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English: The Commission notes, on the basis of several relevant indications, that the ABX group as a whole must be considered a firm in difficulty within the meaning of point 11 of the 2004 guidelines. Firstly, the group's operating losses ballooned during 2001 and 2002 up to EUR 50 million in 2002; losses also increased, the net result rising from -EUR 73 million in 2000 to -EUR 186 million in 2002; financial charges rose throughout the same period from EUR 15 million to EUR 41 million, while debt increased from EUR 442 million to EUR 512 million. Secondly, and more importantly, ABX's operations in Germany, France and the Netherlands faced serious financial difficulties, which are described in the decision approving rescue aid to ABX, and thereby indisputably constitute firms in difficulty, as noted by the Commission in that Decision. However, at the time, these played a key role in the ABX group's strategy and in its ability to provide integrated logistics and transport services in Europe. They also made a decisive contribution (about 60 % in 2002) to the group's turnover, such that the serious difficulties they faced threatened the survival of the group as structured at the time.
Polish: Komisja stwierdza, w oparciu o wiele rzeczowych wskazówek, że grupa ABX, jako całość, musi być traktowana jako przedsiębiorstwo zagrożone w rozumieniu pkt 11 wytycznych z 2004 r. Istotnie, z jednej strony straty operacyjne grupy zwiększyły się w latach 2001 i 2002 i w 2002 r. osiągnęły poziom 50 milionów EUR; straty również zwiększyły się, wynik netto spadł z - 73 milionów EUR w 2000 r. do – 186 milionów EUR w 2002 r.; obciążenia finansowe wzrosty w tym samym okresie z 15 do 41 milionów EUR, podobnie jak zadłużenie z 442 do 512 milionów EUR. Z drugiej strony i przede wszystkim, działalność grupy ABX w Niemczech, we Francji i w Holandii napotkała na poważne trudności finansowe, które zostały opisane w decyzji zatwierdzającej pomoc na ratowanie ABX i stanowią tym samym bezsprzecznie przedsiębiorstwa zagrożone, jak to stwierdziła Komisja we wspomnianej powyżej decyzji; otóż te jednostki odgrywały wówczas decydującą rolę w strategii grupy ABX i w jej zdolności do zapewnienia zintegrowanej obsługi logistycznej transportu w Europie; ponadto miały znaczący wkład (rzędu 60 % w 2002 r.) w obroty grupy, na tyle duży, że poważne trudności tych jednostek stanowiły zagrożenie dla przeżycia całej grupy w jej konfiguracji w tamtym okresie.
English: These figures are significantly higher in Germany, with reductions up to 69 %, before taking account of the commitments made by Belgium in November 2005. It is considered that further disposals of assets could ensure the group becomes viable as an integrated network of multimodal logistic services in Europe.
Polish: Te liczby są jeszcze wyższe w Niemczech, gdzie redukcje doszły do 69 %, przed uwzględnieniem zobowiązań podjętych przez Belgię w listopadzie 2005 r. Można uznać, że to dodatkowe zbycie aktywów mogłoby wpłynąć na zdolność do prowadzenia działalności grupy jako sieci zintegrowanych usług logistycznych wielomodalnych w Europie.
English: These cuts will be boosted further still, on the German market, by the additional commitments taken by the Belgian authorities in [...] 2005. These cuts, which go considerably further than those set out in the original plan, will free up parts of the market to competitors.
Polish: Te redukcje będą jeszcze większe na rynku niemieckim z powodu dodatkowych zobowiązań podjętych przez władze belgijskie w [...] 2005 r. Te redukcje, które znacznie wykraczają poza redukcje przewidziane w planie początkowym, w takiej części zwolnią udziały w rynku na korzyść konkurencji.
English: Other elements show that the markets believe the viability of the company can be restored, in accordance with the 2004 guidelines. For example, the Commission again points out that the ABX group was able to obtain an overdraft of (EUR [...] million from a financial establishment, guaranteed by SNCB, which for reasons of caution has not been taken into account in the above calculation of the recipient's contributions, given that the Commission was not able, in the light of the premiums paid to the bank and to SNCB, to completely exclude the possibility of any state aid.
Polish: Inne elementy przyczyniają się do wykazania, że rynki wierzą w wykonalność przywrócenia długotrwałej rentowności przedsiębiorstwa, zgodnie z wytycznymi z 2004 r. Na przykład, Komisja przypomina, że grupa ABX mogła uzyskać od instytucji finansowej linię środków pieniężnych w wysokości [...] milionów EUR, która stałaby się przedmiotem gwarancji udzielonej przez SNCB, która z przezorności nie zostaje uwzględniona w powyższym obliczeniu wkładu beneficjenta, ponieważ Komisja nie mogła wykluczyć z całą pewnością obecności ewentualnych elementów pomocy w odniesieniu do rat spłacanych bankowi i SNCB.
English: This consolidation took place on 29 December 2003, except for the international activities of ABX Logistics (France), which were disposed of at the end of December 2004. According to the Belgian authorities, these activities are profitable or close to being so.
Polish: To połączenie miało miejsce w dniu 29 grudnia 2003 r., za wyjątkiem działalności międzynarodowej ABX LOGISTICS (Francja) S.A., która została przekazana w końcu grudnia 2004 r. Według władz belgijskich, ta działalność jest rentowna lub bliska rentowności.
English: The Air&Sea activities in the Netherlands were so consolidated in early January 2005. The transfer of the Air&Sea activities in Germany was deferred for two reasons: (i) it was apparent that the transfer would generate an accounting profit of EUR [...] million in the books of ABX Logistics (Deutschland) GmbH in the year of the transfer but would subsequently entail a recurrent cash drain of EUR [...] million a year; and (ii) the transaction would make ABX Logistics (Deutschland) lose the financial resources generated by the securitisation of the debts associated with these activities, i.e. EUR [...] million. These resources should be obtained from other sources of financing, which is impossible to achieve while the company's balance sheet structure has not been strengthened.
Polish: Początek działalności Air&Sea w Holandii przypada na styczeń 2005 r. Przeniesienie działalności Air&Sea w Niemczech zostało odłożone z dwóch powodów: i.) okazało się, że ten transfer wygenerowałby zysk księgowy rzędu [...] milionów EUR na rachunku ABX LOGISTICS (Deutschland) GmbH w roku transferu, ale pociągnąłby następnie za sobą odpływ gotówki powyżej [...] milionów EUR rocznie oraz ii.) ta operacja przyniosłaby stratę dla ABX LOGSTICS (Deutschland) GmbH środków finansowych wygenerowanych w programie sekurytyzacji wierzytelności związanych z tą działalnością, to znaczy [...] milionów EUR. Środki te powinny zostać pozyskane z innych źródeł finansowania, co jest niemożliwe do zrealizowania dopóki struktura bilansowa Spółki nie zostałaby wzmocniona.
English: Letter from the Belgian authorities, 9.6.2005. These are updated figures, which may therefore differ from the forecasts of January 2005.
Portuguese: Fonte: Collis D., Young D. e Goold M., «The Size, Structure and Performance of Corporate Headquarters», Harvard Business School Strategy Working Papers Series, 2003; ABX LOGISTICS.
Slovak: List belgických orgánov z 9. 6. 2005. Ide o aktualizáciu číselných údajov, ktoré sa týmto môžu odchyl'ovat' od prognóz z januára 2005.
Polish: Pismo władz belgijskich z dnia 9 czerwca 2005 r. Chodzi o aktualizację liczb, które wobec tego mogą różnić się od przewidywań ze stycznia 2005 r.
English: According to Jacobs, there is a strong growth trend in the road freight transport market. Consequently, such a market trend should also ensure a margin of growth for carriers and logistics operators.
Portuguese: Segundo Jacobs, o mercado do transporte rodoviário de mercadorias apresenta forte tendência para o crescimento, evolução esta que deverá assegurar alguma margem de crescimento também para os transportadores e os operadores logísticos.
English: They state that ‘for the period from 1998 to 2002 as whole, state support is not enough to cover the public service mission expenses [of SNCB]’. They stress that in 2001 the Belgian Court of Auditors had already stated that ‘as regards the investment and operating functions, for the period as a whole, except for 1997, appropriations cumulatively exceed resources for both functions, so that there is nothing to indicate a disposal, by balance, between the two public service missions and the other activities [of SNCB]’.
Portuguese: indicaram que «no período de 1998 a 2002, as intervenções do Estado [foram] insuficientes para cobrir as despesas das missões de serviço público [da SNCB]», lembrando que em 2001 o Tribunal de Contas [da Bélgica] havia já indicado que, «no respeitante às funções de investimento e de exploração, na totalidade do período, com excepção do exercício de 1997, as aplicações excede[ra]m cumulativamente as origens de fundos para as duas funções, pelo que não há qualquer indicação de transferência, por saldo, entre as duas missões de serviço público e as outras actividades [da SNCB]»;
English: The Belgian authorities consider that this transaction is also outside the scope of the Treaty. They subsequently stated that the debt guaranteed is covered primarily by the building, which is regarded as a property situated in a dynamic, booming market.
Portuguese: As autoridades belgas consideram que também esta operação não se inscreve no âmbito de aplicação do Tratado, tendo depois esclarecido que o crédito garantido é coberto em primeiro lugar pelo próprio imóvel, considerado bem situado, num mercado dinâmico e em pleno crescimento.
English: Frans Maas
Portuguese: Frans
English: Vos Logistics
Portuguese: Vos
English: The interested parties made several comments on the situation of ABX's employees. They point out that several hundred employees have already been affected by earlier social plans in France and that jobs in logistics are under threat.
Portuguese: A situação dos trabalhadores da ABX é objecto de vários comentários destas partes, que lembram que várias centenas foram já afectados por anteriores planos sociais em França e que o emprego na actividade logística está em perigo.
English: These activities, and management of them, therefore come completely under the autonomous management of the SNCB. Consequently, the procedure for appointing directors for ABX Logistics is simply that laid down in Belgian law for every public limited company to which that law applies.
Portuguese: Estas actividades e a sua gestão inscrever-se-iam pois plenamente na autonomia de gestão da SNCB, donde decorre que o processo de nomeação dos administradores da ABX Logistics é o prescrito pela lei belga para as sociedades anónimas por ela regidas.
English: According to the Court of Auditors (p. 46), the removal of directors currently requires the assent of a two-thirds majority of the board of directors. [29] Court of Auditors: The sound use of public funds by SNCB.
Portuguese: Tribunal de Contas: Le bon emploi des deniers publics par la S.N.C.B.; Auditoria efectuada em execução da Resolução da Câmara dos Representantes de 11 de Maio de 2000, Bruxelas, Maio de 2001.
English: The Air&Sea activities in Belgium, Asia and America have already been consolidated under ABX-Air&Sea. The Air&Sea activities in the Netherlands were so consolidated in early January 2005.
Portuguese: Carta das autoridades belgas de 9.6.2005.
English: OJ C 244, 1.10.2004, p. 2. [84] Decision No C(2003) 245 final of 21.1.2003: State aid No 769/2002 Rescue aid for ABX Logistics (F, D, NL subsidiaries and the group).
Portuguese: Decisão de 21.1.2003, no C(2003)245fin: Aide d’Etat N 769/2002, Aide au sauvetage d’ABX Logistics (filiales F, D, NL et groupe).
English: Lastly, it should be noted that all these investment decisions are part of a group strategy. In these circumstances SNCB was justified in taking account not only of the expected intrinsic return on each of these operations, but also the positive effects expected at group level.
Swedish: Eftersom alla dessa investeringsbeslut var en del av en strategi som omfattade hela gruppen var det rimligt att SNCB inte bara tittade på varje respektive åtgärds internränta, utan även beaktade åtgärdens effekt för gruppen som helhet.
Slovak: Napokon treba poznamenat', že všetky tieto rozhodnutia o investovaní sú súčast'ou stratégie skupiny, Za týchto podmienok bolo pre spoločnost' SNCB odôvodnené, aby sa zohl'adňovala nielen očakávaná vnútorná výnosnost' každej z týchto operácií, ale aj očakávané pozitívne účinky na úrovni skupiny.
English: They calculate that a reduction of 7 days in the average time for paying suppliers would have led to an immediate need for cash of about EUR 45 million. (114) Impact on the average cost of financing for SNCB and ABX Logistics Worldwide (EUR 14 million + EUR 7 million). According to the Belgian authorities, the average cost of financing for SNCB and ABX Logistics at their respective banks could have been increased if one of their subsidiaries had suspended payments.
Slovenian: Vpliv na povprečni strošek financiranja SNCB in ABX LOGISTICS Worldwide (14 + 7 milijonov EUR): Po navedbah belgijskih organov bi se povprečni strošek financiranja SNCB in ABX LOGISTICS pri njunih bankah lahko povečal, če bi ena od njunih hčerinskih družb postala plačilno nesposobna.
English: By letter dated 19 August 2005 the Commission asked the Belgian authorities to send it their opinion on the facts given in the letter from the Italian authorities. The Belgian authorities replied by letter dated 15 September 2005.
Swedish: Kommissionen uppmanade Belgien att yttra sig om de sakförhållanden som Italien tog upp (skrivelse av den 19 augusti 2005), vilket Belgien gjorde i en skrivelse av den 15 september 2005.
English: According to the Belgian authorities, the assistance concerning ABX Singapore definitely does not fall within the scope of Article 87 of the Treaty. Nevertheless, at the Commission's request, the Belgian authorities provided an estimate of the internal rate of return for this investment, which was 10,9 %.
Swedish: Belgien uppger att insatserna för ABX Singapore inte omfattas av artikel 87 i fördraget, men har ändå – på kommissionens begäran – lämnat en beräkning som visar att investeringen skulle ge en internränta på 10,9 %.
English: Phoenix.
Swedish: Phoenixprogrammet går enligt Belgien ut på följande: Den internationella ledningen för gruppens olika verksamheter skall samlas. Driftssynergierna skall utnyttjas bättre, och inköpen koncentreras till ett färre leverantörer. Företagets kärna skall stärkas med hjälp av bättre rutiner, högre kompetens och informationsteknik.
English: As regards the size of the headquarters relative to the size of the group, the figures show that the geometric mean of all the groups studied is 186 staff at headquarters out of a total staff of 10000. The mean is higher than the figure for ABX, which has 60 staff in the central service out of a total of 10000.
Swedish: De undersökta företagsgrupperna hade i genomsnitt 186 anställda vid huvudkontoret per 10000 anställda i hela gruppen, medan motsvarande siffror för ABX är 60 per 10000.
English: Apart from the operational restructuring measures described in the initiation of the procedure, the disposals of subsidiaries and activities, closures of agencies and subsidiaries, and productivity gains will result in an overall reduction of 4 sites (- 44 %), EUR 14 million in turnover (- 21 %), 93 FTE staff (- 22 %) and 18400 m2 in surface area (- 28 %).
Swedish: Detta förväntas resultera i följande: antalet näringsställen skall minskas med 4 (-44 %), omsättningen skall sjunka med 14 miljoner euro (-21 %), 93 arbetstillfällen skall bort (heltidsekvivalenter, - 22 %) och lokalytan skall minskas med 18400 m2 (-28 %).
English: Road International France Budgeted gross margin […] […] […] Loss of customers in % 30 % 15 % 7,5 % Estimated impact on EBIT […] […] […] 8,8
Swedish: Internationell vägtransport Frankrike
English: Air&Sea France Budgeted gross margin […] […] […]
Swedish: Budgeterad bruttomarginal
English: Road Germany Budgeted gross margin […] […] […] Loss of customers in %
Swedish: Förlust av kunder i %
English: 1 % Estimated impact on EBIT
Swedish: Beräknad effekt för vinst före finansiella poster
English: In March and June 2004 a draft memorandum of understanding was drawn up. Between June and August 2004 the negotiations were suspended for reasons peculiar to this initial potential partner.
Swedish: Under mars och juni 2004 tog man fram ett samförståndsavtal, men förhandlingarna avbröts mellan juni och augusti 2004 av skäl som hänförde sig till den presumtiva partnern.
English: In June 2004 ABX-WW contacted a second industrial partner. However, in September 2004, this second potential partner indicated that it wanted to put an end to the negotiations with ABX-WW.
Swedish: I juni 2004 tog ABX Worldwide kontakt med en annan partner från industrisektorn, som dock avslutade förhandlingarna redan i september.
English: the financing needs associated with possible withdrawal or possible requests for guarantees on the part of certain financial institutions following the change of shareholder. The balance of the amount of EUR [...] million after transaction costs, i.e. EUR [...] to [...] million, is intended to meet the need for financing resulting from such withdrawals.
Swedish: Resterande belopp (efter avdrag för transaktionskostnaderna enligt ovan, [...] miljoner euro) skall täcka behovet av finansiering om något finansinstitut drar tillbaka ställda garantier, eller ställer krav på garantier, på grund av att aktierna byter ägare.
English: Regarding the privatisation of ABX. Some interested parties called for ABX to be privatised. One criticism voiced is that this privatisation is merely a plan, without any signs to indicate that such a sale is actually going to be made.
Swedish: Privatiseringen av ABX: Vissa parter anser att ABX måste privatiseras, och beklagar sig över att planen bara vagt nämner en privatisering utan närmare detaljer för hur den skulle gå till.
English: SOS Transport, 19. Eddy Ommeslag.
Swedish: SOS Transport, 19.
English: In response to the observations made by the interested parties regarding the selection of directors on the basis of their political affiliation, the Belgian authorities state that the operations of ABX Logistics do not concern SNCB's public service tasks. These activities, and management of them, therefore come completely under the autonomous management of the SNCB.
Swedish: Som svar på vissa berörda parters påstående att styrelsemedlemmar väljs med utgångspunkt i partitillhörighet vill Belgien påpeka att ABX Logistics inte omfattas av SNCB:s trafikplikt, utan hör helt under SNCB:s självständiga ansvarsområde.
English: Deloitte Corporate Finance reviewed the business plan of the company in question and evaluated it using the discounted cash flows method. The business plan covers the years 2005 to 2008.
Swedish: Konsultfirman Deloitte Corporate Finance kom fram till detta värde genom att diskontera kassaflödet enligt verksamhetsplanen för åren 2005–2008.
English: In addition, on the basis of information submitted by the Belgian authorities, the Commission has verified that a very large part of the cuts in capacity are in short-term ancillary activities. These additional cuts affect around 19 % of a total of 31 % of sites cut, 12 % of a total 21 % reduction in turnover, 15 % of a total 40 % in staff cuts and 40 % of a total 54 % reduction in warehousing area.
Swedish: Kommissionen har också med hjälp av information från Belgien kunnat konstatera att en mycket stor del av nedskärningarna gäller kortsiktig verksamhet: ca 19 % av sammanlagt 31 % i fråga om näringsställen, 12 av 21 % i fråga om omsättning, 15 av 40 % i fråga om personal och 40 av 54 % i fråga om lageryta.
English: before conversion 31.12.05 after conversion 31.12.05 after conversion and elimination of goodwill
Swedish: 31.12.05-före omvandling
English: Even though the recent enlargement seems to be calming the current situation temporarily. Nevertheless, the fact that many transport companies seem to subcontract the carriage of goods by road to cheaper transport operators from the new Member States should increase competitive pressure on prices in the road haulage market.
Swedish: EU-utvidgningen tycks ha tillfälligt lindrat situationen, men priserna pressas av att många transportföretag lägger ut vägtransporterna på billigare underleverantörer från de nya medlemsstaterna.