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English: In order to qualify as aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement, the measure must in addition, firstly, confer on the recipient advantages that relieve it of charges that are normally borne from its budget. Secondly, the aid measure must be selective in that it favours ‘certain undertakings or the production of certain goods’. In the following, a distinction will be made between the investment aid schemes, including energy audits, and the educational/teaching measures.
Dutch: De begunstiging van bepaalde ondernemingen of bepaalde producties
English: These alterations were not purely of a technical or administrative nature [see Article 4(1) in the Authority's Decision of 14 July 2004 [54]], but significantly changed the previously existing system and its legal framework. Firstly, in line with the Court's judgment in Namur Les Assurances [55], the existence of new aid must be determined by reference to the provisions providing for it. In this regard, it should be noted that with the establishment of the Energy Fund and Enova, a whole new set of rules governing the support under the Energy Fund and its financing was adopted.
Dutch: Deze wijzigingen waren niet louter van technische of administratieve aard (zie artikel 4, lid 1, van het Besluit van de Autoriteit van 14 juli 2004 [55]), doch brachten grote verandering in de eerdere regeling en het wettelijk kader dat daarop van toepassing was.
English: In the propositions leading up to the parliamentary decision, the Government had defined new and concrete energy objectives (see I.4 of this Decision), whose fulfilment should be achieved within a given time frame by the establishment of the Energy Fund and Enova. The objectives and their achievements were further specified in the Agreement between the Ministry and Enova. A new regulation on the Energy Fund placed the Fund under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and stipulated its administration by Enova.
Dutch: In een nieuwe verordening van 10 december 2001 werd vervolgens nader uiteengezet hoe deze heffing diende te worden geïnd en aan het Energiefonds te worden overgedragen.
English: These legislative and administrative changes were done with the intention to substantially alter the current support regime and create a completely new way to fund energy saving measures and renewable energy production [56]. The merger of the two new schemes was more than a mere technical formality as their combination under one heading was effectuated in order to provide for better targeted State support and achieve more tangible results in terms of sustainable energy policies.
Dutch: Hieruit blijkt dat de wettelijke bepalingen met betrekking tot de steunverlening ten behoeve van energie-efficiëntiemaatregelen in de jaren 2000/2001 in belangrijke mate werden gewijzigd en aangevuld.
English: Enova is bound by an Agreement with the Ministry to administer the Energy Fund to achieve Parliament's newly defined energy objective and to manage the Fund according to the newly adopted legislation. It further is called upon to promote — through the administration of the funds — competition in the market. This shows that Enova does not simply continue the NVE's work, but is entrusted with new tasks and obligations, which is a substantial alteration of the previous schemes. Finally, it is of importance that a new financing mechanism has been set up. Instead of budgetary allocations, the support measures are (increasingly) financed via the means of a levy on the distribution tariff, which is used for financing the Energy Fund. While Norway pointed out that the levy as such has been introduced prior to the entry into force of the EEA Agreement, this does not alter the Authority's finding that the introduction of the new financing mechanism resulted in a substantial change.
Dutch: De samenvoeging van de twee nieuwe regelingen was meer dan een louter technische formaliteit, omdat de samenvoeging ervan onder één rubriek bedoeld was om beter gerichte overheidssteun te bieden en concretere resultaten te boeken in de zin van duurzaam energiebeleid.
English: In their comments of 15 July 2005 to the opening decision, the Norwegian authorities argued that the system should be authorised directly under Article 61(3) (c) of the EEA Agreement. The Authority does not follow the view, at least as far as the support concerned is covered by the Environmental Guidelines.
Dutch: In hun reactie op de inleiding van de procedure van 15 juli 2005 betoogden de Noorse autoriteiten dat de regeling rechtstreeks op grond van artikel 61, lid 3, onder c), van de EER-Overeenkomst diende te worden goedgekeurd.
English: In the Authority's opinion, the European Commission's WRAP decision [59] is not relevant in this regard. The difference between the two cases is that in the case of recycling, the Guidelines do not provide for any provision on investment aid, whereas renewable energy investment support is covered by the Environmental Guidelines.
Dutch: De Autoriteit is het hiermee niet eens, tenminste in zoverre de betrokken steun onder de milieurichtsnoeren valt.
English: Contrary to the investment support for renewable energy production, the 40 % threshold cannot be exceeded for energy saving measures [63]. The Norwegian authorities state that in practice they have followed the approach of the Guidelines.
Portuguese: Contrariamente ao apoio ao investimento para a produção de energia a partir de fontes renováveis, o limiar de 40 % relativo às medidas de poupança de energia não pode ser excedido [63].As autoridades norueguesas afirmam que, na prática, seguiram a abordagem das Orientações.
Dutch: In tegenstelling tot investeringssteun voor duurzame energieproductie mag bij steun voor energiebesparende maatregelen de drempel van 40 % niet worden overschreden [64].
English: Secondly, the Authority does not find that a support of energy audits in relation to purely behavioural changes, without any envisaged investment, can be based on section D.1.3 of the Environmental Guidelines, which aims at investment support only. The Commission's authorisation in relation to a Finnish support scheme was limited to such investment support [65].
Dutch: Ten tweede is de Autoriteit het er niet mee eens dat steun voor energie-audits met betrekking tot louter gedragsveranderingen waarbij geen enkele investering wordt overwogen, op hoofdstuk D.1.3 van de milieurichtsnoeren kan worden gebaseerd, dat uitsluitend betrekking heeft op investeringssteun.
English: It might be that further support for advisory and consultancy services would be considered compatible with section D.2 (36) of the Environmental Guidelines, in conjunction with the Act referred to under point 1(f) of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement [66] (aid to small and medium-sized enterprises). However, this is not decisive for the compatibility of the aid scheme as the Energy Fund as notified did not contain any limitations to that end. It can, therefore, not be declared compatible with the Environmental Guidelines.
Dutch: De goedkeuring van een Finse steunregeling door de Commissie had slechts betrekking op dergelijke investeringssteun [66].
English: Section D.2 (36) of the Environmental Guidelines allows for support of advisory and consultancy services for small and medium-sized enterprises in conjunction with Article 5 of the Act referred to in point 1(e) of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (aid to small and medium-sized companies) [74]. 3.2.2. Teaching and educational measures The Authority notes that, for the time being, no such support scheme is in place and that any new scheme would be notified to the Authority, so that there is no need to outline the acceptability of such future and, for the moment hypothetical, support measures under the EEA State aid provisions.
Dutch: Overeenkomstig hoofdstuk D.2 (punt 36) van de milieurichtsnoeren is steun voor advies- en consultancydiensten toegestaan voor kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen in samenhang met artikel 5 van het besluit waarnaar in punt 1.e) van bijlage XV bij de EER-Overeenkomst wordt verwezen (steun aan kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen) [75].
English: In some cases, the Court has not only analysed the levying of the charge, but also its use [78]. As the Energy Fund is financed via a levy on the distribution tariff which also affects imported energy, the financing of the aid scheme by way of a parafiscal charge needs to be assessed in this case.The Energy Fund does not discriminate between foreign and national producers of renewable energy or undertakings which would like to invest in energy saving measures, new energy technology or carrying out energy audits. The Norwegian authorities have demonstrated that so far eight projects by other EEA producers have received support from the Energy Fund. Further, there is no automatic equivalence between the activity charged with the levy (energy production stemming from hydropower and imports) and the projects aided under the Energy Fund.
Dutch: Wanneer een dergelijk compenserend effect moet worden beoordeeld dient de financiële gelijkwaardigheid tussen de heffing en de voordelen voor de nationale producten te worden vastgesteld [78].
English: For the energy saving measures and energy audits, every undertaking might profit from these support measures. It can not, therefore, be established that imported energy pays for the advantages of domestic producers and that as a result levy paid by the domestic (hydro) power producers is offset by corresponding advantages.
Dutch: De Noorse autoriteiten hebben aangetoond dat tot dusverre voor acht projecten van producenten uit andere EER-staten steun uit het Energiefonds is verleend.
English: The use of the levy's proceeds is linked to aid which the Authority considers compatible, as can be seen from the above section II 3.2 of this Decision. It has been accepted that a levy based on volume is in line with the polluter pays principle and can, therefore, be accepted under Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement together with the Environmental Guidelines, which lay down that principle.
Dutch: Verder is er geen vanzelfsprekende gelijkwaardigheid tussen de activiteit die met de heffing wordt belast (energieproductie uit waterkracht en op basis van invoer) en de projecten die in het kader van het Energiefonds worden gesteund.
English: According to Article 14 in Part II of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, in cases of unlawful aid, should it be found incompatible, the Authority orders, as a rule, the EFTA State concerned to reclaim aid from the recipient. The Authority is of the opinion that no general principles preclude repayment in the present case.
Dutch: Krachtens artikel 14 van deel II van Protocol 3 bij de Toezichtovereenkomst gelast de Autoriteit in geval van onrechtmatig verleende steun die onverenigbaar wordt geacht, doorgaans de betrokken EVA-Staat om de steun van de ontvanger terug te vorderen.
English: This is a different situation from the system discussed in Case C-345/02 Pearle BV, Hans Prijs Optiek Franchise BV and Rinck Opticiëns BV v Hoofdbedrijfschap Ambachten [2004] ECR I-7139, which concerned a charge decided by a board of professionals. [48] The Authority would, however, like to point out that for the finding whether the support went to an ‘undertaking’ one does not consider the entity ' s legal status or organisational form, but decides the quality of an undertaking according to the activity which is supported, Case C-41/90 Höfner and Elser v Macotron [1991] ECR, I-979; e.g. also non-profit organisations can carry out economic activities and compete with others, see e.g. Case 78/76 Steinike & Weinlig, see above fn.
Dutch: Dit is een andere situatie dan die met betrekking tot de regeling die aan de orde komt in zaak C-345/02 Pearle BV, Hans Prijs Optiek Franchise BV en Rinck Opticiëns BV/Hoofdbedrijfschap Ambachten, Jurispr.2004, blz. I-7139, waarbij een heffing door een beroepsvereniging is ingesteld.
English: 43, and Case C-67/96 Albany, International BV v Stichting Bedrijfspensionfonds Textielindustrie, [1999] ECR I-5751. [49] If the support constitutes aid, which will be established below, the Energy Fund will constitute an aid scheme.
Dutch: De Autoriteit wil er echter wel op wijzen dat, om na te gaan of de steun naar een „onderneming” is gegaan, niet wordt gekeken naar de rechts- of organisatievorm van de entiteit, maardat de hoedanigheid van een onderneming wordt beoordeeld op grond van de gesteunde activiteit, zaak C-41/90 Höfner en Elser/Macotron, Jurispr. 1991, blz. I-979; ook non-profitorganisaties kunnen bijvoorbeeld economische activiteiten uitoefenen en met anderen concurreren, zie bijvoorbeeld zaak 78/76 Steinike &Weinlig, zie hierboven voetnoot 43, en zaak C-67/96 Albany, International BV/Stichting Bedrijfspensioenfonds Textielindustrie, Jurispr. 1999, blz. I-5751.
English: See above, fn.
Dutch: Deze kosten werden ook door de Europese Commissie aanvaard in haar beschikking betreffende staatssteunmaatregel nr. N 75/2002 — Finland, zie voetnoot 26.
Slovenian: Glej zgoraj, op.
English: Section II 3.1.1 of Authority's Decision 122/05/COL. [62] The reference to a Community standard in the context of the EEA Agreement is explicitly provided for by the Environmental Guidelines, see section A(5) thereof.
Dutch: Hoofdstuk II 3.1.1. van Besluit nr. 122/05/COL van de Autoriteit.
English: State aid N 75/2002 — Finland, see above fn.
Dutch: Hoofdstuk II 3.1.3 van het besluit van de Autoriteit om de formele onderezoekprocedure in te leiden, Besluit nr. 122/05/COL.
Slovenian: Državna pomoč N 75/2002 – Finska, glej zgornjo op.
English: 26 of this Decision. [66] See fn.
Dutch: Staatsteun nr. N 75/2002 — Finland, zie voetnoot 26 van dit besluit.
English: 29 of this Decision. [67] See fn.
Dutch: Zie voetnoot 29 van dit besluit.
English: 29 of this Decision. [68] See fn.
Dutch: Zie voetnoot 29 van dit besluit.
English: 30 of this Decision.
Dutch: Zie voetnoot 30 van dit besluit.
Slovenian: 30 te odločbe.
English: The Norwegian authorities gave up on a joint green certificate market with Sweden in February 2006. [73] Such costs were also accepted by the European Commission in State aid N 75/2002 — Finland, see above fn.
Dutch: De Noorse autoriteiten hebben in februari 2006 afgezien van de totstandbrenging van een gezamenlijke groene-certificatenmarkt met Zweden.
English: 29 of this Decision.
Dutch: Zie voetnoot 29 van dit besluit.
Slovenian: 29 te odločbe.
English: Article 14 of the EEA Agreement is identical to Article 90 of the EC Treaty. [77] Case C-266/91 Celulose Beira Industrial SA v Fazenda Pública [1993] ECR I-4337.
Dutch: Artikel 14 van de EER-Overeenkomst is identiek aan artikel 90 van het EG-Verdrag.
English: The European Commission authorised a similar structure in Commission Decision N 707/2002, above fn.
Dutch: Zaken C-78/90 tot en met C-83/90, Compagnie Commerciale de l’Oues te.a., Jurispr. 1992, blz. I-1847.
Slovenian: Evropska komisija je podobno strukturo odobrila v Odločbi Komisije N 707/2002, zgornja op.
English: The Parliamentary Decision amends the Energy Act of 29 June 1990 No 50 (Energiloven). The principal tasks of Enova are specified in the above mentioned Agreement between the Ministry and Enova.
Polish: Decyzja parlamentu zmienia ustawę o energetyce nr 50 (Energiloven) z 29 czerwca 1990 r. Główne zadania Enovy określone są w wyżej wymienionym porozumieniu pomiędzy Ministerstwem a Enovą.
English: The Agreement stipulates as a secondary objective that the Fund's resources shall contribute to the saving of energy and to new, environmentally sound energy, which together shall make up a minimum of 5,5 TWh (originally 4,5 TWh) by the end of 2005. By supporting new renewable energy forms and contributing to more energy saving, Norway also wishes to become less dependent on the predominant source for electricity production used, hydropower.
Polish: Jako cel drugorzędny porozumienie zakłada, iż środki Funduszu przyczynią się do oszczędności oraz do nowej, ekologicznej energii, co razem stanowić będzie minimum 5,5 TWh (pierwotnie 4,5 TWh) do końca 2005 r. Wspierając nowe formy energii odnawialnej i przyczyniając się do większej oszczędności energii, Norwegia pragnie również stać się mniej zależna od dominującego źródła produkcji energii elektrycznej – hydroenergii.
English: The Norwegian authorities state that some of the projects might fall under the de minimis threshold. Moreover, some of the support went to public sector entities, universities and other educational entities and to non-profit organisations.
Polish: Ponadto, pewne wsparcie zostało skierowane do jednostek sektora publicznego, wyższych uczelni i innych jednostek kształcących oraz organizacji niedochodowych.
English: The Agreement 2002-2005 (see above section I.2.3 of this Decision) was prolonged until the end of 2006. It is foreseen that the Agreement will further be prolonged until 31 December 2010.
Portuguese: O acordo para 2002-2005 (ver secção I.2.3 da presente decisão) foi alargado até finais de 2006, prevendo-se que possa vir a ser novamente prolongado até 31 de Dezembro de 2010.
Polish: Porozumienie na okres 2002–2005 r. (patrz sekcja I.2.3 niniejszej decyzji) zostało przedłużone do końca 2006 r. Przewiduje się, że porozumienie zostanie przedłużone do 31 grudnia 2010 r. Norweskie władze przedłożyły następujący ogólny zarys budżetu projektu:
English: For more detailed information on the various correspondence between the Norwegian authorities and the Authority, reference is made to the Authority's Decision to open the formal investigation procedure, Decision No 122/05/COL, see above fn.
Polish: W celu uzyskania bardziej szczegółowych informacji o licznej korespondencji pomiędzy norweskimi władzami i Urzędem odsyła się zainteresowanych do decyzji Urzędu o wszczęciu formalnego postępowania wyjaśniającego, decyzja nr 122/05/COL, patrz przypis powyżej.
English: The formula used by First Securities is RE = RF + β (RM–RF), RF being Norwegian long bonds, β constituting the individual project risk, RM is the expected return on market portfolio, (RM–RF) is the equity risk premium). RE is the required return on capital invested.
Portuguese: A fórmula utilizada pela First Securities é RE = RF + β (RM – RF), sendo RF obrigações norueguesas a longo prazo, β o risco do projecto espefífico, RM o rendimento previsto da carteira de mercado, (RM – RF) o prémio de risco do capital e RE o rendimento necessário do capital investido.
Polish: Wzór zastosowany przez First Securities jest następujący: RE = RF + β (RM – RF), gdzie RF oznacza norweskie obligacje długoterminowe, β stanowi ryzyko indywidualnego projektu, RM jest spodziewanym zwrotem portfelu rynkowego, (RM – RF) jest premią za ryzyko kapitałowe), RE jest wymaganym zwrotem zainwestowanego kapitału.
English: Funds for the introduction of natural gas are not part of the Energy Fund [20]. Enova regards the following projects as qualifying for support in general terms: wind energy, bioenergy, tidal energy, geothermal energy, ocean wave energy.
Portuguese: Os fundos para a introdução do gás natural não estão integrados no Fundo de Energia [20].O Enova considera os seguintes projectos como sendo elegíveis para apoio: energia eólica, bioenergia, energia maremotriz, energia geotérmica, energia das ondas.
English: As notified, these services were legally neither limited to aid below the de minimis threshold nor aid to small and medium-sized enterprises. They were targeted to certain undertakings.
Portuguese: De acordo com o notificado pelo Enova, do ponto de vista legal estes serviços não estavam limitados a auxílios abaixo do limite de minimis nem a auxílios para pequenas e médias empresas, visando antes determinado tipo de empresas.
English: The system with the amendments suggested by the Norwegian authorities In the decision to open the formal investigation procedure, the Authority also dealt with the amendments suggested by the Norwegian authorities.
Portuguese: Afirmou que teria de examinar em mais pormenor se a abordagem norueguesa de basear o apoio no cálculo do valor actual líquido do projecto em questão seria aceitável caso as autoridades norueguesas decidissem restringir o apoio ao diferencial entre os preços de mercado e os custos de produção (ver ponto 54 da secção D.3.3.1 do Enquadramento dos auxílios estatais a favor do ambiente).
English: The Authority also expressed doubts about the support of projects whose net present value would still be negative, due to high operating costs, after having received support from Enova. The Authority could not form a final view on the support for new energy technologies and on educational measures, as well as on the advisory and consultancy services (energy audits).
Portuguese: O Órgão não se encontra ainda em condições de adoptar uma posição final sobre o apoio às novas tecnologias no domínio da energia e às medidas de educação, bem como em relação aos serviços de assessoria e consultoria (auditorias energéticas).
English: New aid is defined as all aid (…), ‘which is not existing aid, including alterations to existing aid’, see Article 1(c) in Part II of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement. The Norwegian Government states that the programmes merged under the Energy Fund mechanism existed before the entry of Norway into the European Economic Area. Therefore, the schemes originally constituted existing aid within the meaning of Article 1(b)(ii) in Part II of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement. With the notification, the Norwegian authorities notified the Authority of alterations to the existing aid schemes. These consist mainly of:
Portuguese: Através da notificação, as autoridades norueguesas informaram o Órgão das alterações aos regimes de auxílio existentes, que consistem essencialmente no seguinte:
English: In the Authority's view, the aid measures do not comply with any of the exemptions provided for under Article 61(2) or (3)(a), (b) and (d) of the EEA Agreement. Therefore, one has to assess whether the aid could be justified under Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement. Under this provision aid may be declared compatible if ‘it facilitates the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest’. The Authority will assess the Energy Fund according to Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement in conjunction with the Authority's Environmental Guidelines.
Portuguese: O Órgão irá avaliar o Fundo de Energia à luz do n.o 3, alínea c), do artigo 61.o do Acordo EEE e em conjunto com o Enquadramento dos auxílios estatais a favor do ambiente do Órgão.
English: Hence, the Authority took the preliminary view that the Energy Fund, as notified, could not be justified according to the investment aid chapter (section D.1.3 of the Environmental Guidelines) and constituted incompatible State aid. The comments by the Norwegian authorities have not removed these doubts.
Portuguese: Por conseguinte, a posição preliminar do Órgão é a de que o Fundo de Energia conforme notificado não era justificável na acepção do capítulo sobre o apoio ao investimento (secção D.1.3 do Enquadramento dos auxílios estatais a favor do ambiente) e constituía auxílio estatal incompatível.Os comentários apresentados pelas autoridades norueguesas não ajudaram a dissipar estas dúvidas.
English: The Authority could not establish that there were parameters in place which would ensure that the threshold of section D.3.3.1 (54) would never be exceeded. There was neither a guarantee that only investment costs would be included in the calculation (section D.3.3.1 (54) is limited to plant depreciation), nor was there sufficient certainty on how the discount rate should be established and that the aid would never exceed the amount necessary to reach a zero net present value.
Portuguese: Não havia tampouco qualquer garantia de que apenas os custos de investimento seriam incluídos no cálculo (o ponto 54 da secção D.3.3.1 apenas refere a amortização das instalações), nem certezas suficientes sobre o método de fixação da taxa de desconto, nem quanto ao facto do auxílio nunca exceder o montante necessário para que o valor actual líquido fosse zero.