natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
Brev fra Italien af 22. oktober 2012.
Costs Marketing Support
Denne definition blev gennemført ved artikel 3, stk. 8, i lovdekret nr. 163 af 12. april 2006 (»Codice dei contratti pubblici relativi a lavori, servizi e inventar«).
Expected Nominal Result
Brev fra Italien af 8. maj 2014.
In contrast, the agreements with Volare and Alitalia could have been expected to lead to a positive discounted result.
Sag T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2000 II, s. 3929.
Therefore, in concluding those agreements, So.Ge.A.AL did not grant an economic advantage to those carriers.
Brev fra Italien af 18. februar 2014, bilag A.
Based on the profitability analysis submitted by Italy of the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Alitalia and Volare, the Commission is satisfied that it would have been rational for a MEO guided by profitability prospects to accept the terms of those agreements at the date at which they were signed.
Underlagt tavshedspligt.
Therefore those agreements do not involve aid to the air carriers.
Brev fra Italien af 18. februar 2014.
However, based on the assessment in recitals 525 to 536, the Commission concludes that it was not rational for So.Ge.A.AL to conclude the agreements with Meridiana and Germanwings.
Tidligere nævnte Aéroports de Paris-dom.
Each of those agreements involves an economic advantage to the air carrier concerned.
Se også Kommissionens retningslinjer for anvendelse af EF-traktatens artikel 92 og 93 og EØS-aftalens artikel 61 på statsstøtte i luftfartssektoren (EFT C 350 af 10.12.1994, s. 5).
Agreements with bmibaby, Air Italy and Air Vallée
Se Kommissionens afgørelse af 21. marts 2012 i sag C76/2002 om de fordele, som regionen Vallonien og Brussels South Charleroi Airport har indrømmet luftfartsselskabet Ryanair ved selskabets etablering i Charleroi og Kommissionens afgørelse af 25. april 2012 i sag SA.
As mentioned above, by letter of 10 June 2014, Italy provided the Commission with the ex ante analysis of the profitability of the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with the other airlines subject to the investigation, i.e, bmibaby, Air Italy and Air Vallée.
33961, klage Air France — Aéroport de Nîmes.
The relevant handling agreements signed between So.Ge.A.AL and Air Italy, Air Vallée and bmibaby are summarised in Table 20:
Se dom af 18. marts 1997 i sag C-343/95, Calì & Figli mod Servizi Ecologici Porto di Genova, Sml. 1997 I, s. 1547, Kommissionens beslutning af 19. marts 2003 i sag N309/2002 — sikkerhed i luften — Kompensation for omkostninger som følge af attentaterne den 11. september 2001 og Kommissionens beslutning af 16. oktober 2002 i sag N438/2002 — Støtte til havnemyndigheder for udøvelse af offentlig myndighed.
Table 20
EUT C 244 af 1.10.2004, s. 2.
Handling agreements with bmibaby, Air Italy and Air Vallée
Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af artikel 108 i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (EFT L 83 af 27.3.1999, s. 1).
Expected duration of the agreement
Defineret i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014 som et område inden for en radius af 100 kilometer eller 60 minutters rejse med bil, bus, tog eller højhastighedstog fra lufthavnen.
Handling charge per turnaround
Sag C 280/00, Altmark Trans og Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg, Sml. 2003 I, s. 7747.
1 June 2008 – 31 December 2010
Kommissionens beslutning 2005/842/EF af 28. november 2005 om anvendelse af bestemmelserne i EF-traktatens artikel 86, stk. 2, på statsstøtte i form af kompensation for offentlig tjeneste ydet til visse virksomheder, der har fået overdraget at udføre tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse (EUT L 312 af 29.11.2005, s. 67).
9 August 2010 – 30 August 2010
Skrivelse fra Ryanair af 22. juli 2011.
The methodology followed by Italy to examine the incremental profitability of the agreements concluded between So.Ge.A.AL and Air Italy, Air Vallée and bmibaby is detailed in recitals 542 to 545.
Skrivelse fra Ryanair af 20. december 2013.
Incremental aeronautical revenues include revenues from landing charges, baggage handling fees, passenger fees, aircraft handling and ticketing.
Skrivelse fra Ryanair af 15. september 2009.
All charges, other than handling, were based on the airport's published scheme of charges.
Skrivelse fra Ryanair af 15. december 2009.
Incremental non-aeronautical revenues have been estimated in line with the approach described in recital 502.
Ryanairs skrivelser af 12. marts 2013 og 15. december 2009.
Expected incremental costs include costs relating to staffing [127], handling, goods, services and materials, as well as an allocation of So.Ge.A.AL's concession costs.
Assessing State aid to low cost carriers, 26. oktober 2011, udarbejdet til Ryanair af Simon Pilsbury, forvaltningskonsulent hos Oxera.
As the relevant agreements signed between So.Ge.A.AL with Air Vallée and bmibaby did not concern marketing services, the analysis does not consider payments for marketing.
Oxeras rapport »How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test?« udarbejdet for Ryanair, den 17. januar 2014.
A regression analysis was carried out on passenger numbers and costs at the airport-level based on ex ante data which would have been available to So.Ge.A.AL at the moment the agreements in question were entered into, namely 1998–2007 for the agreement with Air Italy and 1998–2009 for the agreements with Air Vallée and bmibaby.
Oxeras rapport »How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test? — Practical application«, udarbejdet for Ryanair, den 31. januar 2014.
Table 21 summarises the incremental profits expected to accrue to So.Ge.A.AL from the agreement with Air Italy.
Oxeras rapport »Economic MEOP assessment, Alghero Airport«, udarbejdet for Ryanair, den 22. juli 2011.
The NPV of the incremental profits that So.Ge.A.AL could have expected from the agreement with Air Italy amounts to EUR 99330 [128].
Oxeras rapport »Economic MEOP assessment: updated profitability analysis«, udarbejdet for Ryanair, den 12. marts 2013.
Table 21
Sag C-41/90, Höfner og Elser, Sml. 1991 I, s. 1979, præmis 21, sag C-91/160, Poucet mod AGF og Pistre mod Cancava, Sml. 1993 I, s. 637, præmis 17, sag C-35/96, Kommissionen mod Italien, Sml. 1998 I, s. 3851, præmis 36.
NPVs of the cash flows expected from the 2008 Air Italy agreement (EUR)
Sag C-288/11 P, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen og Flughafen Leipzig-Halle mod Kommissionen, 2012 endnu ikke offentliggjort, se også sag T-128/89, Aéroports de Paris mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2000 II, s. 3929, stadfæstet ved dom i sag C-82/01 P, Aéroports de Paris mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2002 I, s. 9297 og sag T-196/04, Ryanair mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2008 II, s. 3643.
[30000–40000]
Sag C-159/91 og C-160/91, Poucet mod AGV og Pistre mod Cancave Sml. 1993 I, s. 637.
NPV [129] (over the duration of the agreement)
Retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014, punkt 29.
[90000–110000]
Sag C-364/92, SAT Fluggesellschaft mod Eurocontrol, Sml. 1994 I, s. 43, Luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014, punkt 34.
Table 22 summarises the incremental profits expected to accrue to So.Ge.A.AL from the agreements with Air Vallée and bmibaby.
Kommissionen beslutning af 19. marts 2003 i sag N 309/2002.
The NPVs of the incremental profits that So.Ge.A.AL could have expected from the agreements with Air Vallée and bmibaby amount to EUR 3399 and EUR 25330 respectively [130].
Se bl.a. sag C-364/92, SAT Fluggesellschaft mod Eurocontrol, Sml. 1994 I, s. 43, præmis 30, og sag C-113/07 P, Selex Sistemi Integrati mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2009 I, s. 2207, præmis 71 samt luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014, punkt 35.
According to Italy the estimates of the NPV are relatively low because the agreements concluded between So.Ge.A.AL, Air Vallée and bmibaby were expected to cover a period of one year (or less than one year) only.
Se sag C-172/03, Wolfgang Heiser mod Finanzamt Innsbruck, Sml. 2005 I, s. 01627, præmis 36 og den deri nævnte retspraksis.
Table 22
Brev fra Italien af 10. juni 2014, bilag 22.
[3000–3500]
Luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014, punkt 37.
[25000–26000]
Sag C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen (»Stardust Marine«), Sml. 2002 I, s. 4397.
The Commission notes that the approach taken by Italy in estimating the passenger numbers, and calculating the expected incremental aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenues, and incremental costs of the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with Air Italy, Air Vallée and bmibaby is the same as the one employed for the agreements with the other carriers.
Forenede sager T-267/08 og T-279/08, Nord-Pas-de-Calais [2011], endnu ikke offentliggjort, præmis 108.
Consequently, the Commission concludes that those agreements were expected to be profitable for So.Ge.A.AL at the time they were signed.
Domstolens dom af 6. marts 2002, forenede sager T-127/99, T-129/99 og T-140/99, Diputación Foral de Álava m.fl. mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2002 II, s. 1330, præmis 142.
The economic advantage identified in recital 534 was granted on a selective basis, as only Meridiana and Germanwings benefited from it.
Ovennævnte Stardust Marine-dom
The advantage derives from airport services and marketing agreements negotiated individually by the two carriers which have not been concluded with the other carriers operating at the airport under the same terms.
Brev fra Italien af 18. februar 2014, bilag 17.
Indeed the Commission notes that all agreements subject to the investigation in this case are substantially different and result in different cash flows between So.Ge.A.A.AL and the carriers operating from Alghero airport.
Sag C-39/94, Syndicat français de l'Express international (SFEI) m.fl. mod La Poste m.fl., Sml. 1996 I, s. 3547, præmis 60 og sag C-342/96, Kongeriget Spanien mod Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber, Sml. 1999 I, s. 2459, præmis 41.
Distortion of competition and effect on trade
Ovennævnte Altmark-dom.
A measure granted by a State is considered to distort or to threaten to distort competition when it is liable to improve the competitive position of the recipient compared to other undertakings with which it competes [131].
Sag 173/73, Den Italienske Republik mod Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber, Sml. 1974, s. 709, præmis 13.
For all practical purposes, a distortion of competition can thus be assumed as soon as a State grants a financial advantage to an undertaking in a liberalised sector where there is (at least potential) competition.
Ovennævnte Stardust Marine-dom, præmis 69.
The case law of the European Courts has established that any grant of aid to an undertaking exercising its activities in the internal market can be liable to affect trade between Member States [132].
Sag C-305/89, Italien mod Kommissionen (»Alfa Romeo«), Sml. 1991 I, s. 1603, præmis 23, sag T-296/97, Alitalia mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2000 II, s. 3871, præmis 84.
Since the entry into force of the third package on the liberalisation of air transport on 1 January 1993 [133], air carriers can freely operate flights on intra-European connections.
Sag 40/85, Belgien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1986 I, s. 2321.
As the Court of Justice observed,
Ovennævnte Stardust Marine-dom, præmis 71.
‘where an undertaking operates in a sector in which […] producers from various Member States compete, any aid which it may receive from the public authorities is liable to affect trade between the Member States and impair competition, inasmuch as its continuing presence on the market prevents competitors from increasing their market share and reduces their chances of increasing exports.’ [134].(550) The Commission has found that So.Ge.A.AL granted a selective advantage to Germanwings and Meridiana.
Sag C-124/10P, Kommissionen mod Électricité de France (i det følgende benævnt »EDF«), Sml. 2012, endnu ikke offentliggjort, præmis 85.
Those airlines are active on a liberalised, competitive market and the advantage they received was liable to improve their competitive position on the market for air transport services to/from Alghero airport to the detriment of other Union air carriers.
Kommissionen tager ikke endelig stilling til dette punkt i denne afgørelse.
In this light, the Commission finds that the advantage granted to Germanwings and Meridiana is liable to distort competition and affect trade between Member States.
Se Kommissionens meddelelse til medlemsstaterne (EFT C 307 af 31.11.1993, s. 3), punkt 36.
Conclusion on the agreements with the airlines
Se for eksempel sag C-372/97, Italien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2004 I, s. 3679, præmis 44.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the measures adopted by So.Ge.A.AL pursuant to the 2010 agreement with Meridiana and the 2007 agreement with Germanwings involved State aid to those airlines, amounting to approximately EUR 175174 and EUR 140482, respectively.
EUT C 119 af 22.5.2002, s. 22.
Since the aid involved in each of these agreements was put into effect without being authorised by the Commission, it constitutes unlawful State aid.
Punkt 25, nr. 22, i luftfartsretningsljnerne fra 2014.
Compatibility of aid to the airlines
Se f.eks. Kommissionens afgørelse i sag SA.
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
34586 — Grækenland — Chania lufthavns modernisering, betragtning 49.
‘the Commission will apply the principles set out in these guidelines to all notified start-up aid measure in respect of which it is called upon to take a decision from 4 April 2014, even where the measures were notified prior that date.
»Opgraderingen« af den gamle terminal, jf. tabel 5, vedrører udvidelsen/opførelsen af den nye terminal og indgår derfor i beskrivelsen af støtten til den nye terminal.
In accordance with the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid, the Commission will apply to unlawful start-up aid to airlines the rules in force at the time when the aid was granted.
Som fastsat i »Programma di intervento« Investimenti »under Programma di sviluppo per l'affidamento della Gestione quarantennale«, som blev godkendt i september 2005.
Accordingly, it will not apply the principles set out in these guidelines in the case of unlawful start-up aid to airlines granted before 4 April 2014.’
Punkt 137 og 113 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
Punkt 137 og 120 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
‘the Commission will assess the compatibility of […] start-up aid granted without its authorisation and which therefore infringes Article 88(3) of the Treaty [now Article 108(3) of the Treaty], on the basis of these guidelines if payment of the aid started after the guidelines were published in the Official Journal of the European Union.’
Punkt 137 og 116 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
As the agreements with Meridiana and Germanwings were concluded after the publication of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines in the Official Journal on 9 December 2005, those guidelines constitute the applicable legal basis for the assessment of their compatibility with the internal market.
Punkt 137 og 124 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
Compatibility assessment pursuant to 2005 Aviation Guidelines
Punkt 137 og 125 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines set out in point 79 several conditions to be complied with in order for start-up aid to be found compatible with the internal market under Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Punkt 137 og 131 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
The aid is paid to air carriers with a valid operating licence issued by a Member State pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92
Se f.eks. sag C-278/00, Grækenland mod Kommissionen Sml. 2004 I, s. 03997, C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen Sml. 2002 I, s. 04397 og forenede sager C-328/99 og C-399/00, Italien og SIM 2 Multimedia mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2003 I, s. 04035, præmis 33.
In this case the beneficiaries are air carriers as defined by Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 [135].
Stardust Marine-dommen, præmis 52 og 53.
The first condition set forth by the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is therefore fulfilled.
Stardust Marine-dommen, præmis 56.
The aid is paid for routes linking a regional airport in category C or D to another EU airport
Sag C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, nævnt ovenfor.
As of 2005 Alghero airport qualified as a category C regional airport pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014, punkt 53.
The aid was granted to airlines opening new routes from Alghero airport to other airports located in the Union.
Retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014, punkt 66.
The second condition is thus observed.
Luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014, punkt 59 og 61.
The aid will apply only to the opening of new routes or new schedules, which will lead to an increase in the net volume of passengers.
MEOP-rapporten fra 2011.
This aid must not encourage traffic simply to be transferred from one airline or company to another.
Ovennævnte Charleroi-dom, præmis 59.
In particular, it must not lead to a relocation of traffic which is unjustified with regard to the frequency and viability of existing services leaving from another airport in the same city, the same conurbation [136] or the same airport system [137], which serve the same or a similar destination under the same criteria
Dette vedrører indtægter, der tilflyder lufthavnsoperatøren som følge af den yderligere omsætning i parkeringspladser, butikker, restauranter osv., der hidrører fra flere passagerer.
The aid was granted to encourage airlines to launch new routes from Alghero airport to one or more Union destinations, thereby leading to an increase in the net volume of passengers.
Lastforholdet eller belægningsgraden defineres som andelen af pladser, der fyldes i luftfartøjet i drift på den pågældende flyforbindelse.
There is no other airport in the same city or conurbation.
Analysen omfatter en »slutværdi« for at tage hensyn til de fremtidige fordele for So.Ge.A.AL, der opstår efter udløbet af aftalerne fra 2006 og 2010 (se betragtning 471), og omfatter ikke den periode, for hvilken aftalerne fra 2006 og 2010 anvendes med tilbagevirkende kraft (jf. betragtning 485).
In addition, none of the routes in question was served by a high-speed rail service.
Kommissionens referencesatser er anvendt til diskontering af de forventede pengestrømme.
The third condition set forth by the 2005 Aviation Guidelines is thus fulfilled.
Da der kun foreligger oplysninger om omkostninger for perioden 1998-2010, ville der kun være henholdsvis to, tre og fire mulige punkter til rådighed til at foretage en regressionsanalyse, hvis der blev fulgt en lignende tilgang for 2000-, 2002- og 2003-aftalerne, hvilket ikke er nok til at opnå solide resultater.
For this reason start-up aid must be degressive and of limited duration
Som følge heraf er regressionen for disse aftaler baseret på oplysninger om omkostninger for perioden 1998-2010.
Aid to Germanwings and Meridiana was limited to the duration of the agreements concluded with So.Ge.A.AL, namely one and three years respectively However, no condition was imposed in the agreements by which the routes operated by the carriers from Alghero airport had to be ultimately profitable on a stand-alone basis.
Udgifter til materialer, reklame, papirvarer, brændstof, boardingkort, bistandsnotater, bagagemærker, uniformer til ansatte.
The Commission further notes that, while the amount of aid received by Germanwings as listed in Table 19 was degressive, Germanwings ceased operations at Alghero airport in 2007 and therefore never operated without public funding.
Omkostninger til forsikring af køretøjer, vedligeholdelse og reparation af udstyr og køretøjer, øvrige køretøjsudgifter, radiofrekvenser, vedligeholdelse af check-in-udstyr.
The amount of aid must be strictly linked to eligible costs
Fra 2003 fastsættes de årlige koncessionsafgifter, der betales af lufthavnsoperatører, på grundlag af trafikdata, som offentliggøres årligt af ministeriet for infrastruktur og transport-ENAC.
Eligible costs are defined in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines as the ‘additional start-up costs incurred in launching the new route or frequency […] which the air operator will not have to bear once it is up and running’.
Se i denne forbindelse betragtning 156 i denne afgørelse.
Italy has not claimed that the financing to Germanwings and Meridiana was limited to cover eligible costs and that regular operating costs would not be subsidised.
NNV af en tidsserie af forventede pengestrømme, både ind- og udgående, defineres som den diskonterede sum af de individuelle forventede pengestrømme i den relevante periode.
This condition is therefore not complied with.
NNV er et standardiseret værktøj, der anvendes af virksomheder til at vurdere rentabiliteten af et projekt.
The degressive aid may be granted for a maximum period of three years.
Referat af So.Ge.A.Al's bestyrelsesmøde den 7. juli 2009.
The amount of aid in any one year may not exceed 50 % of total eligible costs for that year and total aid may not exceed an average of 30 % of eligible costs
Referat af So.Ge.A.Al's bestyrelsesmøde den 9. september 2009.
The agreements with the airlines in question make no reference to the costs of the airlines and do not lay down that the aid must be limited to a certain percentage of the eligible costs.
Referat af So.Ge.A.Al's bestyrelsesmøde den 23. februar 2010.
The Commission therefore finds that this condition is not fulfilled.
Selv om denne strategi bar frugt, og So.Ge.A.Al har været i stand til at opnå en betydelig vækst i trafikmængden i overensstemmelse med sine forventninger, har lufthavnsoperatøren ikke været i stand til at matche den voksende trafik med stigende rentabilitet til trods for finansiel støtte fra de offentlige myndigheder.
The period during which start-up aid is granted to an airline must be substantially less than the period during which the airline undertakes to operate from the airport in question
Dette skyldtes hovedsagelig de betydelige forsinkelser med tildelingen af den »samlede« koncession.
The Commission notes that no condition was imposed that the routes opened by the carriers be viable after the period when their operation is subsidised.
For Germanwings og Meridiana er belægningsgraden angivet i aftalerne med So.Ge.A.Al.
The aid payments must be linked to the net development of the number of passengers transported
For Volare er belægningsgraden baseret på So.Ge.A.Al's forudgående kendskab til luftfartsselskabets operationer.
The Commission notes that there is a clear link between the number of passengers carried and the amount of aid.
Da Volare drev en række indenlandske ruter, blev der antaget en lavere belægningsgrad.
In particular, the agreements with Germanwings and Meridiana set out success fees to be paid by So.Ge.A.AL if the airlines met the stipulated traffic targets.
I tilfælde af Alitalia er den forventede trafik ikke udledt af en bestemt antagelse om belægningsgraden, da Alitalia drev forskellige flymodeller (hvor det maksimale antal pladser pr. fly varierede fra 90 til 180), alt efter ugedag og sæson.
Any public body which plans to grant start-up aid to an airline for a new route, whether or not via an airport, must make its plans public in good time and with adequate publicity to enable all interested airlines to offer their services.
Trafikprognoser er udledt på grundlag af tidligere erfaring og viden om luftfartsselskabets operationer.
The notification must in particular include the description of the route as well as the objective criteria in terms of the amount and the duration of the aid
Ved anvendelse af en diskonteringssats på 2,45 %.
In the course of the investigation Italy claimed that the airport's intention to conclude agreements with airlines interested in opening new routes departing from Alghero airport had been sufficiently advertised among the potential interested carriers.
Ved anvendelse af en diskonteringssats på 6,42 %.
However, no evidence was provided in that respect.
Ved anvendelse af en diskonteringssats på 2,24 %.
In particular, no indication exists that Alghero airport made its intention to grant aid to the airlines, and the conditions of the granting of such aid, known in good time and with adequate publicity.