natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Вж. съображение 199.
8-13, p. 77, par.
От 1 януари 2014 г. делът на разходите за развойна дейност, който се поема от LuxSCS, се определя въз основа на дела на брутната печалба на европейските дейности спрямо брутната печалба на Amazon в световен мащаб (вж. съображение 204).
14-29.
Вж. съображение 104.
Amazon Final Transcripts: [Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 4 November 2014, par.
Вж. съображение 436, което показва, че при определянето на трансферните цени действителното поведение на страните има предимство пред договорните споразумения.
824: 12-25, par.
Тъй като дружеството LuxOpCo управлява и поема рисковете, свързани с нематериалните активи и управлението на дейността на Amazon в Европа (вж. раздел 9.2.1.2), то трябва да приеме положителните и отрицателните резултати от дейността си, а оттам и загубите, които биха могли да възникнат, ако не генерира достатъчно печалби, за да плати пазарно лицензионно възнаграждение за нематериалните активи.
825: 1-6: ‘When Amazon decides to launch a program or a product category in Europe that's already been launched in the US, isn't it true that Amazon would start with the technology framework in place in the US and then modify that for the local specifications?
В раздел 9.2.1.4 Комисията представя метод за определяне на възнаграждение в полза на LuxSCS, който по-добре отразява икономическата действителност на въпросната сделка.
A. As much as possible, yes, I think it made a lot of sense and, you know, that's what we did is that if the framework had been built that was — you know, that we could leverage, it made really good economic sense to leverage that framework and evolve that framework to deal with the local nature of these markets. At the same time, right, again, it's not because you've got a framework that, you know, might work in the US It's like if we don't have the selection we can have whatever framework to do, fulfillment by Amazon or jewelry in that country without the local selection and the low prices there's not that much that will otherwise happen.’
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 4.3: „Termination After Failure to Cure for Failure of Performance.
For some products, the experiences from the US market can be useful for Europe, such as for Kindle, because US customers adapt quicker to new technology, but this cannot be generalised, as Americans prefer different brands (see Deposition [Vice President and Country Manager Germany, Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Munich, Germany], 13 June 2014, p. 93, par.
If either party fails to perform any of its covenants contained in this Agreement and fails to cure such default within sixty (60) days after receiving a notice from the non-defaulting party, the non-defaulting party may terminate this Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the defaulting party.“
9-25).
Както се посочва в насоките на ОИСР от 2017 г., параграф 6.63: „Размерът и видът на дейностите, които ще бъдат необходими за контролиране на финансовия риск, свързан с финансиране, ще зависят от нивото на инвестиционния риск за източника на финансиране, като се вземе предвид паричната сума и инвестицията, за която се използва това финансиране.
However, launching Kindle in Europe was a huge initiative for the local teams to ensure content rights and actually sell the Kindle in each country (see Amazon Post trial brief, p. 109, par.
В съответствие с определението за контрол, посочено в параграфи 1.65 и 1.66 от тези насоки, упражняването на контрол върху специфичен финансов риск включва възможността да се вземат съответните решения, свързани с рисковата възможност, в този случай предоставянето на финансиране, както и ефективното упражняване на тези функции за вземане на решения.
345).
Освен това страната, която контролира финансовия риск, извършва дейностите, посочени в параграфи 1.65 и 1.66 във връзка с ежедневните дейности за намаляване на риска, свързани с тези рискове, когато те се възлагат на външни подизпълнители и са свързани с всяка необходима подготвителна работа за улесняване вземането на решения, ако не извършва сама тези дейности.“
Deposition [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 September 2014, p. 112, par.
Например служителите на LuxOpCo в EU Retail Pricing Committee отговарят за определянето на ценовите насоки и одобряването на всички цени на дребно на европейски уеб сайтове.
9-20.
Вж. вътрешния документ на Amazon: „EU Policies and Procedures Manual“ от 1 май 2006 г., стр. 5.
Deposition [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 September 2014, p. 112, par.
Както е обяснено в съображение 104, единственият приход, предоставен на LuxSCS, е от лицензионни възнаграждения и лихви, платени от неговите дъщерни дружества.
24-25, p. 113, par.
Вж. съображение 183 и бележка под линия 177.
1-7, p. 114, par.
Вж. таблица 12.
25, p. 115, par.
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 1.2: „„Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property“ means: (a) any and all intellectual property rights throughout the world, owned or otherwise held by Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] whether existing under intellectual property, unfair competition or trade secret laws, or under statute or at common law or equity, including but not limited to: (i) copyrights and author's rights (including but not limited to reviews and editorial content), trade secrets, trademarks, patents, inventions, designs, logos, and trade dress, look and feel, „moral rights,“ mask works, rights of personality, publicity or privacy, rights in associate or vendor information, rights in customer information (including but not limited to customer lists and customer data), and any other intellectual property and proprietary rights (including but not limited to rights in databases, marketing strategies and marketing surveys); (ii) any application or right to apply for any of the rights referred to in this clause; and (iii) any and all renewals, extensions, future equivalents and restorations thereof, now or hereafter in force and effect; (b) any and all intellectual property licensed, transferred or assigned to Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] by any third party or Affiliate; and (c) any and all Derivative Works assigned to Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] pursuant to Section 2.1(b). “
1-2.
В съответствие с точка 2.1 (а) от лицензионното споразумение на LuxOpCO безвъзмездно е предоставен изключителен лиценз „solely for the Licensed Purpose, to: (i) make, use, reproduce, copy, modify, translate, integrate into or extract from a database and create derivative works of Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property; (ii) publicly perform or display, import, broadcast, transmit, distribute and communicate to the public by any means whatsoever, including but not limited to wire or wireless transmission process, using broadcasting, satellite, cable or network, license, offer to sell, and sell, rent, lease or lend originals and copies of, and otherwise commercially or non-commercially exploit any Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property (and derivative works thereof)“.
Deposition [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 September 2014, p. 113, par.
Определението на „Предмет на лиценза“ ( „Licensed Purpose“) е представено в точка 1.5: „(a) operating any and all World Wide Web sites accessed via the European Country code top level domains (including but not limited to .de, .uk, and .fr) for the sale of goods or services where any person or entity (including but not limited to Amazon.com, Inc. or any of its Affiliates) is the seller of record for such goods or services, (b) using Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property for the purposes of providing World Wide Web services to any third party or Affiliate that contracts for such services with respect to a World Wide Web site that utilizes a European Country code top level domain, and (c) using Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property within the European Country geographic territory for any other purpose.“ Целта на лиценза е идентична с тази, определена за лицензионните такси, получени от LuxSCS по СРР (СРР, точка 1.13).
13-19.
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 2.3: „Maintenance.
Amazon's submission of 6 March 2017, Annex 28a: list of Amazon's employees since 1997, number of jobholders employed in Luxembourg with the job code starting with T.
AEU shall abide by regulations and practices in force or use in any European Country in order to safeguard Amazon EHT's [LuxSCS]'s rights in the Amazon EHT [LuxSC] Intellectual Property.
For localisation and translation, the team used a translation tool, developed by Amazon employees in Europe in collaboration with a team in the US.
AEU [LuxOpCo] shall take all necessary actions to maintain such rights.“
See Amazon Final Transcripts: [Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 4 November 2014, par.
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 9.2: „Preventing Infringement. (a) AEU [LuxOpCo] shall, at its sole expense, use its best efforts to prevent, investigate, and prosecute any unauthorized use of any Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property.
830: 9-12 and 17-21, par.
AEU [LuxOpCo] agrees to promptly inform Amazon EHT of any such unauthorized use that comes to the AEU's [LuxOpCo's] attention.
831: 2-5.
To facilitate coordination of enforcement activities, AEU [LuxOpCo] shall consult with Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] before undertaking any actions to prevent such unauthorized use of Amazon EHT [LuxSCS] Intellectual Property. (b) AEU [LuxOpCo] may, at its sole expense, institute and conduct suits to protect its rights under this Agreement against infringement and may retain all recoveries from any such suits.“ аВ писмото си от 7 юни 2017 г.
Amazon submission of 22 January 2016, p. 3.
Amazon потвърждава активната роля на LuxOpCo за осигуряване на защитата на нематериалните активи в Европа: „[…] в съответствие с лицензионното споразумение LuxOpCo е трябвало да положи всички усилия, за да предотврати неоторизирано използване на лицензираните нематериални активи, да разследва такова използване и да преследва извършителите, както и да привлече към съдебна отговорност и да завежда дела, за да защити правата си по лицензионното споразумение от каквото и да било нарушение.“
Amazon Final Transcripts [Senior Vice President Worldwide Application Software, former Vice President/General Manager North America Media and Video], 21 November 2014, par.
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 4.1: „Term.
4633: 4-17: ‘A technical program manager typically comes from a technical background. […] They oftentimes were software development engineers and in some cases still wrote software actively.
Subject to all necessary government approvals, this Agreement is effective as of the Effective Time and continues in effect for the life of all copyrights or author's rights and patents related to the Amazon EHT Intellectual Property licensed under Section 2.1 of this Agreement and until all proprietary and confidential information and know-how related to Amazon EHT Intellectual Property enters the public domain („Term“).
Their function as technical program manager was to translate, you know, a functional specification, a very business- and product-focused document, translate it into technical terms that a software developer could then code against.’; Deposition [Vice President and Country Manager Germany, Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Munich, Germany], 13 June 2014, p. 16, par.
“ Параграфи 4.2–4.3 предвиждат, че споразумението може да бъде прекратено само в случай на (i) значителна промяна на контрола или натрупване на тежести или (ii) когато някоя от страните не е в състояние да отстрани дадено нарушение.
16-19: ‘So, I tell them what to do and then somebody does it and he comes back and he shows me what he did and I tell him this is what I wanted you to do or not.’; and Amazon Final Transcripts [Senior Vice President Worldwide Application Software, former Vice President/General Manager North America Media and Video] 21 November 2014, par.
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 2.1, буква а) („Exclusive Intellectual Property License Grant“), точка 2.1, буква b) ( „Derivative Works“) и точка 2.4 ( „Ownership“).
4620: 17-19: ‘Q: And a functional specification, you describe what you want consumers to experience.
Лицензионно споразумение, точка 2.1, буква b) („Derivative works“).
A: Yes’.
Протокол от заседанието на ръководството на LuxOpCo от 21 юни 2005 г.
Deposition [Vice President and Country Manager Germany, Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Munich, Germany], 13 June 2014, p. 59, par.
Протоколи от заседанията на ръководството на LuxOpCo от 29 януари 2013 г., 3 юни 2013 г. и 9 декември 2014 г.
10-25, p. 60, par.
„EU Policies and Procedures Manual“ в сила от 1 май 2006 г., стр. 21.
2-5: […].
Съобщение на Amazon от 7 юни 2017 г.
Amazon's submission of 22 July 2016, Amazon's Technology-Centric E-tailing-Business p. 12 and Recital 370.
Протоколите на IP Steering Committee бяха предоставени на Комисията със съобщения на Amazon от 22 юли 2016 г. и 11 април 2017 г.
Amazon's letter of 4 April 2017, p. 6: ‘Generally, the Vice-President for Retail business (first [Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], then [Vice President European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg, former Country Manager France, Amazon.fr SAS, Clichy, France]) was collecting and prioritizing the requests from local staff for purposes of channelling the information to the technology teams managed from the US, including in relation to the EFN-related requests. […][Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], at the time he was responsible for the European marketplace business, had a similar coordination role (with a small Luxembourg team) with respect to getting US technology teams working on EFN tools for the marketplace business and then supporting local staff and third party sellers regarding the use of the newly developed technology’.
Amazon Final Transcripts, [вицепрезидент, отговарящ за интелектуалната собственост, отдел „Правни въпроси“, Amazon Corporate LLC, САЩ], 20 ноември 2014 г., точка 4270: 13-25: „Q. […] the IP steering committee meetings.
Amazon Final Transcripts [Vice President and Country Manager Germany, Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Munich, Germany], 4 November 2014, par.
Was there a procedure for those? […] A. We would meet annually.
603: 2-4: ‘It was developed in Europe with the help of central technology teams but mainly in Europe’.
I would come in and do a presentation of intellectual property changes, some of the disputes that were ongoing.
Amazon Post trial brief, p. 118, par 315, 317.
We would do a review of the foreign filing recommendations, so that would be where we would file an application in the United States, our recommendation as far as whether we should file that outside of the United State, principally – well in Europe for each of those, and we would have a recommendation of yes or no.
Deposition [Vice President and Country Manager Germany, Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Munich, Germany], 13 June 2014, p. 99, par.
We would go through these with the business leaders, the technology leaders, and they would approve or reject the ideas or our recommendations.“
20-22 and Deposition [Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 7 May, 2014, p. 63, par.
Показания [вицепрезидент на отдел „Product Management-Retail“ и бивш вицепрезидент/генерален директор на отдел „Worldwide Operations“ в Amazon Corporate LLC, САЩ], 15 юли 2014 г., стр. 117, точки 8—13.
16-22.
Вж. също показания [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 септември 2014 г., стр. 29, точки 9—16: […], Amazon Final Transcripts: [Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 4 ноември 2014 г., точка 823: 1-13 и 17-21: […].
Amazon Post trial brief, p. 118-119, par.
Вж. също паметната записка на Amazon след съдебното производство, стр. 20, точки 43—46; вж. също показания [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 септември 2014 г., стр. 113, точки 23—25, стр. 114, точки 1—2: […].
316, 318.
Показания [вицепрезидент на отдел „Product Management-Retail“ и бивш вицепрезидент/генерален директор на отдел „Worldwide Operations“ в Amazon Corporate LLC, САЩ], 15 юли 2014 г., стр. 74, точки 8—13, стр. 77, точки14—29.
See also Amazon Final Transcripts [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 4 November 2014, par.
Amazon Final Transcripts: [Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 4 ноември 2014 г., точка 824: 12-25, точка 825: 1-6: „When Amazon decides to launch a program or a product category in Europe that's already been launched in the US, isn't it true that Amazon would start with the technology framework in place in the US and then modify that for the local specifications?
602: 21-25, par.
A. As much as possible, yes, I think it made a lot of sense and, you know, that's what we did is that if the framework had been built that was -- you know, that we could leverage, it made really good economic sense to leverage that framework and evolve that framework to deal with the local nature of these markets. At the same time, right, again, it's not because you've got a framework that, you know, might work in the US It's like if we don't have the selection we can have whatever framework to do, fulfillment by Amazon or jewelry in that country without the local selection and the low prices there's not that much that will otherwise happen.“ За някои продукти опитът, придобит на американския пазар, може да бъде полезен в Европа, както в случая с Kindle, тъй като американските клиенти се адаптират по-бързо към новите технологии, но това не може да бъде обобщено, американците предпочитат различни марки (вж. показанията [Заместник-председател и ръководител на германския пазар в Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Мюнхен, Германия], 13 юни 2014 г., 93, точки 9–25).
603: 1-2: ‘Yes, same considerations, plus the fact that finally we — after so many years, we launched two new countries in Europe; that's Italy and Spain.
Пускането на Kindle в Европа обаче беше широкомащабна инициатива, която позволи на местните екипи да гарантират спазването на правата върху съдържанието и да продават Kindle във всяка страна (вж. паметна записка на Amazon, стр. 109, точка 345).
And we were able to launch those countries because of the work that was done on the technology and the logistics, programs called EFN, European Fulfillment Network, which did not exist before.’
Показания [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 септември 2014 г., стр. 112, точки 9—20.
Deposition [Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 7 May 2014, Exhibit 46, p. 4.
Показания [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 септември 2014 г., стр. 112, точки 24—25, стр. 113, точки 1—7, стр. 114, точка 25, стр. 115, точки 1—2.
Amazon Post trial brief, p. 119, par.
Показания [Senior Vice President Product Management – Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US], 18 септември 2014 г., стр. 113, точки 13—19.
319-321.
Съобщение на Amazon от 6 март 2017 г., приложение 28a: списък на служителите на Amazon от 1997 г. насам, брой на лицата, назначени в Люксембург с класификация на търговските длъжности, започващи с буквата Т.
Annex C-2284-P to Amazon's submission of 30 September 2016.
За локализацията и превода екипът е използвал софтуер за превод, разработен от служители на Amazon в Европа в сътрудничество с екип в САЩ.
[Description of Amazon's technology].
Вж.
Deposition [Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 7 May 2014, Deposition-Exhibit 46, p. 10.
Amazon Final Transcripts: [Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 4 ноември 2014 г., точка 830: 9-12 и 17-21, точка 831: 2-5.
Amazon internal document: EFN 2013, OP1, p. 7.
Съобщение на Amazon от 22 януари 2016 г., стр. 3.
Amazon Post trial brief, p. 120-121, par.
Amazon Final Transcripts [първи вицепрезидент на „Worldwide Application Software“, бивш вицепрезидент/генерален директор на „North America Media and Video“], 21 ноември 2014 г., точка 4633: 4-17: „A technical program manager typically comes from a technical background. […] They oftentimes were software development engineers and in some cases still wrote software actively.
323-330.
Their function as technical program manager was to translate, you know, a functional specification, a very business- and product-focused document, translate it into technical terms that a software developer could then code against.“; показания [вицепрезидент и директор, отговарящ за германския пазар в Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Мюнхен, Германия], 13 юни 2014 г., стр. 16, точки 16—19: „So, I tell them what to do and then somebody does it and he comes back and he shows me what he did and I tell him this is what I wanted you to do or not.“; и Amazon Final Transcripts [първи вицепрезидент на „Worldwide Application Software“, бивш вицепрезидент/генерален директор на „North America Media and Video“], 21 ноември 2014 г., точка 4620: 17-19: „Q: And a functional specification, you describe what you want consumers to experience.
Amazon Final Transcripts: [Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], 3 November 2014, par.
A: Yes“.
493: 24-25, par.
Показания [вицепрезидент и директор, отговарящ за германския пазар в Amazon Deutschland Services GmbH, Мюнхен, Германия], 13 юни 2014 г., стр. 59, точки 10—25, стр. 60, точки 2—5: […].
494: 1-5.
Съобщение на Amazon от 22 юли 2016 г., озаглавено „Amazon's Technology-Centric E-tailing-Business“, стр. 12 и съображение 370.
Amazon post trial brief, p. 120-121, par.
Писмо на Amazon от 4 април 2017 г., стр. 6: „Generally, the Vice-President for Retail business (first [Vice President International Retail, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Retail Business, responsible for all retail operations in Europe, LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], then [vice-président de la branche Vente au détail en Europe, responsable de toutes les activités de vente au détail en Europe, au sein de LuxOpCo, Luxembourg, ancien directeur responsable du marché français au sein d'Amazon.fr SAS, Clichy, France]) was collecting and prioritizing the requests from local staff for purposes of channelling the information to the technology teams managed from the US, including in relation to the EFN-related requests. […][Vice President Sales International, Amazon Corporate LLC, US, former Head of European Third Party Business (such as Marketplace), LuxOpCo, Luxembourg], at the time he was responsible for the European marketplace business, had a similar coordination role (with a small Luxembourg team) with respect to getting US technology teams working on EFN tools for the marketplace business and then supporting local staff and third party sellers regarding the use of the newly developed technology“.
323-330.