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Der kræves ikke tilbagesøgning for disse udbud om levering af udstyr.
Concerning the ongoing financing granted for operation and maintenance of the subsidised networks, as this is ancillary to the deployment aid, it cannot be considered technologically neutral.
Når Spanien har klassificeret disse udbud om dækningsudvidelse, skal landet tilbagesøge støtten i de tilfælde, hvor et udbud ikke opfylder to kumulative betingelser:
It has been directed to the conservation of the centres that broadcast a signal via terrestrial platforms.
Til trods for udbuddets titel, som kun henviser til levering af hardware, omfattede udbuddets genstand faktisk konstruktion og implementering af nettet [103].
Conclusion regarding Article 107(3)(c) of TFEU
Udbudsspecifikationerne gør det teknologisk uneutralt [104], selv om der er indsat en klausul, som ved første øjekast er en klausul om teknologisk neutralitet [105].
It is concluded that the investigated measure, including the ongoing aid, is not an appropriate, necessary and proportionate instrument to remedy the identified market failure.
Et andet eksempel på et teknologisk uneutralt udbud om dækningsudvidelse er det udbud, der blev afholdt af den offentlige virksomhed (AICCM) i den selvstyrende region Madrid [106].
Article 106(2) TFEU
I dette tilfælde indebærer både udbuddets titel og indhold, at det er et udbud om udvidelse [107], der kun er rettet mod den jordbaserede platform [108].(187) Udbuddene skal ikke kun kvalificeres efter deres titel, men frem for alt efter deres indhold, da titlen alene ikke gør det muligt klart at definere deres anvendelsesområde.
The Article 106(2) exception that can apply to State compensation for the costs of providing a public service cannot be invoked neither in this case in general, nor in the case of the Basque Country in particular.
Den støtte, der er bevilget efter afholdelsen af uneutrale udbud om dækningsudvidelse, vil herefter skulle tilbagesøges.
The Commission considers that the national (or regional) authorities have to define the SGEI clearly and entrust it to a particular undertaking.
Statsstøttemodtagere og tilbagesøgning
As assessed in paragraphs 119 to 122, it is considered that the Spanish and Basque authorities did not clearly define the operation of a terrestrial platform as a public service.
Nedenfor er anført de forskellige kategorier af støttemodtagere.
Abertis suggests that the deployment of the terrestrial broadcasting network in Area II was financed almost entirely by the Spanish regions using public funds based on legislation dating back to 1982, i.e. prior to the date of accession of Spain to the European Economic Community in 1986.
På grundlag af de oplysninger, der er modtaget fra Spanien, er de selvstyrende regioner og de omtrentlige støttekategorier anført i tabeller.
Therefore, according to Abertis, the scheme could be considered part of the ongoing public financing of the operation of local terrestrial networks and could therefore be considered as existing aid.
Eftersom Spanien ikke har afgivet fuldstændige oplysninger om støttemodtagerne, skal Spanien klassificere støttemodtagerne i de forskellige kategorier ovenfor og indsende de relevante bilag til Kommissionen.
The financing of the extension of the terrestrial network by the regions indeed started in the early 1980s, but at that time there were no private broadcasters on the market.
Som allerede understreget i betragtning 138 er ordningen som sådan udtryk for forskelsbehandling.
The extended infrastructure served therefore only the needs of the public broadcaster who, in any event, had the obligation to provide its signal to the majority of the population.
Endvidere blev det store flertal af udbud om udvidelse, Kommissionen gennemgik, klassificeret som udbud, der ikke overholdt princippet om teknologisk neutralitet.
Moreover, at that time terrestrial television was the only platform for transmitting the television signal in Spain.
Ikke desto mindre har Kommissionen også vist, at det ikke kan udelukkes, at udbuddet i særlige enkelttilfælde var teknologineutralt.
As a result, the extension of the only available network did not create distortion of competition with other platforms.
Spanien må derfor fremlægge tilstrækkelig dokumentation for særlige udbud, der var teknologineutrale, på grundlag af betingelserne i betragtning 186 ovenfor.
Since then the legislation and the technology developed, leading to new broadcasting platforms and new market players, in particular private broadcasters.
Hvis selvstyrende regioner har afholdt uneutrale udbud om udvidelse af dækningen som i Extremaduras tilfælde, der blev omtalt i ovennævnte eksempel, er vinderne af disse udbud direkte modtagere af ulovlig støtte, som derfor skal tilbagesøges.
Since the beneficiary and the overall circumstances of the public financing have changed substantially, the investigated measure cannot be regarded as an alteration of purely formal or administrative nature.
Det beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, svarer til det fulde beløb, vinderne af udbud om udvidelse har modtaget.
It is rather an alteration affecting the actual substance of the original scheme and therefore is to be considered as a new aid scheme [96].
På grundlag af de oplysninger, Spanien har afgivet, har Kommissionen konstateret, at (i hvert fald) de selvstyrende regioner Andalucía, Extremadura, Murcia, La Rioja og Valencia har afholdt sådanne udbud.
In any case, the switch from analogue to digital TV has become possible only due to recent technological advance and it is therefore a new phenomenon.
Virksomheder, der skal foretages tilbagesøgning fra
The Spanish authorities should therefore have notified this new aid.
Tilbagesøgning
CONCLUSION
Metode for ydelse af støtten
It is considered that the financing granted by Spain (including aid granted by the Spanish Autonomous Communities and the local corporations) to terrestrial network operators for the upgrade and digitisation of their network to provide free-to-air TV channels in Area II constitutes aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Berørte selvstyrende regioner
The aid is not compatible with the common market, to the extent the criteria of technological neutrality was not complied with.
Direkte støttemodtagere
Furthermore, the aid was not notified [97] to the Commission as required by Article 108(3) TFEU and was unlawfully put into effect without Commission authorisation.
Vinder(e) af de(t) teknologisk uneutrale udbud om dækningsudvidelse afholdt af de selvstyrende regioner
It must therefore be recovered from the terrestrial network operators.
Det fulde beløb modtaget under de(t) teknologisk uneutrale udbud om dækningsudvidelse
In addition, the Commission considers that the ongoing aid for operation and maintenance of the digitised network granted without tenders or following technologically non-neutral tenders is also incompatible.
Overførsel af midler til støttemodtageren, der blev udvalgt via udbuddet
Furthermore, this aid was not notified to the Commission as required by Article 108(3) TFEU and was unlawfully put into effect without Commission authorisation.
I tilfælde, hvor byråd, der fungerede som netoperatører, fik bevilget ulovlig støtte til opgradering af det jordbaserede net, er byrådene direkte modtagere af støtten.
Any future state aid for maintenance and operation needs to be notified and has to respect the principle of technological neutrality.
Det beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, er det fulde beløb, byrådene har modtaget fra de centrale og regionale myndigheder til at udvide dækningen af deres net.
RECOVERY
På grundlag af oplysningerne fra Spanien har Kommissionen konstateret, at det gælder mindst to byråd beliggende i de selvstyrende regioner Andalucía, De Kanariske Øer, Extremadura og Murcia (listen er ikke udtømmende).
NEED TO ELIMINATE AID
Byråd, der fungerer som netoperatører
According to the TFEU and the established case law of the Court of Justice, the Commission is competent to decide that the State concerned must abolish or alter aid [98] when it has been found to be incompatible with the internal market.
Det fulde beløb, der er modtaget fra myndighederne til udvidelse af dækningen
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to re-establish the situation previously existing [99].
Overførsel af midler til støttemodtageren
In this context, the Court has established that this objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage that it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [100].
De Kanariske Øer
In accordance with that case-law, Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 [101] states that ‘where negative decisions are taken in respect of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary’.
I Murcia afholdt byrådene næsten alle de 143 identificerede udbud ved hjælp af de penge, de fik fra regionen og MITyC.
Thus, given that the financing of upgrade and digitisation of the terrestrial platform and subsequent maintenance and operation granted in Spain since the years 2008-2009 is illegal and incompatible aid, Spain should therefore be required to recover the incompatible aid, in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market prior to the granting of the aid.
Forudsat at der ikke er tale om de minimis-støtte, vil de falde ind under denne kategori.
STATE AID RECIPIENTS AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE AID
I tilfælde af selvstyrende regioner, hvor en offentlig virksomhed, der fungerer som netoperatør, udførte dækningsudvidelsen af nettet, anses en sådan virksomhed for at være en direkte støttemodtager og er genstand for tilbagesøgning.
Platform operators are direct beneficiaries where they directly receive funds for the upgrading and extension of their networks and/or for the operation and maintenance.
Kommissionen har konstateret, at følgende virksomheder falder ind under denne kategori: Aragón Telecom, Gestión de Infraestructuras Públicas de Telecomunicaciones del Principado de Asturias, S.A., Multimedia de les Illes Balears S.A., Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias, Sociedad Regional de Cantabria I+D+I (IDICAN), Fundación Centro Tecnológico en Logística Integral de Cantabria (CTL), Promoción de Viviendas, Infraestructuras y Logística, S.A. i Castilla y León (Provilsa), Redes de Telecomunicación Galegas Retegal, S.A.(Retegal), Obras Publicas y Telecomunicaciones De Navarra, S.A.
Where the aid was paid to public undertakings which subsequently carried out tenders for extension of coverage, the selected platform operator is considered to be the indirect beneficiary.
(Opnatel), Itelazpi S.A., Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació (CTTI) i Cataluña og Agencia de Informática y Comunicaciones de la Comunidad de Madrid (AICCM).
The illegal and incompatible aid shall be recovered from the platform operators whether they are direct or indirect beneficiaries.
Det beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, er det fulde støttebeløb, som er modtaget fra myndighederne til udvidelsen.
Qualification of the tenders
I disse tilfælde udelukkes det dog ikke, at de offentlige virksomheder udførte en del af udvidelsen selv og delvis overdrog udvidelsen til en netoperatør via et udbud.
In cases where the illegal aid was granted following a technologically non-neutral tender for extension of coverage, the Member State must qualify the tenders as falling into category of supply of hardware or extension of coverage, subject to the conditions set out below.
I sidstnævnte tilfælde blev den ulovlige støtte faktisk overført til selskaber, der vandt udbuddene, og de er derfor reelle, om end indirekte støttemodtagere.
Tenders for the extension of coverage entrust the winning company with the mission of providing (including building) an operative DTT network.
For at undgå dobbelt tilbagesøgning skal den ulovlige støtte tilbagesøges fra de reelle støttemodtagere, dvs. a) fra den offentlige virksomhed for så vidt angår det beløb, der blev modtaget for udvidelsen, minus de midler, som blev overført til netoperatører efter teknologisk uneutrale udbud om udvidelse af dækningen, og b) fra netoperatørerne for de beløb, der blev aftalt efter et teknologisk uneutralt udbud om udvidelse af dækningen, som blev afholdt af den berørte offentlige virksomhed.
To this end, necessary tasks include design and engineering of the network, transport of the signal, deployment of the network and supply of the necessary equipment.
Berørt selvstyrende region/berørt offentlig virksomhed/omtrentligt beløb modtaget af den offentlige virksomhed til udvidelse af dækningen
In tenders for the supply of hardware, the winning company is requested to provide the equipment necessary for the upgrading of the network.
Offentligt foretagende
To this end, necessary tasks include the supply, installation and activation of the equipment, as well as training of the staff.
Det fulde beløb modtaget fra myndighederne til dækningsudvidelsen (evt. minus midler overført til netoperatører efter teknologisk uneutrale udbud om udvidelse af dækningen)
No recovery is required for these tenders for supply of equipment.
Tidspunkt for overførsel af midler fra myndighederne
Having classified these tenders for an extension of coverage, Spain has to recover the aid whenever a tender does not fulfil two cumulative conditions:
Aragón (Aragón Telecom, 9 mio. EUR)
the tender refers to extension of coverage of digital television (and not digital terrestrial television) and/or contains a clause of technological neutrality; and 2. their technical specifications admit technologies other than terrestrial.
Asturias (Gestión de Infraestructuras Públicas de Telecomunicaciones del Principado de Asturias SA, 14 mio. EUR)
Apart from the tenders, which the Commission itself considers technologically neutral, if Spain considers that other tenders fulfil the two conditions, it will provide the Commission with the related tender documents.
De Kanariske Øer (Instituto Tecnológico de Canarias, 3,7 mio. EUR) Cantabria (Idican, CTL, 3 mio. EUR)
Example
Castilla y León (Provilsa, 44 mio. EUR)
Among the tenders reviewed by the Commission, the one organised by the Autonomous Community of Extremadura is provided as an example of technologically non-neutral tender for extension of coverage [102].
Cataluña (CTTI, 52 mio. EUR)
Despite the title of the tender, which refers only to the supply of hardware, the object of the tender did in fact include the design and deployment of the network [103].
Galicia (Retegal, 17 mio. EUR)
The specifications of the tender make it technologically non-neutral [104], despite the insertion of a clause that is at first sight a clause of technological neutrality [105].
Madrid (AICCM, 3,6 mio. EUR)
Another example of a technologically non-neutral tender for extension of coverage is the one organised by the public undertaking (AICCM) in the Autonomous Community of Madrid [106].
Navarra (Opnatel, 7 mio. EUR)
In this case, both the title and the contents of the tender imply that it is a tender for extension [107] only directed to the terrestrial platform [108].(187) The tenders shall be qualified not only according to their title, but above all according to their content, as the title alone does not make it possible to clearly define their scope.
Baskerlandet (Itelazpi, 10 mio. EUR)
The aid granted after non-neutral tenders for extension of coverage have been held will then be subject to recovery.
OG evt.
State aid recipients and recovery
Indirekte støttemodtagere
Below are the different categories of aid beneficiaries.
Vinder(e) af de(t) teknologisk uneutrale udbud om dækningsudvidelse afholdt af den offentlige virksomhed
On the basis of the information received from Spain, the Autonomous Communities and the approximate aid categories are listed in tables.
Støtten skal derfor tilbagesøges fra de pågældende netoperatører.
Where Autonomous Communities have organised non-neutral tenders for extension of coverage, as in the case of Extremadura referred to in the above example, the winners of such tenders are direct beneficiaries of the illegal aid subject to recovery.
I de tilfælde, hvor de enkelte støttemodtagere modtog finansiering, der ikke oversteg grænserne i forordning (EF) nr. 1998/2006, betragtes støtten ikke som statsstøtte, hvis alle betingelserne i forordningen er opfyldt, og skal ikke gøres til genstand for tilbagesøgning.
The sum to be recovered equals the full amount received by the winners of the tenders for the extension.
Tilbagesøgningen skal foretages fra den dato, fordelen for støttemodtagerne fik virkning, dvs. da støtten blev stillet til rådighed for støttemodtageren, og tillægges renter indtil støtten er tilbagebetalt.
From the information received from Spain, the Commission has found that (at least) the Autonomous Communities of Andalucía, Extremadura, Murcia, La Rioja and Valencia have carried out such tenders.
Kommissionen finder, at Kongeriget Spanien på ulovlig vis har ydet støtte til operatørerne af den jordbaserede TV-platform med henblik på udvidelse af dækningen af jordsendt digital-TV i fjerntliggende og mindre urbaniserede områder af Spanien i strid med bestemmelserne i artikel 108, stk. 3, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Undertakings subject to recovery
Støtten, inklusive (den løbende) støtte til drift og vedligeholdelse skal tilbagesøges fra platformsoperatørerne, som er de direkte eller indirekte støttemodtagere.
Recovery
Dette omfatter lokale virksomheder, hvis de fungerer som platformsoperatører —
Method by which the aid is provided
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
CA concerned
Artikel 1
Direct beneficiaries
Den statsstøtte, der blev indrømmet operatører af den jordbaserede TV-platform til implementering, vedligeholdelse og drift af det digitale jordbaserede TV-net i område II, og som Spanien på ulovlig vis har iværksat i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i TEUF, er uforenelig med det indre marked med undtagelse af den støtte, der blev bevilget i overensstemmelse med kriteriet om teknologisk neutralitet.
Winner(s) of the technologically non-neutral tender(s) for extension of coverage organised by the autonomous communities
Spanien skal tilbagesøge den uforenelige støtte, der er blevet tildelt under ordningen, jf. artikel 1, fra de jordbaserede digital-TV-operatører, uanset om de modtog støtten direkte eller indirekte
Full amount received under the technologically non-neutral tender(s) for extension of coverage
De beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, skal tillægges renter fra den dato, de blev stillet til rådighed for støttemodtageren, og indtil de tilbagebetales.
Transfer of funds to the beneficiary selected in the tenders
Renterne beregnes på grundlag af rentes rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 [111].
Andalucía
Spanien indstiller med virkning fra meddelelsen af denne afgørelse enhver resterende udbetaling af støtte i medfør af den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtteordning.
Extremadura
Artikel 4
Murcia
Tilbagesøgningen af støtte, der er tildelt i henhold til støtteordningen, jf. artikel 1, iværksættes omgående og effektivt.
La Rioja
Spanien drager omsorg for, at denne afgørelse efterkommes senest fire måneder efter meddelelsesdatoen.
Valencia
Senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse skal Spanien sende følgende oplysninger til Kommissionen:
In the cases where illegal aid was granted for the upgrade of the terrestrial network to town councils acting as network operators, the town councils are direct beneficiaries of the aid.
en liste over støttemodtagere, der har fået støtte under støtteordningen, jf. artikel 1, og det samlede støttebeløb, de hver især har modtaget under ordningen fordelt på de i overstående afsnit 6.2 anførte kategorier
The sum to be recovered equals the full amount received by the town councils from the central and regional authorities for the extension of coverage of their network.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og renter), som skal tilbagesøges fra hver støttemodtager
On the basis of the information received from Spain, the Commission has found that this applies at least to town councils located in the Autonomous Communities of Andalucía, Canarias, Extremadura and Murcia (non-exhaustive list).
en detaljeret beskrivelse af de foranstaltninger, der allerede er truffet eller er planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen
Town councils acting as network operators
dokumentation for, at støttemodtagerne har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
Full amount received from the authorities for extension of coverage
Spanien giver desuden detaljerede oplysninger om de støttebeløb og renter, som støttemodtagerne allerede har tilbagebetalt.
In Murcia, using the money received from the region and MITyC, the town councils organised almost all of the 143 tenders identified.
Artikel 5
Provided that they are not de minimis, they would fall under this category.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Kongeriget Spanien.
In the cases of Autonomous Communities where a public undertaking acting as a network operator carried out the extension of coverage of the network, such an undertaking is considered to be a direct beneficiary and is subject to recovery.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 19. juni 2013.
The Commission has identified Aragón Telecom, Gestión de Infraestructuras Públicas de Telecomunicaciones del Principado de Asturias, S.A., Multimedia de les Illes Balears S.A., Instituto Tecnologico de Canarias, Sociedad Regional de Cantabria I+D+I (IDICAN), Fundación Centro Tecnológico en Logística Integral de Cantabria (CTL), Promoción de Viviendas, Infraestructuras y Logística, S.A in Castilla y León (Provilsa), Redes de Telecomunicación Galegas Retegal, S.A.
På Kommissionens vegne
(Retegal), Obras Publicas y Telecomunicaciones De Navarra, S.A.
Næstformand
(Opnatel), Itelazpi S.A., Centre de Telecomunicacions i Tecnologies de la Informació (CTTI) in Cataluña and Agencia de Informática y Comunicaciones de la Comunidad de Madrid (AICCM) to be companies falling into this category.
EUT C 337 af 14.12.2010, s. 17.
The sum to be recovered is the full amount of funds received from the authorities for the extension.
EUT C 335 af 11.12.2010, s. 8.
In these cases, however, it is not ruled out that the public undertakings carried out part of the extension themselves, and partly contracted the extension to a network operator through a tender.
Se fodnote 1.
In the latter case the illegal aid was actually transferred to the companies who won the tenders, and they are therefore effective, although indirect, beneficiaries of the aid.
Ud over at fremsende bemærkninger til denne sag fremsendte Castilla-La Mancha sine iagttagelser vedrørende sag C 24/10.
Thus, to avoid double recovery, the illegal aid shall be recovered from the effective beneficiaries, i.e. (a) from the public undertaking for the amount received for the extension minus the funds transferred to network operators following technologically non-neutral tenders for extension of coverage and (b) from the network operators for the amounts contracted following a technologically not neutral tender for extension of coverage organised by the public undertaking concerned.
Astra anfægtede opsigelsen af kontrakten ved byretten i Santander (sag nr. 1728/2009), som den 23. december 2011 afgjorde, at de cantabriske myndigheder skulle betale Astra erstatning for uberettiget opsigelse af kontrakten.
AC concerned/public undertaking concerned/approximate amount received by the public undertaking for the extension of coverage
Retten fandt ikke nogen misligholdelse fra Astras side, som kunne begrunde opsigelsen af kontrakten.
Public undertaking
Ifølge retten var den spanske centralregerings beslutning om at udvikle den nationale DTT-strategi en af årsagerne til opsigelsen af kontrakten.
Full amount received from the authorities for extension of coverage (minus funds transferred to network operators following technologically non-neutral tenders for extension of coverage, if applicable)
Se dom 000313/2011 fra byretten i Santander.
Time of transfer of funds from the authorities