and the French authorities [2]. A technical meeting was held on 3 September 2002.
Italian: Nel periodo compreso fra luglio 2001 e giugno 2002, fra la Commissione e le autorità francesi [2] si sono susseguiti numerosi scambi di corrispondenza e il 3 settembre 2002 si è svolta fra le due parti una riunione tecnica.
English: They also denied that EDF had received a tax concession in 1997. A technical meeting was held on 12 February 2003 between the Commission and the French authorities to discuss the issue of the tax concession.
Italian: Le autorità francesi hanno anche negato che nel 1997 EDF abbia beneficiato di un vantaggio fiscale: per discutere della questione, il 12 febbraio 2003 si è svolta una riunione tecnica fra la Commissione e le autorità francesi.
English: It is one of the largest groups on the European energy market and related markets. The group is also present in China, Egypt, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the United States.
Italian: EDF è uno dei principali gruppi attivi sul mercato europeo dell’energia e dei mercati collegati e opera anche in Cina, Egitto, Argentina, Brasile, Messico e Stati Uniti.
English: The existing pension scheme for the electricity and gas industries is a special arrangement that is separate from the general social security scheme. It is a pay-as-you-go system funded by employees' contributions and a balancing contribution paid by enterprises in the sector, calculated in proportion to their wage bill and intended to balance each year the scheme's pension liabilities.
Italian: L’attuale sistema pensionistico del settore delle IEG costituisce un regime speciale, distinto dal regime generale della previdenza sociale: si tratta di un sistema a ripartizione, finanziato dai contributi dei lavoratori dipendenti e da una contribuzione delle imprese del settore («contribution d’équilibre») calcolata come prorata della massa salariale e avente per obiettivo quello di equilibrare ogni anno gli oneri pensionistici del regime.
English: This guarantee of last resort will be granted to the National Fund for the Electricity and Gas Industries, not to the enterprises themselves. It could be called upon only after failure of an enterprise had been duly established and prior activation of an inter-company solidarity mechanism up to a given ceiling.
Italian: Tale ultima garanzia sarà accordata alla Caisse nationale des industries électriques et gazières e non alle aziende e potrà essere attuata soltanto dopo aver constatato il deficit di un’impresa e l’avvio preventivo di un meccanismo di solidarietà fra le imprese del settore soggetto ad un determinato tetto.
English: The Commission notes that the documents forwarded were heavily censored. It would stress that it is not for the Member State but for the Commission to assess the relevance of such documents in the context of its investigation.
Italian: La Commissione rileva che la documentazione inviata è parziale e ricorda che nell’ambito di un’indagine non spetta allo Stato membro ma alla Commissione stessa giudicare la pertinenza della documentazione.
English: They argued that the arrangements established by Act No 80-539 of 16 July 1980 formed part of the general scheme of the system that derived from the general principle of the unseizability of the assets of public entities under French law. They also took the view that the Commission had not demonstrated that they enjoyed any discretionary power to assess the appropriateness of issuing a mandatory payment order, for a sum of money that had become due for payment following a court decision, on behalf of a public entity.
Italian: Esse sostengono, da un lato, che il regime instaurato dalla legge n. 80-539 del 16 luglio 1980 si iscrive nell’economia generale del sistema discendente dal principio del diritto francese secondo cui i beni delle persone giuridiche di diritto pubblico non sono alienabili; dall’altro, affermano che la Commissione non dimostra che le autorità francesi dispongono di un qualsiasi potere discrezionale per decidere sul mandato di pagamento d’ufficio in nome e per conto di una persona giuridica di diritto pubblico di una somma divenuta esigibile in seguito ad una decisione giurisdizionale.
English: The French authorities also argued that if EDF were found to have benefited from an undue advantage, it would constitute existing aid and not new aid on account of the expiry of the ten-year limitation period laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, which began to run from the date the initial aid was granted. Since the Commission's first request for information was made on 10 July 2001, any aid granted before 1991 would be time-barred.
Italian: Inoltre, le autorità francesi ritengono che se si trattasse di vantaggio indebito, si tratterebbe di un aiuto esistente e non di un nuovo aiuto, secondo quanto disposto dall’articolo 15 del regolamento (CE) n. 659/1999, che prevede la prescrizione decennale con decorrenza dalla concessione dei primi elementi d’aiuto: tenuto conto che la prima richiesta di informazioni della Commissione risale al 10 luglio 2001, gli eventuali elementi d’aiuto accordati prima del 1991 sarebbero quindi prescritti.
English: The debts of public entities are paid in accordance with a special procedure established by Act No 80-539 of 16 July 1980, whereby they must, if they have insufficient funds, create the necessary resources. Should the public enterprise fail to act, the supervisory authority serves formal notice for it to do so.
Italian: Il rimborso dei debiti delle persone giuridiche di diritto pubblico obbedisce ad una procedura speciale stabilita dalla legge n. 80-539 del 16 luglio 1980, secondo la quale, spetta a loro, in caso di crediti insufficienti, creare le risorse necessarie.
English: The French authorities also take the view that, even if the creation of provisions for the renewal of the RAG resulted in an advantage, that advantage should be regarded as cancelled out by the increase in corporation tax paid in 1997. The Commission cannot but dismiss this argument.
Italian: Le autorità francesi ritengono inoltre che se la creazione degli accantonamenti per il rinnovo della RAG si fosse tradotto in un vantaggio, questo dovrebbe essere considerato annullato dall’aumento dell’imposta sulle società versata nel 1997.
Lithuanian: Prancūzijos valdžios institucijos taip pat mano, kad jei atidėjimų sudarymas PTT atnaujinimui yra laikomas lengvata, tai ji turėtų būti laikoma panaikinta dėl padidėjusio įmonės pelno mokesčio, sumokėto 1997 m. Komisija gali tik atmesti šį argumentą.
English: In particular, the United Kingdom opened up its market completely for large industrial customers in 1990. Sweden opened up its market completely in 1996, Finland began the process in 1995 and reached 100 % market opening in 1997, Germany completely opened up its market in 1998 and the Netherlands opened up its market completely for industrial customers in 1998.
Italian: In particolare, nel 1990 il Regno Unito ha aperto completamente il mercato dei grandi clienti industriali, così come ha fatto la Svezia nel 1996; la Finlandia ha cominciato ad aprire il proprio mercato nel 1995 raggiungendo il 100 % nel 1997; la Germania l’ha aperto totalmente nel 1998 così come i Paesi Bassi.
English: In 2000, EDF established a partnership with Veolia Environnement via the company Dalkia, the European leader in energy services to businesses and local authorities. It offers energy engineering and maintenance services, manages heating plants and technical services to do with the operation of buildings and operates district heating networks, combined heat and power schemes, and energy production and industrial fluid systems.
Italian: Nel 2000, EDF ha sottoscritto un accordo di partenariato con Veolia Environnement attraverso la società Dalkia, leader europeo dei servizi energetici alle imprese e alle collettività: propone servizi di ingegneria e di manutenzione energetica, gestisce impianti termici e servizi tecnici legati al funzionamento di edifici e garantisce lo sfruttamento delle reti di calore, di cogenerazione, di complessi di produzione di energia e di fluidi industriali.
English: No provision of the Treaty is an impediment to complete or partial State ownership of enterprises. But, at the same time, the competition rules must apply in the same way to private and public enterprises.
Italian: Ai sensi di detto articolo, la Comunità lascia del tutto impregiudicato il regime di proprietà esistente negli Stati membri.
English: It should be stressed that, despite the injunction to provide information issued in October 2002, the French authorities persisted in their refusal to supply the Commission with full copies of some of the documents requested. In particular, they communicated only extracts from the French Court of Auditors' reports covered by the injunction.
Italian: Occorre notare che, malgrado l’ingiunzione a fornire informazioni inviata nell’ottobre 2002, le autorità francesi si sono sempre rifiutate di trasmettere alla Commissione la versione integrale dei documenti richiesti, inviando soltanto estratti delle relazioni della Corte dei conti oggetto dell’ingiunzione.
English: The texts have not envisaged the eventuality of a deficit. But it is certain, a priori, that a deficit could not lead to the enterprise being declared bankrupt: it is inevitable that an exception would be made to the ordinary rules; in practice, the State, which is often responsible for the deficit insofar as it retains control of prices and wages, is prompted, as we have seen, to cover it by means of advances’.
Italian: I testi non hanno previsto l’eventualità del deficit, ma sembra certo, a priori, che non si giungerebbe alla dichiarazione di fallimento dell’azienda: su questo punto la deroga al diritto comune è inevitabile; in pratica, lo Stato, spesso responsabile del deficit nella misura in cui resta padrone dei prezzi e dei salari è obbligato, come si è già constatato, a coprire tale deficit con propri apporti».
English: Sweden opened up its market completely in 1996, Finland began the process in 1995 and reached 100 % market opening in 1997, Germany completely opened up its market in 1998 and the Netherlands opened up its market completely for industrial customers in 1998. In those circumstances, even before the deadline set by the Directive for opening up the market to competition, State aid granted to enterprises enjoying a monopoly in a Member State that took an active part in intra-Community trade, as in the case of EDF, distorted competition on the electricity market within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Lithuanian: Švedija 100 % rinkos atvėrė 1996 m., Suomijoje atverti rinką pradėta 1995 m., ir 1997 m. ji atverta 100 %, Vokietijoje 100 % rinkos atverta 1998 m., o Nyderlandai pramoniniams vartotojams rinką visiškai atvėrė 1998 m. Taigi valstybės pagalba, apibrėžta Sutarties 87 straipsnio 1 dalimi, suteikta įmonėms (taip kurių yra ir EDF), turinčioms monopolį valstybės narės rinkoje ir aktyviai įsitraukusioms į prekybą tarp Bendrijos šalių, dar iki Direktyvoje nustatytos liberalizavimo pradžios iškraipė konkurenciją elektros energijos rinkoje.
English: The gas market has also been the subject of a liberalisation directive: Directive 98/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas, which was to be transposed by all the Member States by August 2000. The Member States had to specify the eligible customers who could choose their supplier.
Polish: Rynek gazu stanowił również przedmiot dyrektywy liberalizującej – dyrektywa 98/30/WE Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady z dnia 22 czerwca 1998 r. w sprawie wspólnych zasad dla rynku wewnętrznego gazu ziemnego, przyjętej w czerwcu 1998 r., która miała zostać wprowadzona w każdym Państwie Członkowskich do sierpnia 2000 r. Państwa Członkowskie miały ustalić klientów wybieralnych, mających możliwość wybrania dostawcy.
Lithuanian: Todėl buvo priimta direktyva dėl dujų rinkos liberalizavimo, būtent 1998 m. birželio 22 d. Europos Parlamento ir Tarybos direktyva 98/30/EB dėl gamtinių dujų vidaus rinkos bendrųjų taisyklių, priimta 1998 m. liepos mėn., kurios nuostatos visose valstybėse narėse turėjo būti baigtos taikyti iki 2000 m. rugpjūčio mėn. Valstybės narės turėjo nurodyti atitinkamus vartotojus, turinčius galimybę rinktis tiekėją.
English: On the basis of that information, the Commission takes the view that the unlimited State guarantee enjoyed by EDF must be effectively withdrawn by 1 January 2005. Such a deadline is sufficient and reasonable given the legislative and regulatory changes that have to be made.
Polish: Na podstawie tej informacji Komisja uważa, że nieograniczona gwarancja państwa, której EDF jest beneficjentem, winna być skutecznie zniesiona do dnia 1 stycznia 2005 r. Taki termin jest wystarczający i rozsądny, uwzględniwszy konieczność dokonania zmian w ustawach i rozporządzeniach.
Lithuanian: Remdamasi šia informacija, Komisija mano, kad neribota valstybės garantija, kuria naudojasi EDF, turi būti galutinai panaikinta iki 2005 m. sausio 1 d. Atsižvelgiant į būtinus įstatymų ir reglamentų pakeitimus, tokio termino pakanka.
English: These specific pension rights of employees in the electricity and gas industries derive from Article 24 of the National conditions of employment for workers in the electricity and gas industries and Annex 3 thereto, relating to invalidity, pension and death benefits, which date from 1946. These texts have not been amended since 1997.
Lithuanian: Šie specifiniai EEDP įmonių darbuotojų pensijų mokesčiai kyla iš Nacionalinio elektros ir dujų pramonės įmonių personalo statuto 24 straipsnio ir iš jo priedo Nr. 3 dėl invalidumo, senatvės ar mirties pašalpų, įvestų 1946 m. Šie dokumentai nebuvo keičiami nuo 1997 m.
English: Although EDF created the accounting provisions free of tax between 1987 and 1996, it should be pointed out, on the one hand, that corrections to accounting errors, which by their very nature relate to the posting of past transactions, should according to the National Accountancy Council be posted in the accounts for the financial year in which they are discovered and, on the other hand, that the Act providing that the grantor rights were to be reclassified as capital injections without being subject to corporation tax dates from 10 November 1997. The tax concession therefore dates from 1997 and any new aid paid on that date is therefore not time-barred.
Polish: Należy jednak zauważyć z jednej strony, że zdaniem Krajowej Rady Księgowości korekty błędów księgowych, które ze względu na swoją naturę dotyczą księgowania operacji już dokonanych winny być księgowane w wyniku roku gospodarczego, w którego trakcie zostały stwierdzone, a z drugiej strony, że ustawa stanowi, że prawa udzielającego koncesji są przeklasyfikowane na dotacje kapitałowe bez opodatkowania podatkiem od spółek nosi datę 10 listopada 1997 r. Korzyść podatkowa powstała więc w roku 1997, a przedawnienie nie ma zastosowania do nowej pomocy przekazanej w tej dacie.
Lithuanian: Tačiau reikia pažymėti, kad, Valstybinės apskaitos tarybos teigimu, klaidos pataisymai, kurie net savo pobūdžiu yra susiję su buvusių operacijų apskaita, turi būti įskaičiuoti į finansinių metų, kuriais buvo konstatuoti, pelną, o įstatymas, teigiantis, kad perleidimo mokesčiai yra perklasifikuoti į kapitalo dotacijas, nuo jų nesumokant įmonių pelno mokesčio, yra priimtas 1997 m. lapkričio 10 d. Taigi mokesčių lengvata egzistuoja nuo 1997 m., o senaties terminas netaikomas naujai pagalbai, skirtai tuo metu.
English: French legal theorists consider that public entities under French law do enjoy a State guarantee of last resort. Where such public entities carry on a strategic activity that is essential to the national economy or national solidarity, the State could not disregard their fate if they were faced with a difficult financial situation.
Latvian: Francijas juridiskā doktrīna uzskata, ka juridiskas personas Francijas likumdošanā pilnībā izmanto garantiju valsts pēdējā instancē.
English: See, for example J. Rivero, Encyclopédie Juridique Dalloz, Droit administratif, Régime des entreprises nationalisées, 1959: ‘§ 78. (…) One last peculiarity, which is not enshrined in the texts but derives from practice: where necessary, the enterprise can rely, as an ultimate resource, on advances from the State, which cannot disregard key parts of the national economy and public assets; such advances are normally repayable.
Latvian: Skat., piemēram, J. RIVERO, Encyclopédie Juridique Dalloz, Administratīvās tiesības, Nacionalizēto uzņēmumu režīms, 1959.: “78. punkts (…) Pēdējā īpatnība, kas nav ierakstīta tekstos, bet izriet no pieredzes: nepieciešamības gadījumā uzņēmums, kā uz pēdējo resursu, var rēķināties ar Valsts kredītiem, kura nevar zaudēt interesi par nacionālās ekonomikas būtiskiem elementiem un kolektīvā īpašuma, kad šie kredīti principā ar atmaksājami.
English: The enterprises in the sector therefore remain responsible for an amount of […]. The reform of the pension scheme, as notified by the French authorities, does not relieve the enterprises in the sector of the payment of all the specific pension benefits acquired in the past, only some of them.
Dutch: De hervorming van het pensioenstelsel, zoals deze is aangemeld door de Franse autoriteiten, wil dus niet zeggen dat de bedrijven uit de sector helemaal geen vroegere specifieke pensioenrechten meer hoeven te betalen, maar slechts een gedeelte.
English: As regards the use of State resources, they considered that the Commission's interpretation of Act No 80-539 of 16 July 1980 was incorrect. They stressed that no legal instrument or court decision provided for or sanctioned the existence of an automatic guarantee for the benefit either of EDF or of public enterprises in general.
Polish: Odnośnie do zasobów państwowych władze francuskie oceniają jako błędną przedstawioną przez Komisję interpretację ustawy nr 80-539 z dnia 16 lipca 1980 r. Przypominają, że żaden tekst prawny ani żadna decyzja sądowa nie przewiduje ani też nie sankcjonuje istnienia automatycznej gwarancji na rzecz EDF, a bardziej ogólnie przedsiębiorstw o statusie EPIC.
English: The French authorities submitted their comments to the Commission by letter dated 11 December 2002. They disputed the classification as State aid of the non-payment in 1987 of corporation tax on some of the accounting provisions created free of tax for the renewal of the high-voltage transmission network (RAG). (45) The French authorities first disputed the amount of the provisions for renewal of the RAG advanced by the Commission.
Polish: Władze francuskie przekazały swoje uwagi Komisji pismem z dnia 11 grudnia 2002 r. Kwestionują one uznanie za pomoc państwa niezapłacenia w roku 1997 podatku od spółek od części rezerw księgowych utworzonych przez zwolnienie z podatku z tytułu odnowienia RAG.
English: During the period between 1987 and 1996, EDF created tax-free provisions for the renewal of the RAG. Following the 1997 Act declaring that EDF was deemed to have been the owner of the RAG since 1956, those provisions became superfluous and therefore had to be reallocated to other items in the balance sheet.
Polish: W latach 1987–1996 EDF utworzyła rezerwy przez zwolnienie z podatku z tytułu odnowienia RAG.
English: In its annual report for 1997, EDF stated that it ranked ‘among the world's leading operators in the electricity industry, with, outside France, more than FRF 13 billion invested, a total installed production capacity equal to nearly 11 % of the figure for France and over 8 million customers’. The report also stressed that in 1997 EDF had ‘increased the number and size of its investments in Europe by extending its presence to Austria and Poland’ and had ‘exported over 70 TWh in Europe’.
Slovak: Vo svojej výročnej správe z roku 1997 spoločnosť EDF udáva, že patrí „medzi najväčších medzinárodných prevádzkovateľov v odvetví elektrickej energie s investíciami mimo Francúzska v hodnote viac ako 13 miliárd FRF, s produkciou, ktorej inštalovaná kapacita predstavuje takmer 11 % francúzskej kapacity spoločnosti a s viac ako ôsmimi miliónmi zákazníkov.“ Správa rovnako podčiarkuje, že v roku 1997 spoločnosť EDF „znásobila a posilnila svoje investície v Európe tým, že vstúpila na trhy v Rakúsku a v Poľsku“ a že „vyviezla v rámci Európy viac ako 70 TWh elektrickej energie“.
Polish: W sprawozdaniu rocznym za rok 1997 EDF wskazuje, że jest „jednym z największych operatorów międzynarodowych sektora energii elektrycznej, mającym ponad 13 miliardów FRF zainwestowanych poza Francją, park produkcyjny, którego moc zainstalowana stanowi niemal 11 % mocy parku we Francji, i ponad 8 milionów klientów”.
Slovenian: V svojem letnem poročilu 1997 družba EDF navaja, da se nahaja „med vsemi vodilnimi mednarodnimi operaterji sektorja električne energije, izven Francije z več kot 13 milijard investiranih FRF, s proizvodnim parkom z instalirano močjo, ki predstavlja blizu 11 % moči francoskega parka, in več kot 8 milijonov strank.“ Poročilo prav tako poudarja, da je družba EDF v letu 1997 „pomnožila in okrepila svoje investicije v Evropi z razširitvijo svoje prisotnosti v Avstriji in na Poljskem“, ter da je „izvozila več kot 70 TWh v Evropo“.
English: The way in which the contribution is collected therefore does not reinforce the effects of the aid on competition and trade between Member States, since it is not charged on imported products. Consequently, it does not create a barrier to entry into the French electricity and gas markets.
Polish: Mechanizm finansowania nie wzmacnia więc skutków pomocy dla konkurencji i wymian między Państwami Członkowskimi, ponieważ nie ciąży na importowanych wyrobach, w związku z tym nie stanowi bariery wejścia na francuski rynek energii elektrycznej i gazu.
English: As part of the notified reform, enterprises in the sector will not pay benefits corresponding to the specific rights acquired at the date of the reform by employees assigned to electricity and gas transport and distribution activities. The reform is proportionate to what is strictly necessary, since the enterprises are relieved of the payment of only some of the specific pension benefits acquired in the past.
Slovak: Ohlásená reforma predpokladá, že spoločnosti odvetvia nebudú vyplácať špecifické práva nadobudnuté v deň/do dňa reformy zamestnancami pracujúcimi v prenose a v distribúcií elektrickej energie a plynu.