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English: Moreover, some of the power supply agreements in place in other EU Member States may involve State aid, and the Commission has opened in-depth investigations on several of the measures at issue [88]. Even though this defence has not been brought explicitly by Italy and Alcoa, the Commission considers it useful to recall the principle, well established in case-law [89], that the existence of unlawful aid in some Member States cannot justify the adoption of similar measures by another Member State.
Polish: Chociaż Włochy i Alcoa nie skorzystały wyraźnie z takiej linii obrony, Komisja uważa, że warto przypomnieć utrwaloną w orzecznictwie [88] zasadę, że istnienie niezgodnej z prawem pomocy w niektórych państwach członkowskich nie może uzasadniać przyjęcia podobnych środków przez inne państwo członkowskie.
English: The Commission shares Alcoa’s view [92]. The tariff did not become State aid as a result of the opening up of the electricity sector to competition, since the appropriate reference framework for the appraisal of aid to Alcoa is not the electricity market (on which Alcoa is not active) but the market for primary aluminium.
Polish: W swoich uwagach przedsiębiorstwo Alcoa twierdzi, że nawet przy (hipotetycznym) założeniu, że taryfa mogłaby stać się pomocą, byłoby to efektem zmiany warunków rynkowych lub innych okoliczności zewnętrznych, np. rozwoju wspólnego rynku.
English: The Commission has therefore examined whether Article 1(b)(v), first sentence of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 could be applicable to the case at hand. This provision confers existing aid status on measures which have become aid ‘due to the evolution of the common market, and without having been altered by the Member State’.
Polish: Komisja nie stwierdziła wystąpienia jakiegokolwiek rozwoju wspólnego rynku odpowiadającego definicji podanej przez Trybunał Sprawiedliwości9, tzn. zmiany „gospodarczego i prawnego kontekstu w sektorze, którego dotyczy sporny środek”, która mogła była spowodować, że taryfa stanie się pomocą [92].
English: It explicitly stipulated that the tariff would be abolished after 31 December 2005. In the Alumix case, the Commission carried out a complex assessment of prices and trends in the electricity sector over 10 years, as shown in the tables which form an integral part of the decision and set the Alcoa tariff until 2005 only. Such prices and trends are in the nature of things subject to change, and the Commission could not stated that there would be no State aid indefinitely, especially in view of the progressive liberalisation of the energy markets.
Polish: W decyzji wyraźnie przewidziano, że taryfa zostanie zniesiona po 31 grudnia 2005 r. W sprawie Alumix Komisja przeprowadziła szczegółową ocenę cen i tendencji w sektorze energii elektrycznej w okresie 10 lat, przedstawionych w tabelach, które są integralną częścią decyzji i przewidują stosowanie taryfy Alcoa tylko do 2005 r. Takie ceny i tendencje są z natury rzeczy zmienne i Komisja nie mogła stwierdzić, że pomoc państwa nie zaistnieje nigdy, zwłaszcza w świetle progresywnej liberalizacji rynków energii elektrycznej.
English: In particular, operating aid for environmental purposes may be granted under the Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection [102]. Operating aid can also be authorised on an exceptional basis as regional aid in assisted areas. The Commission has assessed whether the Alcoa tariff might correspond to one of these categories.
Polish: Komisja zauważa, że nie istnieje możliwość zatwierdzenia taryfy jako pomocy na ochronę środowiska, jako że cel przedmiotowej taryfy nie ma charakteru związanego ze środowiskiem.
English: Throughout the period considered, the Veneto Region, where the Fusina smelter is located, was not eligible for aid under Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty. The Sardinia Region, however, was eligible for such aid until the end of 2006. The Commission has therefore examined whether the preferential tariff for Alcoa’s Portovesme smelter can be authorised under the 1998 guidelines on national regional aid [103].
Polish: Region Sardynii z kolei kwalifikował się do takiej pomocy do końca 2006 r. Komisja zbadała zatem, czy taryfa preferencyjna dla zlokalizowanej w Portovesme huty przedsiębiorstwa Alcoa może zostać zatwierdzona na mocy wytycznych z 1998 r. w sprawie krajowej pomocy regionalnej [102].
English: Wholesale electricity prices in Italy are among the highest in Europe [109], and prices in Sardinia are among the highest in Italy. In 2007, the national average price (PUN) was EUR 70,99 MW/h whereas the average Sardinian zonal price was EUR 75,00 MW/h, down from EUR 80,00 MW/h in 2006 [110].
Polish: W 2007 r. krajowa średnia cena (PUN) wyniosła 70,99 EUR za MW/h, natomiast na Sardynii średnia cena strefowa wyniosła 75,00 EUR za MW/h, co stanowiło obniżkę w stosunku do 80,00 EUR za MW/h w 2006 r. [109].
English: The Commission has examined whether the exceptional circumstances alleged by Alcoa, which are linked to the existence of the Alumix decision, may have led it to entertain such legitimate expectations. (266) The Court has consistently held that legitimate expectations can arise from only precise, unconditional and concordant assurances, given by the Community institutions, of such a nature as to give rise to a justified expectation that the measure was not aid or was lawful [123].
Polish: Trybunał konsekwentnie orzekał, że uzasadnione oczekiwania mogą pojawić się tylko wobec precyzyjnych, bezwarunkowych i zgodnych zapewnień, ze strony instytucji wspólnotowych, które mogłyby zrodzić uzasadnione oczekiwania, że środek nie był pomocą lub był przyznany zgodnie z prawem [122].
English: Firstly, the Commission is not in favour, as a matter of principle, of the idea of constructing a theoretical benchmark when a concrete and appropriate benchmark is available. In Unicredito [128], the Court rejected a similarly hypothetical approach and ruled that ‘re-establishing the status quo ante… does not imply reconstructing past events differently on the basis of hypothetical elements such as the choices, often numerous, which could have been made by the operators concerned’.
Polish: W sprawie Unicredito [127] Trybunał odrzucił podobne hipotetyczne podejście i orzekł, że „przywrócenie poprzedniej sytuacji nie oznacza ponownego stworzenia przeszłości na podstawie takich hipotetycznych okoliczności jak często różnorodne wybory, jakich mogły dokonać zainteresowane podmioty”.
English: The Alcoa tariff continued to be paid de facto on the basis of the regulatory framework put in place by the AEEG (and mentioned in the 2004 opening decision). [61] On the basis of the information available, the Commission has doubts as to whether the measure at issue is comparable with the one assessed and approved by the Commission in 1996. In 1996, ENEL was the only producer and distributor of energy in Italy and the reduced electricity tariff granted by ENEL to Alcoa for the benefit of Alumix SpA was compared to ENEL’s average marginal production cost for electricity for the period concerned.
Polish: Na podstawie dostępnych informacji Komisja wyraża wątpliwości, czy odnośny środek jest porównywalny ze środkiem ocenionym i zatwierdzonym przez Komisję w 1996 r. W 1996 r. przedsiębiorstwo ENEL było jedynym producentem i dystrybutorem energii we Włoszech, a niższa taryfa energii elektrycznej przyznana Alcoa przez ENEL na korzyść Alumix SpA została porównana ze średnimi krańcowymi kosztami produkcji energii elektrycznej ENEL w odnośnym okresie.
English: Power plants are ranked in so-called merit order, ranging from plants with the lowest short-run marginal costs (variable costs of producing electricity including fuel and CO2 costs) to plants with the highest costs. At any one time, plants compete on the basis of their marginal costs and are called to produce according to their ranking in the merit order: hydroelectric plants first, then nuclear, gas, oil, until the output of all the plants called meets demand. The last plant is known as the marginal plant, and its marginal costs set the price of the electricity at this time (the system clearing price).
Polish: Wyrok Trybunału Sprawiedliwości w sprawie C-241/94 P Francja przeciwko Komisji [1996] Rec.
English: Alcoa submits that, under the tariff arrangement prior to the introduction of Article 11(11) of Law No 80/2005, the funds required to finance the tariff were handled by privately-owned distributors, and therefore did not constitute State resources. Even though that tariff arrangement is not in dispute in the present proceedings, the considerations outlined in this paragraph mean that the Commission must dismiss Alcoa’s argument. The private nature of the distributors is not, in itself, determinant for the purpose of defining the nature of the resources involved.
Polish: Wyrok z dnia 17 lipca 2008 r. w sprawie C-206/06 Essent Netwerk Noord przeciwko Aluminium Delfzijl, dotychczas nieopublikowany, pkt 69 i 70.
English: A distinction must be made between the general assessment criteria set out in the Alumix decision and the application of those criteria to a material case. The general criteria of the Alumix decision hold that, in the absence of alternative market outlets and in order to avoid aggravating a situation of overcapacity, a rational electricity supplier will sell electricity to its best customers at a price covering its marginal costs of production, plus a small contribution to fixed costs. These general criteria remain valid irrespective of the temporal scope of the decision in which they were laid down, and the Commission has no intention of questioning them here. [96] See footnote 40.
Polish: Zob. przypis 40.
English: The HHI index in Sardinia varies between 3000 and 3500. In the South zone, however, the HHI is higher. [108] In Sardinia, E.ON can set the price for 67 % of the hours, ENEL for 29 % of the hours.
Polish: Na Sardynii E.ON może ustalać cenę w odniesieniu do 67 % godzin, zaś ENEL w odniesieniu do 29 % godzin.
English: The VPP provides for the release of virtual generation capacity by dominant operators within the framework of contract award procedures. VPPs are commonly used to promote competition in the wholesale market, insofar as they remove the incentive for the dominant operator to use its market power to maintain prices at a high level in the spot and futures markets.
Polish: Posługując się następującą argumentacją: „Nie wydaje się, aby inne przedsiębiorstwa zlokalizowane w części kontynentalnej Włoch działały w takich samych wyjątkowych warunkach rynkowych, jak warunki panujące na Sardynii.
English: The Commission does not possess the data required to carry out an exact calculation of this amount. [127] See footnote 9.
Polish: Zob. przypis 9.
English: Italy’s comments were received by letter dated 20 September 2005. (8) By letter dated 23 December 2005, the Commission asked for additional information, which was provided by the Italian authorities by letter dated 3 March 2006.
Romanian: Prin scrisoarea din 23 decembrie 2005, Comisia a solicitat informații suplimentare, pe care autoritățile italiene le-au furnizat prin scrisoarea din 3 martie 2006.
English: In the Alumix case, the Commission carried out a complex assessment of prices and trends in the electricity sector over 10 years, as shown in the tables which form an integral part of the decision and set the Alcoa tariff until 2005 only. Such prices and trends are in the nature of things subject to change, and the Commission could not stated that there would be no State aid indefinitely, especially in view of the progressive liberalisation of the energy markets. (201) The decision’s findings, therefore, have to be interpreted as running until 2005 only. This was clearly acknowledged by the Court of First Instance in paragraphs 105 and 106 of its judgement upholding the 2006 decision to initiate proceedings [96].
Romanian: În consecință, concluziile deciziei nu ar putea fi interpretate decât în sensul unei limite de timp fixate pentru 2005, fapt pe care Tribunalul l-a recunoscut în mod clar la punctele 105 și 106 din hotărârea care confirmă decizia de inițiere a procedurii din 2006 [96].
English: Article 1 of the 2004 Decree reads as follows: ‘1. Supplementing the criteria laid down in Article 1(1)(c) of the Prime Ministerial Decree of 31 October 2002, the Authority for Electrical Power and Gas shall extend the treatment referred to in point 2 of the Decree of the Ministry for Industry, Trade and Craft Industries of 19 December 1995 to supplies of energy for the production and processing of aluminium, lead, silver and zinc, limited to plants already in existence at the time of the entry into force of the present Decree and located in insular areas having insufficient or no connections to the national electricity and gas networks. 2. 2.
Romanian: Articolul 1 din acest decret prevede următoarele: „(1) În plus față de criteriile prevăzute la articolul 1 alineatul (1) litera (c) din Decretul președintelui Consiliului de miniștri din 31 octombrie 2002, tratamentul prevăzut la punctul 2 din decretul Ministerului Industriei, Comerțului și Artizanatului din 19 decembrie 1995 este extins prin decizia Autorității pentru Energie Electrică și Gaz la livrările de energie destinate producției și transformării aluminiului, plumbului, argintului și zincului, în limitele structurilor existente la data intrării în vigoare a prezentului decret, situate în regiunile insulare caracterizate prin absența sau insuficiența conexiunilor la rețelele naționale de gaz și de electricitate.
English: However, the profits obtained by Alcoa in Italy thanks to the subsidised electricity tariff strengthen the company’s competitive position in a general sense. For example, accumulated capital reserves can be used to take over competitors and increase market share.
Slovak: Ale zisk spoločnosti Alcoa v Taliansku získaný vďaka dotovanej tarife za elektrickú energiu posilnil vo všeobecnosti konkurenčné postavenie spoločnosti, ktorá môže napríklad využiť akumulované kapitálové rezervy na prevzatie akcií konkurentov a na zvýšenie svojho podielu na trhu.
English: For the Veneto plant, this recovery corresponds to the period from 1 January 2006 until the date of adoption of this Decision. For the plant in Sardinia, the recovery corresponds to the period prior to the 2007 letter, that is from 1 January 2006 to 18 June 2007,
Slovak: V prípade prevádzky vo Venete sa toto navrátenie týka obdobia od 1. januára 2006 do dátumu prijatia tohto rozhodnutia, v prípade prevádzky na Sardínii obdobia pred listom z roku 2007, t. j. od 1. januára 2006 do 18. júna 2007,
English: In Sardinia, E.ON can set the price for 67 % of the hours, ENEL for 29 % of the hours. If adjacent zones are also considered, ENEL is price-setting in the macrozone Macrosud-Sardegna for 63 % of the hours. However, in the region MacroSud, ENEL is price-setting for 100 % of the hours.
Slovenian: Na Sardiniji lahko E.ON določi ceno za 67 % ur, ENEL pa za 29 % ur. Če se upoštevajo tudi sosednja območja, ENEL določa ceno na makroobmočju Macrosud-Sardegna za 63 % ur. Vendar v regiji MacroSud ENEL določa ceno za 100 % ur.
English: The HHI index in Sardinia varies between 3000 and 3500. In the South zone, however, the HHI is higher.
Swedish: HHI-indexet på Sardinien varierar mellan 3000 och 3500, med högre HHI-index i det södra området.