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Det frigørende bidrag, som La Poste skal betale til staten efter reformen, svarer til forskellen mellem de således rekonstruerede lønomkostninger og de reelle lønomkostninger for tjenestemænd (uden pensioner).
The contribution in full discharge of liabilities that will be paid by La Poste to the State after the reform is equal to the difference between the wage cost thus reconstructed and the real wage cost of civil servants (excluding retirement pensions).
Det bidrag, der beregnes på denne måde, vil erstatte La Postes bidrag i henhold til artikel 30 i 1990-loven.
The contribution calculated in this way will replace the contribution from La Poste provided for in Article 30 of the 1990 Law.
Det indbetales af La Poste til et offentligt administrativt organ.
It will be paid by La Poste to an administrative public body.
Bidraget, som beregnes på grundlag af de indeksbaserede bruttolønninger [20] for tjenestemandsansatte i La Poste, er afgørende for den sats for La Postes bidrag, der skal sikre lige konkurrencevilkår, og som betegnes »TEC«.
Calculated on the basis of the gross index-related salaries [20] of the civil servants working for La Poste, this contribution determines the level of the contribution payable by La Poste (TEC).
Bidraget beregnes årligt, for at der kan tages hensyn til den reelle lønudvikling for tjenestemandsansatte i La Poste og de ændringer, der vil ske i de obligatoriske socialsikringsbidrag og skatter, som henhører under de almindelige socialsikringsregler.
It will be calculated each year in such a way as to take account of the real change in the compensation of civil servants working for La Poste and of the changes that will take place in the levels of social security contributions and tax payments under the ordinary social security arrangements.
Metoden til beregning af La Postes frigørende bidrag er således baseret på en udligning af de lønrelaterede obligatoriske socialsikringsbidrag og skatter mellem La Poste og de øvrige virksomheder inden for transport- og banksektoren, der er omfattet af de almindelige socialsikringsregler.
The method of calculating the contribution of La Poste in full discharge of its liabilities is, therefore, based on equalisation of the levels of wage-related security contributions and tax payments between La Poste and other undertakings in the transport and banking sectors under the ordinary social security arrangements.
Metoden sikrer derfor ikke en udligning af de samlede lønomkostninger (lønninger og bidrag).
This method does not therefore ensure any equalisation of aggregate wage costs (wages and social security contributions).
Den nye metode til beregning af La Postes bidrag påvirker ikke de enkelte tjenestemænds situation, hvad enten det drejer sig om deres pensionsrettigheder, deres bidrag eller deres status.
The new method of calculating the contribution of La Poste does not affect the individual situation of civil servants assigned to it, whether as regards their pension rights, contributions or status.
Sondringen mellem La Postes aktivitetsområder i forbindelse med reformen
Distinction under the reform between the sectors of activity of La Poste
Da La Poste driver virksomhed inden for to sektorer, nemlig post- og banksektoren, hvor »arbejdsgiverbidragene« efter de almindelige socialsikringsregler er forskellige, beregnes der i praksis to TEC:
As La Poste operates in two sectors, the postal sector and the banking sector, in which ‘employer's’ contributions under the ordinary social security arrangements differ, two TECs will, in fact be calculated:
den ene gælder for den kategori af tjenestemænd, der arbejder i sektoren for breve og pakker, og beregnes på grundlag af transportvirksomhedernes bidrag, idet postaktiviteterne henhører under transportsektoren; på grundlag af tallene for 2005 anslås den TEC, der gælder for postsektoren i begyndelsen til 36,5 % af den indeksbaserede bruttolønsum for denne kategori
one will apply to the category of civil servants working in the mail/parcels sector and will be calculated by reference to the contributions paid by transport companies, a sector into which postal activities fall; on the basis of the 2005 figures, the ‘postal sector’ TEC is initially estimated at 36,5 % of the gross index-related wage and salary bill for this category,
den anden gælder for den kategori af tjenestemænd, der er udstationeret ved La Banque Postale eller arbejder i ressourceafdelingen [21], og den beregnes på grundlag af bankernes bidrag; på grundlag af tallene for 2005 anslås den TEC, der gælder for banksektoren i begyndelsen til 40,9 % af den indeksbaserede bruttolønsum for denne kategori.
the other will apply to the category of civil servants seconded to La Banque Postale or working in the resources department [21] and will be calculated by reference to the contributions paid by banks; on the basis of the 2005 figures, the ‘banking sector’ TEC is initially estimated at 40,9 % of the gross index-related wage and salary bill for this category.
Der kan årligt beregnes en samlet TEC som det vejede gennemsnit mellem de to satser, og vægtningen sker på grundlag af den indeksbaserede bruttolønsum for hver af de to kategorier.
An aggregate TEC can be calculated each year as the weighted average of the two rates, the weighting being based on the gross index-related wage and salary bill for each of the two categories.
På grundlag af tallene for 2005 anslås den samlede TEC i begyndelsen til 37,2 % af La Postes indeksbaserede bruttolønsum.
On the basis of the 2005 figures, the aggregate TEC is initially estimated at 37,2 % of the gross index-related age and salary bill of La Poste.
Den TEC, der er defineret ovenfor, vil blive anvendt gradvis i en overgangsperiode på fire år.
The TEC as defined above will be applied over a four-year transitional period.
I 2006 vil La Postes bidrag med frigørende virkning blive fastsat således, at der opnås et bidrag i euro svarende til det nuværende (for øjeblikket anslået til ca. […] % af den indeksbaserede bruttolønsum).
In 2006 the contribution by La Poste in full discharge of liabilities will be set so that the level of the contribution in euros will be equivalent to that calculated under the present arrangements (currently estimated at some […] % of the gross index-related wage and salary bill).
For årene 2007 til 2009 vil bidragssatsen blive fastsat ved at forhøje TEC med et midlertidigt tillæg på […] % af den indeksbaserede bruttolønsum i 2007, […] % i 2008, og […] % i 2009.
For the period 2007-2009 the contribution will be raised by adding to the TEC a temporary surcharge set at […] % of the gross index-related wage and salary bill for 2007, at […] % for 2008 and at […] % for 2009.
Dette tillæg afskaffes fra 2010.
This surcharge will be abolished as of 2010.
Den samlede TEC [22], der anvendes i overgangsperioden, skulle herved udvikle sig således (skøn på grundlag af tal for 2005):
The change in the aggregate initial TEC [22] applicable during the transitional period should therefore be as follows (estimation based on the 2005 figures):
Bidragssats
Level of the contribution
Ekstraordinært engangsbidrag
Exceptional flat-rate contribution
Den 29. december 2006 indbetalte La Poste et ekstraordinært engangsbidrag på 2 mia. EUR [23] til det offentlige nationale organ for finansiering af pensionerne inden for La Poste.
On 29 December 2006 La Poste paid an exceptional flat-rate contribution of EUR 2 billion [23] to the national public agency for the financing of the retirement pensions paid out by La Poste.
Bidraget blev betalt på en gang i 2006.
This was a one-off contribution.
Det blev vedtaget under forhandlinger mellem staten og La Poste, at der skulle betales et sådant bidrag, og hvor stort det skulle være.
The principle and amount of this contribution were fixed in negotiations between the State and La Poste.
Beløbet blev fastsat ved en afvejning af statens umiddelbare budgetbehov og La Postes finansielle ydeevne […]
The amount was the result of a trade-off between the immediate budgetary needs of the State and the contributive capacity of La Poste […].
La Postes forskellige koncernselskaber bidrager til det ekstraordinære engangsbidrag i forhold til lønsummen for de statstjenestemænd, der arbejder direkte for dem, i overensstemmelse med nedenstående tabel:
The different entities belonging to the La Poste group contributed to the payment of the exceptional flat-rate contribution in proportion to the wage and salary bill for the civil servants working directly for them (see table below):
Bruttolønsummen for tjenestemændene
Gross wage bill for civil servants
(i mio. EUR)
(in EURm)
Moderselskabet
Parent company
La Banque Postale
Banque Postale
Tilslutning af pensionsordningen for tjenestemandsansatte i La Poste til de almindelige ordninger
Affiliation of the retirement arrangements for civil servants working for La Poste to the ordinary schemes
Ifølge Frankrig har staten mulighed for at tilslutte pensionsordningen for tjenestemænd ved La Poste til de almindelige ordninger.
According to France, one option for the State is to affiliate the retirement arrangements for civil servants working for La Poste to the ordinary social security schemes.
Hidtil har der dog ikke været ført forhandlinger med de almindelige pensionsordninger, men Frankrig agter at indlede sådanne forhandlinger snarest muligt.
As things stand, no negotiations have taken place with the ordinary retirement schemes even though France intends to begin such negotiations as soon as possible.
På grundlag af den indledende undersøgelse konstaterede Kommissionen for det første, at den anmeldte reform fritager La Poste for udgifter, som virksomheden skulle have afholdt i henhold til 1990-loven.
Following its preliminary analysis, the Commission first noted that the notified reform releases La Poste from charges it would have had to incur under the 1990 Law.
Kommissionen stillede spørgsmålstegn ved, om La Postes udgifter, der reduceres i det foreliggende tilfælde, som helhed svarede til en »unormal« byrde, som omhandlet i Fællesskabets retspraksis.
It wondered therefore whether the charges of which La Poste was relieved corresponded in aggregate to an ‘abnormal’ charge within the meaning of Community case law.
I Combus-dommen [25], betragter De Europæiske Fællesskabers Ret i Første Instans tilsyneladende »unormale« byrder som byrder, der skyldes de ansattes særlige status i en virksomhed, der som følge af en reform befinder sig i samme situation som sine konkurrenter, når det gælder personaleadministration [26].
In particular, in Combus [25] the Court of First Instance of the European Communities seems to treat as ‘abnormal’ charges resulting from the exceptional status of the employees of an undertaking which, following a reform, finds itself in a situation governed by ordinary law, i.e. identical to that of its competitors, as regards personnel management [26].
I den foreliggende sag har Frankrig dog ikke vedtaget nogen lovbestemmelser om afskaffelse eller ændring af den særlige ansættelsesordning for tjenestemænd ved La Poste og den måde, hvorpå de erhverver deres pensionsrettigheder.
However, in the present case, France has not adopted any legislative provision aimed at abolishing or adapting the special employment arrangements for civil servants working for La Poste or the way in which they acquire their pension rights.
Desuden hævdede Frankrig, at formålet med reformen var gradvis at bringe La Postes pensionsudgifter til sine tjenestemandsansatte på linje med konkurrenternes.
France then claimed that the reform was designed gradually to align the charges borne by La Poste in connection with the retirement pensions paid to civil servants working for it on those borne by its competitors.
Kommissionen betvivlede, at der reelt ville være lige konkurrencevilkår efter reformen.
The Commission expressed doubts as to whether there will actually be a level playing field once the reform is implemented.
Endelig hævdede Frankrig, at La Poste ikke tidligere havde nydt godt af andre støtteforanstaltninger, der tog sigte på at neutralisere virkningerne af de ekstraudgifter, som La Postes ad hoc-ordning for finansiering af tjenestemandspensioner medfører.
Lastly, according to France, La Poste had not benefited in the past from any other compensatory measures aimed, at the time they were granted, at neutralising the effects of the additional costs imposed by La Poste's ad hoc arrangements for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants.
Siden 1998 har La Poste dog ikke refunderet staten samtlige udgifter til tjenestemandspensioner, hvilket er i strid med forpligtelsen i 1990-lovens artikel 30.
And yet, since 1998, La Poste has not reimbursed the State for the total cost of the retirement pensions paid to its civil servants, contrary to the obligation resulting from Article 30 of the 1990 Law.
Ud fra ovenstående betragtninger kunne Kommissionen ikke på dette stadium udelukke, at foranstaltningerne gav La Poste en økonomisk fordel og omfattede statsstøtteelementer.
In the light of the above, the Commission could not at that stage rule out the possibility that the measure under scrutiny conferred an economic advantage on La Poste and contain elements of State aid.
Kommissionen stillede spørgsmålstegn ved, om de pågældende foranstaltninger kunne erklæres forenelige med fællesmarkedet i henhold til undtagelsesbestemmelserne i traktatens artikel 87, stk. 3, litra c), hvis de skulle betragtes som statsstøtte.
The Commission wondered whether, should the measures in question constitute State aid, they might be declared compatible in the light of the derogations provided for in Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Kommissionen har tidligere godkendt statsstøtteforanstaltninger, hvorved en sektor er blevet fritaget for pensionsforpligtelser, der var specifikke for den pågældende sektor, mere vidtgående end forpligtelserne i den almindelige pensionsordning og fastsat i en monopolperiode [27].
In the past, the Commission has authorised State aid measures relieving undertakings of pension liabilities specific to a sector where they exceeded those resulting from the general retirement scheme and were defined during a monopoly period [27].
Foranstaltningerne i den foreliggende beslutning tager sigte på gradvis at bringe La Postes pensionsudgifter til sine tjenestemandsansatte på linje med konkurrenternes.
The measures under scrutiny in the present decision are designed gradually to align the costs borne by La Poste in respect of retirement pensions paid to civil servants assigned to it on the retirement pension costs of its competitors.
Kommissionen kunne dog ikke på dette stadium konkludere, at La Poste reelt befandt sig i samme situation som konkurrenterne, hvilket ville have gjort det muligt at påvise, at støtten var nødvendig for, at fordelene ved det liberaliserede marked for posttjenester kunne udnyttes fuldt ud.
The Commission was unable, however, to conclude at that stage that La Poste was actually in a situation comparable to that of its competitors, and this could have demonstrated that the aid was necessary in order to garner fully the benefits of the liberalisation of the postal services market.
Frankrig har ikke påberåbt sig traktatens artikel 86, stk. 2, under proceduren.
France has not invoked Article 86(2) of the Treaty during the procedure.
To interesserede parter har fremsat bemærkninger som led i proceduren: […].
Two interested parties have presented their joint comments under the procedure: […].
De foranstaltninger, der er omhandlet i beslutningen om at indlede proceduren, rejser ifølge de interesserede parter det grundlæggende spørgsmål, om ansættelse af tjenestemænd skal betragtes som en »unormal« byrde, der kan lettes, uden at der herved bliver tale om statsstøtte.
It is claimed that the measures referred to in the decision instituting the procedure raised the fundamental question as to whether the employment of civil servants represents an ‘abnormal’ charge relief from which does not constitute State aid.
For det første fremfører […], at Combus-dommen ikke finder anvendelse i det foreliggende tilfælde. En række elementer adskiller La Poste-sagen fra Combus-sagen.
Firstly, […] claim that the Combus ruling does not apply in the present case.
Den planlagte reform vil således ikke afskære La Poste fra at ansætte tjenestemænd.
A number of factors distinguish the case of La Poste from that of Combus.
At der ikke var tale om støtte i Combus-sagen, skyldes først og fremmest, at udgifterne var blevet afholdt af Combus' personale. Endelig er konkurrencesituationen helt anderledes, idet La Poste har enerettigheder.
For example, the planned reform would not prevent La Poste from employing civil servants; the absence of aid in Combus was due, above all, to the fact that the charge would have been borne by the staff of Combus; lastly, the competitive environment would be totally different since La Poste enjoys exclusive rights.
For det andet forudsætter vurderingen af, om udgifterne til ansættelse af tjenestemænd er en »unormal« byrde, at samtlige fordele [28] og ulemper, der er forbundet hermed, tages i betragtning.
Secondly, in order to assess the ‘abnormal’ nature of the charge resulting from the employment of civil servants, all the advantages [28] and disadvantages associated with the employment of the said civil servants would need to be worked out.
For det tredje er de pågældende foranstaltninger ikke forenelige med traktatens artikel 87, stk. 3, litra c), fordi de ikke fremmer konkurrencen.
Thirdly, the measures under scrutiny would not be compatible with Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty as they do not promote competition.
De strenge betingelser i forbindelse med pensionsreformen inden for EDF/GDF, der er beskrevet i beslutning 2005/145/EF, vil ikke blive overholdt, dels fordi reformen vil begrænse konkurrenternes muligheder for at udbygge deres stilling på de markeder, hvor La Poste opererer, i stedet for at fjerne adgangsbarriererne, dels fordi den ikke opfylder proportionalitetsbetingelserne, da Frankrig ikke har bevist, at de pågældende foranstaltninger er de mindst konkurrenceskadelige.
In particular, the strict conditions attaching to the reform of the EDF/GDF retirement scheme as described in Decision 2005/145/EC would not be met since the reform, on the one hand, would restrict the ability of competitors to expand their business on the markets on which La Poste operates instead of removing the barriers to entry and, on the other hand, would not be proportional in nature as France has not demonstrated that the measures under scrutiny are the least harmful to competition.
Reformen er heller ikke retfærdig, fordi den ikke medtager arbejdsløshedsrisici i listen over de fælles risici, ikke tager hensyn til konkurrencefordelene for en virksomhed, som har enerettigheder, indfører en subjektiv fordelingsnøgle, som favoriserer La Poste, og ikke medregner de støtteforanstaltninger, der tidligere er truffet til fordel for La Poste [29].
In addition, the reform would not be fair since it would not include unemployment in the list of common risks, would not take stock of the competitive advantages conferred on an undertaking enjoying exclusive rights, would introduce a subjective allocation formula favourable to La Poste and would not take into account the compensatory measures from which La Poste might have benefited in the past [29].
Der blev ikke fremsendt andre bemærkninger inden for den frist, som er fastsat i beslutningen om indledning af proceduren.
No other comments were received by the deadline set in the decision initiating the procedure.
Kommissionen har ikke forlænget denne frist, da der ikke var tale om behørigt begrundede tilfælde, som omhandlet i artikel 6, stk. 1, i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 93 [30].
The Commission has not extended the deadline since, in its view, no duly justified case within the meaning of Article 6(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty [30] was made for extending the deadline.
Frankrig fremsatte sine kommentarer den 14. december 2006.
France presented its comments on 14 December 2006.
Der blev fremsendt yderligere oplysninger den 27. april og den 8. juni 2007 som svar på en række spørgsmål, som Kommissionen havde stillet.
Additional information was provided on 27 April and 8 June 2007 in response to questions put by the Commission.
Frankrig mener at have bevist, at den planlagte reform ikke indebærer statsstøtteelementer. Den nuværende finansiering af pensionerne til tjenestemandsansatte i La Poste, som fastsat ved lov af 2. juli 1990, ville medføre urimeligt store udgifter for La Poste, som derved ville blive betydeligt dårligere stillet i konkurrencen.
France claims to have demonstrated that the planned reform does not contain any State aid element since the current method of financing the pensions of civil servants working for La Poste, which is governed by the 1990 Law, would impose on La Poste an exorbitant financial cost exceeding that under the ordinary arrangements that would place the undertaking at a very marked disadvantage.
Den planlagte reform tager blot sigte på at fjerne de konkurrencemæssige ulemper, som den nuværende ordning medfører, ved at tilpasse La Postes finansieringsvilkår i forbindelse med udgifterne til tjenestemandspensionerne efter de vilkår, der gælder for private virksomheder inden for de sektorer, hvor La Poste udøver sine aktiviteter.
The planned reform would simply remove the competitive disadvantage resulting from those arrangements by aligning the conditions under which La Poste finances the retirement pension costs of civil servants on those applicable to private companies in respect of their employees in sectors where La Poste operates.
Afskaffelsen af disse unormale byrder, som staten har pålagt La Poste, giver ikke virksomheden nogen konkurrencemæssig fordel.
Abolition of such an abnormal financial cost imposed by the State on La Poste would not confer any advantage on La Poste vis-à-vis its competitors.
De pensionsudgifter, som La Poste skal betale i henhold til 1990-loven, indgår ikke i virksomhedens normale omkostninger.
The retirement costs that La Poste has to pay under the 1990 Law would not be part of its normal costs.
At der ved lov er indført en særlig ordning for en virksomhed, betyder ikke, at denne ordning er normal.
The mere fact that a law imposed a particular scheme on an undertaking could not in itself render that scheme normal.
Vurderingen af, om en omkostning er »normal« i henhold til Fællesskabets statsstøtteregler, er nemlig fuldstændig adskilt fra dens retsgrundlag.
This is because assessment of the ‘normal’ nature of a cost within the meaning of the Community State aid rules is totally separate from the nature of its legal basis.
Frankrig henviser til sine argumenter i anmeldelsen og fremfører, at de ekstraordinære forpligtelser, der er indført ved 1990-loven, ikke falder ind under en virksomheds »normale omkostninger«, jf. punkt 63 i Fællesskabets rammebestemmelser for statsstøtte til redning og omstrukturering af kriseramte virksomheder [31] (»de forpligtelser, en virksomhed selv har til at betale fratrædelsesgodtgørelse og/eller førtidspension i henhold til lovgivningen på arbejdsmarkedsområdet eller kollektive overenskomster med fag foreningerne«).
Recalling the arguments set out in the notification, France takes the view that the exceptional obligations under the ordinary arrangements imposed by the 1990 Law do not fall into the category of obligations that would form part of the ‘normal costs’ of an undertaking in accordance with point 63 of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty [31] (‘the obligation a company itself bears under employment legislation or collective agreements with trade unions to provide redundancy benefits and/or early retirement pensions’).
Frankrig bestrider Kommissionens meget restriktive fortolkning af Combus-dommens rækkevidde.
France challenges the very restrictive interpretation placed by the Commission on the scope of the Combus ruling.