natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
over 500000
The growth funding was set to be calculated on the basis of the magnitude of the achieved growth, according to formula laid down in the schedule, and translated into discounts to airport charges which were to be degressive over time.
over 1 mio.
The growth funding was limited to a maximum of five years.
over 2 mio.
The ‘passenger volume discount’, for its part, was only slightly modified and extended compared with the 2004 Schedule.
Individuelle kontrakter indgået mellem FBS og visse luftfartsselskaber
Under the 2006 Schedule, the passenger volume discount, from then on known as ‘volume funding’, consisted in a reimbursement from the take-off and landing fees as well as from the passenger fees according to the number of passengers transported.
I 2003 indledte FBS i forbindelse med gennemførelsen af LCC-strategien i Schönefeld forhandlinger med easyJet Airline Company Ltd. (»easyJet«), da selskabet var på udkig efter en placering til sin nye base på det europæiske fastland.
Table 4
Den 19. december 2003 indgik FBS og easyJet en kontrakt (»easyJet-kontrakten fra 2003«) på ovennævnte betingelser.
Volume funding: discounts according to the 2006 Schedule
Med kontrakten blev der fastlagt en særlig afgiftsstruktur for easyJet, som afveg fra den gældende afgiftsordning.
More than 500000
Heri var der kun fastlagt afgifter på grundlag af antallet af afrejsende passagerer.
More than 1 million
Uafhængigt heraf blev der med kontrakten indført et rabatsystem, der var baseret på antallet af yderligere passagerer, som blev transporteret af easyJet i det pågældende år i forhold til det foregående år.
More than 2 million
Dette særlige rabatsystem blev senere inkorporeret i afgiftsordningen fra 2006 under betegnelsen »vækststøttebeløb« (jf. betragtning 36 til 39).
Individual agreements between FBS and certain carriers
Løbetiden på den kontrakt, der var blevet indgået mellem FBS og easyJet, var oprindeligt fastsat til 10 år med mulighed for, at easyJet kunne forlænge kontrakten med yderligere 10 år.
In 2003, in the context of the implementation of the LCC Strategy at Schönefeld, FBS launched negotiations with easyJet Airline Company Ltd (‘easyJet’), which was looking for a location for a new base in continental Europe.
Den 11. september 2007 indgik FBS og easyJet en ændringskontrakt (»easyJet-ændringskontrakten fra 2007«), med hvilken løbetiden og andre vilkår i den oprindelige kontrakt blev ændret.
In return for attractive airport charges and other financial incentives, easyJet offered to base four aircraft at Schönefeld as of its first year of operation at that airport (2004), six aircraft in the second year and an additional aircraft every year from 2006 to 2009.
Med denne ændringskontrakt blev løbetiden på easyJet-kontrakten fra 2003 i sin ændrede version begrænset til en løbetid frem til åbningen af storlufthavnen BER (dengang planlagt til 2011).
According to Germany, FBS saw this as an opportunity to attract a well-established LCC as an anchor tenant at Schönefeld.
Med hensyn til lufthavnsafgifter indeholdt easyJet-ændringskontrakten fra 2007 en »dynamisk« henvisning til lufthavnens generelle afgiftsordning [17].
On 19 December 2003, FBS and easyJet concluded an agreement (‘the 2003 easyJet agreement’) reflecting the above-described terms.
I henhold hertil havde den i Schönefeld gældende afgiftsordning til enhver tid også gyldighed for easyJet, også selv om FBS skulle ændre afgiftsordningen efter kontraktens indgåelse.
The agreement set a specific charge system for easyJet, which deviated from the applicable schedule of charge.
I perioden 2003-2006 skete der en kraftig stigning i easyJet-trafikken i Schönefeld. easyJet kunne endog øge antallet af stationerede fly i Schönefeld hurtigere, end det var aftalt med FBS.
It only sets charges defined as an amount per departing passenger.
Følgelig blev Schönefeld i 2006 den største easyJet-base uden for Det Forenede Kongerige.
Moreover, it establishes a discount system based on the number of additional passengers carried by easyJet over the relevant year in comparison with the previous year.
Dette forhold illustreres i tabel 5, som viser udviklingen i easyJet-trafikken i Schönefeld (i henholdsvis absolutte tal og som procentdel af det samlede passagertal i Schönefeld mellem 2004 og 2010).
This specific discount system was later transposed into the 2006 Schedule under the name ‘growth funding’ (see recitals 36 and 39).
Tabel 5
In addition, FBS and easyJet agreed on a destination funding in the form of a one-off premium of EUR […] for each new daily frequency put in place by easyJet.
Udvikling i easyJet-trafikken i Schönefeld mellem 2004 og 2010 Udvikling i antallet af easyJet-passagerer
However, payments made on the basis of this system were discontinued in 2004.
Andelen af easyJet-passagerer ud af det samlede passagertal i Schönefeld
In total, 19 new daily frequencies created by easyJet were supported under that system.
Etablering af andre luftfartsselskaber i Schönefeld
FBS and easyJet originally concluded their agreement for a period of 10 years and provided easyJet with the option of extending the contract for a further 10 years.
Ud over etableringen af easyJet som ankerbruger arbejdede FBS på at få andre lavprisselskaber til at etablere sig i Schönefeld.
However, on 11 September 2007, FBS and easyJet entered into an amending agreement (‘the 2007 easyJet amending agreement’) which modified the duration and other conditions of the original agreement.
I forbindelse hermed blev der indgået individuelle kontrakter med følgende lavprisselskaber: Germanwings GmbH (»Germanwings«), Ryanair Limited (»Ryanair«), Volare Airlines S.p.A.
This amending agreement stipulated that the 2003 easyJet agreement, as modified, would expire at the opening of BER, which was then planned for 2011.
(»Volare«), V-Bird Airlines B.V.
With respect to airport charges, the 2007 easyJet amending agreement contained a ‘dynamic reference’ to the airport’s general schedule of charges [17], as a result of which the schedule of charges applicable at Schönefeld, even if modified by FBS after the conclusion of the agreement, would apply to easyJet at any point in time.
(»V-Bird«), Norwegian Air Shuttle AS (»Norwegian Air Shuttle«), Icelandair Reykjavik Airport (»Icelandair«) samt luftfartsselskabet Aer Lingus Limited (»Aer Lingus«), der udelukkende betragtes som lavprisselskab i forbindelse med denne afgørelse [18].
easyJet’s traffic at Schönefeld increased very rapidly between 2003 and 2006. easyJet was even able to increase the number of aircraft based at Schönefeld quicker than laid down in its agreement with FBS.
Hvad angår Ryanair og Germanwings, blev der indgået to tillægskontrakter, en i 2003 og en i 2004.
As a result, in 2006 Schönefeld became the largest base of easyJet outside the United Kingdom.
Kontrakterne med Ryanair, Volare og V-Bird samt den første med Germanwings blev indgået inden vedtagelsen af og inden dagen for ikrafttrædelsen af afgiftsordningen fra 2004 (jf. betragtning 33).
This is illustrated by the following table, which shows the development in easyJet’s traffic at Schönefeld (both in absolute terms and as a percentage of the total number of passengers at Schönefeld) between 2004 and 2010.
I disse kontrakter var der en beskrivelse af de fra Schönefeld betjente ruter og de pågældende frekvenser.
Table 5
Kontrakterne indeholdt økonomiske incitamenter i form af betalinger til de enkelte luftfartsselskaber, som man havde forhandlet sig frem til for at overbevise disse luftfartsselskaber om at drive flytrafik eller udvide deres trafik i Schönefeld uden først at skulle afvente vedtagelsen af en ny afgiftsordning med økonomiske incitamenter.
Development in easyJet’s traffic at Schönefeld between 2004 and 2010
Disse betalinger var forbundet med den betingelse, at luftfartsselskabet mindst skulle gennemføre en bestemt andel af det antal flyvninger, der var planlagt inden for rammerne af den kontraktligt aftalte drift [19].
Proportion of easyJet passengers in the total volume of passengers at Schönefeld
I den første kontrakt med Ryanair var der fastsat en betaling på […] mio. EUR i ét år (kontraktperiode).
The establishment of other airlines at Schönefeld
Kontrakterne med V-Bird og Volare omfattede betalinger på hver […] mio. EUR i tre år, gradvist faldende i årlige trancher.
In addition to establishing easyJet as an anchor tenant, FBS took steps to attract other LCCs.
I den første kontrakt med Germanwings var der fastlagt en betaling i form af en gradvist faldende rabat på de påløbne afgifter i en periode på tre år.
FBS managed to conclude individual agreements with the following LCCs: Germanwings GmbH (‘Germanwings’), Ryanair Limited (‘Ryanair’), Volare Airlines S.p.A.
Desuden var det aftalt, at FBS skulle overtage markedsføringsomkostninger på […] EUR pr. år.
(‘Volare’), V-Bird Airlines B.V.
De andre kontrakter, der blev indgået med eller efter ikrafttrædelsen af afgiftsordningen fra 2004, var i det væsentlige baseret på de samme principper.
(‘V-Bird’), Norwegian Air Shuttle AS (‘Norwegian Air Shuttle’), Icelandair Reykjavik Airport (‘Icelandair’) as well as Aer Lingus Limited (‘Aer Lingus’), which for the purposes of this decision will be considered as an LCC [18].
I disse kontrakter var der ligeledes en beskrivelse af de fra Schönefeld betjente ruter og de pågældende frekvenser.
In the case of both Ryanair and Germanwings, two successive agreements were concluded, one in 2003 and one in 2004.
På denne måde kunne de enkelte luftfartsselskaber anvende forskellige økonomiske incitamenter.
The agreements with Ryanair, Volare and V-Bird as well as the first agreement with Germanwings were concluded before the adoption and date of application of the 2004 Schedule (cf. recital 33) These agreements described the routes that were to be operated from Schönefeld and the corresponding frequencies.
Kontrakterne indeholdt dog en »dynamisk« henvisning til lufthavnens generelle afgiftsordning.
They foresaw financial incentives in the form of payments, defined specifically for each carrier, which were negotiated in order to convince these carriers to launch and expand operations at Schönefeld without waiting for the adoption of a new schedule of charges with embedded financial incentives.
I henhold hertil havde den i Schönefeld gældende afgiftsordning til enhver tid også gyldighed for det pågældende luftfartsselskab, også selv om FBS måtte ændre afgiftsordningen efter kontraktens indgåelse [20].
These payments were made conditional upon the airline carrying out at least a certain percentage of the scheduled flights corresponding to the operations foreseen in the agreement [19].
Kontrakterne indeholdt klausuler, i henhold til hvilke tildelingen af visse i henhold til afgiftsordningen fastsatte incitamenter var betinget af, at luftfartsselskabet mindst skulle gennemføre en bestemt andel af det antal flyvninger, der var planlagt inden for rammerne af den kontraktligt aftalte drift.
The first agreement with Ryanair foresaw a payment of EUR […] million over one year (the duration of the agreement).
Derudover var det i enkelte af disse kontrakter fastlagt, at FBS ville yde tilskud til den forholdsmæssige finansiering af de pågældende luftfartsselskabers markedsføringsomkostninger.
The agreements with V-Bird and Volare each foresaw a payment of EUR […] million over three years, broken down into degressive annual instalments.
I kontrakten med Norwegian Air Shuttle var der eksempelvis fastlagt et engangstilskud på […] EUR fra FBS til dækning af luftfartsselskabets dokumenterede markedsføringsomkostninger.
The first agreement with Germanwings foresaw a payment in the form of a degressive discount to the applicable airport charges over a period of three years, as well as the financing by FBS of marketing activities for an amount of EUR […] per year.
Aer Lingus og Icelandair blev ligeledes tilbudt engangsbetalinger på henholdsvis […] EUR og […] EUR til finansiering af en del af deres markedsføringsomkostninger.
The other agreements, which were concluded upon or after the entry into force of the 2004 Schedule were in substance based on the same principles.
Nedenstående tabel indeholder en oversigt over løbetiden på de forskellige kontrakter.
They also described the routes that were to be operated from Schönefeld and the corresponding frequencies and allowed the carriers concerned to benefit from various financial incentives.
Tabel 6
However, they contained a ‘dynamic reference’ to the airport’s general schedule of charges, as a result of which the schedule of charges applicable at Schönefeld, even if modified by FBS after the conclusion of the agreement, would apply to the carrier concerned at any point in time [20].
Løbetider på kontrakterne mellem FBS og forskellige lavprisselskaber
The agreements contained clauses whereby the granting of certain incentives foreseen in the applicable Schedule was made conditional upon the airline carrying out at least a certain percentage of the scheduled flights corresponding to the operations described in the agreement.
Bilag 16 og 20 til Tysklands bemærkninger af 4. oktober 2007 efter indledningen af den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure.
In addition, some of these agreements foresaw that FBS would award grants to finance part of the marketing costs of the airlines concerned.
Luftfartsselskab/kontrakt
For example, the agreement with Norwegian Air Shuttle foresaw a one-off payment by FBS of EUR […] to finance substantiated marketing costs incurred by the carrier.
Dato for kontraktindgåelsen
Aer Lingus and Icelandair, were also offered one-off grants, of EUR […] and EUR […] respectively, to finance part of their marketing costs.
Fastsat kontraktperiode [21]
The following table provides an overview of the time-spans of these various agreements.
Ryanair (første kontrakt)
Table 6
31. marts 2003
Time-spans of the agreements between FBS and various LCCs
1. maj 2003 til 30. april 2004
Annexes 16 and 20 to Germany’s comments of 4 October 2007 following the opening of the formal investigation procedure.
Ryanair (anden kontrakt)
Airline/Agreement
28. april 2004
Date of conclusion of the agreement
1. maj 2003 til 30. april 2008
Period during which the agreement was set to apply [21]
Germanwings (første kontrakt)
Ryanair (first agreement)
14. oktober 2003 [22]
31 March 2003
26. oktober 2003 til 31. oktober 2006
1 May 2003-30 April 2004
Germanwings (anden kontrakt)
Ryanair (second agreement)
23. december 2004
28 April 2004
1. maj 2004 til 30. april 2008
1 May 2003-30 April 2008
22. oktober 2003 [23]
Germanwings (first agreement)
26. oktober 2003 til 31. marts 2007 [24]
14 October 2003 [22]
3. november 2003 [25]
26 October 2003-31 October 2006
3. november 2003 til 3. november 2007 [26]
Germanwings (second agreement)
6. juni 2004
23 December 2004
6. juni 2004 til 31. marts 2009
1 May 2004-30 April 2008
17. maj 2004
22 October 2003 [23]
29. marts 2004 til 31. marts 2009
26 October 2003-31 March 2007 [24]
13. maj 2004
3 November 2003 [25]
30. marts 2004 til 31. marts 2009
3 November 2003-3 November 2007 [26]
Tabel 7 viser trafikudviklingen for de pågældende luftfartsselskaber i Schönefeld mellem 2003 og 2010.
6 June 2004
Tabel 7
6 June 2004-31 March 2009
Udvikling i passagertallet i perioden 2003-2010 for de lavprisselskaber, der var genstand for undersøgelsen
17 May 2004
Udvikling i passagertallet for luftfartsselskaber med individuelle kontrakter i perioden 2003-2010
29 March 2004-31 March 2009
Norwegian Airshuttle
13 May 2004
Disse luftfartsselskabers samlede andel af trafikken i Schönefeld
30 March 2004-31 March 2009
Samlet set har gennemførelsen af LCC-strategien medført en drastisk øgning af trafikken i Schönefeld.
Table 7 below illustrates the development in the traffic of the airlines concerned at Schönefeld between 2003 and 2010.
Som det fremgår af tabel 1, er antallet af passagerer næsten fordoblet mellem 2003 og 2004 (stigning fra 1,7 mio. til 3,3 mio.).
Table 7
Også i de følgende år øgedes passagertallet betydeligt og nåede i 2005 et niveau på 5 mio. og i 2006 et niveau på 6 mio. passagerer.
Development of passenger numbers of the LCCs covered by the investigation over the period from 2003 to 2010
Mellem 2003 og 2009 steg antallet af passagerer til det firedobbelte.
Development of passenger numbers of airlines with individual agreements 2003 to 2010
Terminal B og udlejning af lokaler i denne terminal til easyJet
Norwegian Airshuttle AS
I Schönefeld lufthavn er terminal B og A forbundet med hinanden og udgør tilsammen nordterminalen.
Total share of these airlines in the passenger traffic at Schönefeld
For så vidt angår kapacitet, er terminal B en af de mindste terminaler i Schönefeld.
Overall, the implementation of the LCC Strategy led to a very sharp increase in the traffic at Schönefeld.
Størstedelen af passagererne og luftfartsselskaberne benytter den væsentligt større terminal A. I terminal B er det kun funktionerne check-in af passagerer og bagage samt sikkerhedskontrollen, der benyttes af passagererne.
Indeed, as shown in Table 1, the number of passengers almost doubled between 2003 and 2004, going from 1,7 million to 3,3 million.
Alle øvrige procesdele af passagerafviklingen foretages i den tilgrænsende terminal A. Herunder hører venten på afrejse, forberedelse af boarding samt selve boardingen.
It continued to rise sharply afterwards, reaching 5 million in 2005 and 6 million in 2006.
Desuden foregår alle ankomster af flypassagerer og deres bagage i terminal A.
Between 2003 and 2009, the number of passengers was multiplied by four.
Med henblik på at forberede sig på det betydelige ekstra trafikvolumen, som måtte forventes i Schönefeld i kølvandet på kontrakten med easyJet fra 2003, indgik FBS en yderligere kontrakt med dette luftfartsselskab i marts 2004.
Terminal B and the leasing of premises to easyJet at that terminal
Med denne yderligere kontrakt (»easyJet-lejekontrakten fra 2004«) indrømmede FBS easyJet eneret til at benytte check-in-skranker og personalerum i terminal B i Schönefeld.
At Schönefeld, Terminal B and Terminal A are physically linked and form together the airport’s North Terminal.
De aftalte lejebeløb skulle betales separat i forhold til lufthavnsafgifterne.
In terms of capacity, Terminal B is one of the smallest terminal areas at Schönefeld.
Derudover gav kontrakten easyJet ret til såkaldt branding, dvs. indretning af visse arealer i overensstemmelse med luftfartsselskabets koncept.
The majority of passengers and airlines are handled at Terminal A, which is much larger.
I perioden fra 2004 til 2007 lejede easyJet et areal på ca. […] m2 i form af kontorlokaler og check-in-skranker, hvilket svarer til […] % af det samlede areal i terminal B. I februar 2008 flyttede easyJet til særskilte kontorlokaler, hvorved det i terminal B anvendte kontorareal blev reduceret til […] m2.
The only functions performed at Terminal B are passenger and luggage check-in as well as passenger security checks.
Friarealerne i terminal B, herunder haller, gange og caféen, som er placeret her, kan også benyttes af andre luftfartsselskabers passagerer, idet der ikke er nogen rumlig adskillelse mellem terminal A og terminal B.
The other parts of the passenger handling process (waiting for departure, preparation for boarding and boarding itself) are carried out at Terminal A. Also, all passengers and luggage arrive at Terminal A.
Passagerafviklingen i terminal B adskiller sig fra afviklingen i andre terminaler i kraft af et sikkerhedsteknisk aspekt i forbindelse med bagagetransportsystemet.
In anticipation of the significant additional traffic that was to be handled as a result of the 2003 easyJet agreement FBS concluded another agreement with this carrier in March 2004.
I det system, som anvendes i terminal B, er der nemlig indbygget et røntgenapparat til bagagekontrol.
Through this other agreement (‘the 2004 easyJet tenancy agreement’), FBS granted the exclusive use of the check-in desks and crew rooms of Schönefeld’s Terminal B to easyJet, for which the agreed rental payments were to be made separately from the airport charges.
I terminal A sker røntgenkontrollen, så snart passagererne kommer ind i check-in-området.
Moreover, the agreement provided easyJet with branding rights, allowing it to display its brand in certain areas of the terminal.
Efter Tysklands opfattelse svarer anlægget i terminal B, for så vidt angår bagagetransportsystemets tekniske funktion, til anlægget i terminal A.
From 2004 to 2007, easyJet rented approximately […] m2 of office space and check-in desks, that is […] % of the total floor area of Terminal B. Since February 2008, easyJet has moved to separate offices and now only uses […] m2 of office space at Terminal B.
Foranstaltninger, der er genstand for den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure
The open areas of Terminal B including halls and corridors and the coffee shop located there may be used by passengers other than those travelling with easyJet since there is no physical separation between Terminal A and Terminal B.
Følgende foranstaltninger er genstand for den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure:
Passenger handling at Terminal B differs from that at other terminals in respect of a technical feature of the baggage handling system’s security equipment.
ledelses- og overskudsoverførselskontrakten (»foranstaltning 1«), hvor FBS blev betragtet som potentielt begunstiget i henhold til indledningsbeslutningen
The system used at Terminal B has an integrated X-ray machine for checking baggage.
de i easyJet-kontrakten fra 2003 fastsatte afgiftsordninger (»foranstaltning 2«), hvor easyJet blev betragtet som potentielt begunstiget
At Terminal A, the X-ray check is done by hand directly when passengers enter the check-in area.
de vilkår, herunder rabatter på lufthavnsafgifter og forskellige økonomiske incitamenter, som flere andre lavprisselskaber fik tilbudt i forbindelse med de kontrakter, der er nævnt i tabel 6 (herefter under ét »foranstaltning 3«), hvor Ryanair, Volare, Germanwings, V-Bird, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Aer Lingus og Icelandair blev betragtet som potentielt begunstigede
Germany considers that in terms of the technical effectiveness of the baggage handling system, the machine at Terminal B is equivalent to that of the baggage handling system at Terminal A.
easyJet-kontrakten fra 2004 (»foranstaltning 4«), hvor easyJet blev betragtet som potentielt begunstiget.
Measures subject to the formal investigation procedure
BEGRUNDELSE FOR AT INDLEDE DEN FORMELLE UNDERSØGELSESPROCEDURE
The measures subject to the formal investigation procedure are the following:
Foranstaltning 1: Ledelses- og overskudsoverførselskontrakten
the control and profit transfer agreement (‘measure 1’), whose potential beneficiary was identified in the opening decision as being FBS,
I indledningsbeslutningen fastholdt Kommissionen, at Schönefeld har haft underskud i en årrække og fortsat kører med underskud.
the fee arrangements laid down in the 2003 easyJet agreement (‘measure 2’), whose potential beneficiary was identified as being easyJet,
Den fastslog samtidig, at et af de vigtigste instrumenter for FBS' overlevelse består i at udligne disse underskud med de overskud, der genereres af BFG.
the conditions, including discounts to airport charges and various financial incentives, offered to various other LCCs through the agreements referred to in Table 6 above (hereafter referred to collectively as ‘measure 3’), whose potential beneficiaries were identified as being Ryanair, Volare, Germanwings, V-Bird, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Aer Lingus and Icelandair,
Kommissionen nåede til den foreløbige konklusion, at FBS på baggrund af denne krydssubsidiering, som er baseret på ledelses- og overskudsoverførselskontrakten, havde opnået en økonomisk fordel, som FBS muligvis ikke havde kunnet opnå under normale markedsbetingelser.
the 2004 easyJet tenancy agreement (‘measure 4’) whose potential beneficiary was identified as being easyJet.
Kommissionen mente, at det var en særlig økonomisk fordel, idet den kun kom ét selskab til gode.
GROUNDS FOR OPENING THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
Derudover fordrejer den konkurrencen og påvirker samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne negativt.
Measure 1: the control and profit transfer agreement