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Disse bemærkninger er i overensstemmelse med konklusionerne i Accuracy-rapporten, hvori det anerkendtes, at en udvikling af lufttransportsektoren på Sardinien er særlig vigtig for områdets regionaludvikling.
It is not even clear that RAS could expect any return since unlike the State, it does not receive any concession fee from So.Ge.A.AL.
I Accuracy-rapporten fremhæves et eksempel på det potentielle omfang af de positive økonomiske fordele ved udvikling af luftfartsinfrastruktur på Sardinien.
Furthermore, even if one were to assume that the dividends that it might receive and the potential increase in the value of the shares that it owns in So.Ge.A.AL, as its main shareholder, could be considered as a possible source of financial returns that can be taken into account in the application of the MEOP in this context [80], it is sufficient to note that So.Ge.A.AL had generated significant losses in every year in the period subject to investigation (starting in 2000).
Ifølge en undersøgelse, som nævnes i Accuracy-rapporten, førte udviklingen af luftfartsinfrastrukturen i Cagliari lufthavn (på Sardinien) til positive økonomiske virkninger på ca. 140 mio. EUR pr. år.
Hence, neither the State nor RAS could reasonably expect its funding of infrastructure or equipment at Alghero airport in this period to improve the financial situation of So.Ge.A.AL to such an extent that the latter would pay sufficient dividends, or that the value of So.Ge.A.AL's shares would increase as a result of this funding to such an extent as to make the public funding ‘profitable’.
Desuden er den eneste hensigtsmæssige transportform til/fra Sardinien flyrejser, bortset fra færgetransport, som imidlertid medfører betydeligt højere rejsetider.
Neither Italy nor third parties have provided elements which would suggest that this is the case.
Selv om Sardinien f.eks. betjenes af færgeruter fra Spanien og det italienske fastland, varer en gennemsnitlig færgeoverfart over ni timer.
Therefore, Measure 2 and Measure 3 do not comply with the MEOP and have conferred an economic advantage on So.Ge.A.AL.
Kommissionen kan derfor konkludere, at den offentlige finansiering, der ydes til infrastrukturforbedringer i Alghero lufthavn, opfylder de klart definerede mål for forbedring af sikker og bæredygtig transportinfrastruktur og regional tilgængelighed.
Both Italy and So.Ge.A.AL have claimed that the capital injections carried out by So.Ge.A.AL's public shareholders in the period 2000 — 2010 would comply with the MEOP.
Derfor var udviklingen af infrastruktur i Alghero lufthavn af fælles interesse, da investeringerne forventedes at skabe positive eksterne virkninger i form af økonomisk og social udvikling.
Even though the airport manager had consistently recorded losses since 2000, it would be legitimate to assume that the activity would yield a return, notably given the imminent award to So.Ge.A.AL of the ‘comprehensive’ concession.
Nødvendig og forholdsmæssig infrastruktur til formålet
When adopting each of the measures in question, public shareholders would have acted as prudent market economy investors.
Investeringsstøtte kan kun erklæres for forenelig, når den er nødvendig og står i et rimeligt forhold til målene af almen interesse.
Given that at the time the capital injections were decided So.Ge.A.AL was in a precarious financial situation, it was the Commission's preliminary view in the 2012 Decision that a market economy investor would have required the implementation of a plan to restore the company's viability.
Dette er især tilfældet, når investeringen ikke udgør en gentagelse af en eksisterende underudnyttet infrastruktur.
The Commission considered that a private investor would only inject fresh capital in a company whose capital had dropped below the level that is legally required, as was the case for So.Ge.A.AL, if he could expect the company to return to viability within reasonable timescales.
Statsstøtten til at finansiere investeringer i Alghero lufthavn var nødvendig for at øge lufthavnens kapacitet og dermed sikre dens rentabilitet på lang sigt.
No such plan had at that time been provided to the Commission and, as explained in recitals 301 to 311, the various business plans prepared by or for So.Ge.A.AL over the period during which the capital injections were carried out did not form a sound basis which shareholders guided by profitability prospects would have found sufficient to expect a reasonable return.
Inden investeringerne blev gennemført, havde Alghero lufthavn kun kapacitet til 800000 passagerer.
In the course of the investigation Italy provided the Commission with several documents it claimed should be considered as the business plans on which the decisions to recapitalise So.Ge.A.AL were based.
Alghero lufthavn havde nået grænserne for sin kapacitet i 2003 og 2004, og derfor var investeringerne nødvendige for at kunne håndtere flere passagerer.
Italy also claimed that from the perspective of a private investor, the compensation of So.Ge.A.AL's losses might be validly justified not only by the presence of a strategic restructuring programme with good long-term profit prospects, but also by considerations other than mere financial profitability, notably more general public interest objectives such as regional development.
Derudover blev der gennemført visse forbedringer, der var nødvendige for at opfylde sikkerhedsstandarderne, hvilket har fremmet en bedre udnyttelse af den eksisterende lufthavnsinfrastruktur og derved har bidraget til den regionale udvikling og forbindelsesmulighederne i lufthavnens opland.
The business plans submitted by Italy are detailed in recitals 59-75.
Ifølge Italien kan det forventes, at passagertrafikken ville have været højere, hvis finanskrisen ikke var opstået.
In that regard the measures implemented by the State, RAS and SFIRS, are not in line with the behaviour of a market economy investor guided by profitability prospects.
Det erkendes i Ecorys-rapporten, at udviklingen af turismen krævede en udvidelse af Alghero lufthavns terminalkapacitet for at imødekomme den forventede vækst i trafikken.
Throughout the period 2000 to 2010, the State, RAS and SFIRS constantly provided the financial support necessary to keep So.Ge.A.AL alive.
Forud for de investeringer, der blev foretaget i Alghero lufthavn, blev udviklingen af turismen som tidligere nævnt ifølge Ecorys-rapporten besværliggjort af manglen på internationale forbindelser.
The Commission considers that So.Ge.A.AL's financial situation was such that no private operator would have covered its losses over such a long duration, without a credible and realistic prior assessment showing that it would be more cost-effective to continue covering losses instead of restructuring the company.
Hertil kommer, at nye investeringer ikke udgjorde en overlapning af eksisterende infrastruktur, idet de tre nærmeste lufthavne ikke er beliggende i samme opland (se betragtning 33).
The Commission cannot accept either Italy's argument that public interest objectives should be taken into account when assessing the business rationale of a public investor.
Selv om Alghero lufthavn er en af de tre lufthavne på Sardinien (sammen med Cagliari og Olbia), der betjener kommercielle luftfartsselskaber, ligger ingen af de to andre lufthavne i samme opland.
Based on settled case law, if the public shareholders were acting as a private market investor, they would not be guided by public interest objectives and the investment would have to be profitable in itself.
Olbia og Cagliari ligger henholdsvis 128 km og 235 km fra Alghero lufthavn.
Since in the course of the investigation So.Ge.A.AL claimed that the economic rationale of the measures should be assessed separately before and after the award of the comprehensive concession in 2007, the Commission assesses in turn the capital injections carried out in the period 2000-2007 and 2008-2010.
I sin beslutning fra 2007 konkluderede Kommissionen, at Alghero lufthavn ikke kan erstattes med disse to andre lufthavne på grund af dens beliggenhed og de særlige karakteristika ved transportnettet på Sardinien.
Capital injections in the period 2000 - 2007
Investeringerne udgjorde derfor ikke en overlapning af eksisterende urentabel infrastruktur.
So.Ge.A.AL stated that the recapitalisations undertaken prior to 2007 were guided by the need to safeguard the business of the company, in view notably of the imminent award of the comprehensive concession.
Perspektiverne for udnyttelse på mellemlang sigt, navnlig hvad angår udnyttelse af eksisterende infrastruktur
In that sense the Commission considers that So.Ge.A.AL's business plans cannot be considered as a realistic basis for predicting the company's future performance in the period 2000 — 2010.
Investeringerne gav Alghero lufthavn mulighed for at overholde sikkerhedskravene til lufthavnen og tilpasse den til transportbehovene i sit opland.
Those plans made isolated reference to capital injections which would be required to bring capital back in line with legal requirements.
Ved tildelingen af den »samlede« driftskoncession på Alghero lufthavn etablerede So.Ge.A.AL et investeringsprogram for at tilpasse lufthavnens infrastruktur og udstyr med henblik på at håndtere stigningen i antallet af befordrede passagerer.
In addition, they do not contain any indications that at the time the capital injections under investigation were decided, So.Ge.A.AL's public shareholders expected the company's return to viability and a return on their investment (in terms of dividends paid or increase in the value of the company's shares) which would outweigh the amount of the capital invested in the company.
Baseret på forretningsplanen fra 2005 beløb de planlagte investeringer i Alghero lufthavn i koncessionsperioden sig til i alt 143,3 mio. EUR [88].
Nor do the plans contain an analysis of alternative scenarios that a diligent private investor would require before undertaking such substantial capital injections into the company.
Den senere udvikling bekræfter i det store og hele disse forventninger.
The Commission notes that only one of the documents referred to by Italy as business plans predates the date of the first capital injection decision.
So.Ge.A.AL har således været i stand til at opnå en betydelig vækst i trafikken i overensstemmelse med sine forventninger.
Although the 1999 business plan mentions that So.Ge.A.AL would need to be recapitalised, it does not provide for an assessment showing that it would be more cost-effective for the company's shareholders to cover losses of the airport manager instead of adopting restructuring measures aimed at increasing the efficiency of the airport manager within a timeframe acceptable to a private investor.
Siden 2011 er passagertrafikken i lufthavnen nået op på ca. 70 % af lufthavnens kapacitet.
Moreover, the 1999 business plan does not indicate that So.Ge.A.AL would become profitable following the capital injections.
Ifølge Italien ville passagertrafikken have været højere, hvis finanskrisen ikke var opstået.
In addition, the 1999 business plan was based on the assumption So.Ge.A.AL would be awarded the comprehensive concession that same year.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at der på mellemlang sigt var gode udnyttelsesmuligheder for den opgraderede infrastruktur.
The Commission considers that a prudent private investor would have reassessed the strategy and considered restructuring options when it became evident that award of the concession would be delayed and the objective of a return to profitability was not going to be achieved.
Lige og ikkediskriminerende adgang til infrastrukturen
No measures were proposed to restructure So.Ge.A.AL in the Roland Berger plan either, the only business plan assessing So.Ge.A.AL's financial situation under two scenarios — ‘comprehensive’ versus ‘temporary’ concession.
Ifølge oplysningerne fra Italien og uanset en eventuelt begrundet prisdifferentiering i individuelle selskabsaftaler har infrastrukturen altid været åben for alle potentielle brugere uden forskelsbehandling.
The Roland Berger plan concluded that So.Ge.A.AL would continue to record losses in a temporary concession scenario without however proposing any remedial measures.
På denne baggrund fandt Kommissionen i 2012-beslutningen, at støtten før 2005 ikke påvirkede samhandelen på en måde, der stred mod den fælles interesse.
The Commission also notes that the Roland Berger plan was considered to be insufficiently reliable by So.Ge.A.AL itself (see recital 57).
Desuden er ingen anden lufthavn beliggende i det samme dækningsområde.
While it provided for a forecast of revenues and costs for the forty-year duration of the concession for the management of the airport, on the assumption that the concession is granted to So.Ge.A.AL in 2006, the plan did not propose measures to address the weaknesses of the underperforming handling business, which was considered in the 2004 Roland Berger plan as below sector average and was expected to continue generating losses on the medium term.
Som påvist i betragtning 33 ligger den nærmeste lufthavn mere end 120 km væk i en region, hvor vejforbindelserne er dårlige, hvilket styrker den konklusion, at de øvrige sardiske lufthavne set ud fra passagerernes synspunkt ikke kan erstatte Alghero lufthavn.
On this basis, the Commission considers that none of the above-mentioned plans forms what a prudent market economy operator would have considered as a reliable basis to carry out the investments in question.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at den støtte, der ydes til forbedring af infrastruktur (herunder »installationer og anlæg«) og udstyr i Alghero lufthavn ikke fordrejede konkurrencen i et omfang, der strider mod Unionens interesser.
Capital injections in the period 2008-2010
Støttens tilskyndelsesvirkning, nødvendighed og proportionalitet
A private investor would in any event have re-assessed the strategy in the 2010 business plan, in particular given that by virtue of Article 14bis of the Convention, the concession was to be revoked if So.Ge.A.AL did not reach viability within four years from the date such concession entered into effect, namely by 2011.
Kommissionen skal også fastslå, om statsstøtten til Alghero lufthavn ændrede modtagervirksomhedens adfærd på en sådan måde, at den iværksætter en aktivitet, der bidrager til at opfylde et mål af offentlig interesse, som i) den ikke ville gennemføre uden støtte, eller ii) som den ville udføre på mere begrænset eller anden måde.
The 2010 plan however projected the company's return to viability only one year later than 2011, i.e. in 2012, also taking into account a recapitalisation of the company envisaged for 2010.
Desuden kan støtten kun betragtes som proportionel, hvis samme resultat ikke kunne opnås med mindre støtte og mindre fordrejning.
The shareholders' decision to continue covering So.Ge.A.AL's losses with no restructuring programme in place even when economic performance following the award of the comprehensive concession showed that an upturn in profitability within the timelines imposed by the Convention was unlikely, cannot be equated to the conduct of a private investor.
Dette betyder, at støttens størrelse og intensitet skal begrænses til det strengt nødvendige for, at den støttede aktivitet kan finde sted.
Furthermore, So.Ge.A.AL stated that unforeseen events had a negative impact on its results after 2007 and referred in particular to the effects on its turnover of the economic downturn as a consequence of which the company would have recorded a 1,8 % fall in passenger traffic.
I dette tilfælde vedrørte investeringstilskuddene hovedsagelig en forbedring af start- og landingsbaner, rullebaner og forpladser samt terminaler.
In addition, So.Ge.A.AL claimed that traffic did not develop as it had been forecasted due to the delay in the execution of infrastructure works at the airport and the lack of a revision by ENAC of the level of airport charges.
Lange tilbagebetalingsperioder i forbindelse med investeringer i infrastruktur kombineret med de betydelige vanskeligheder og risici i forbindelse med større projekter indebærer, at der kan være vanskeligheder med at tiltrække privat kapital.
In that respect the Commission notes that Italy did not provide any means of evaluating the effects of the unforeseen events in question.
Mindre lufthavne, som f.eks. Alghero lufthavn, kan stå over for særlige vanskeligheder med at tiltrække privat kapital til en passende pris for at kunne iværksætte de nødvendige infrastrukturprojekter.
There is no evidence that the 1,8 % drop in traffic could be imputed to the economic crisis.
Ifølge Italiens oplysninger kunne disse investeringer ikke være blevet gennemført uden støtten.
On that basis, the decisions to recapitalise So.Ge.A.AL do not appear to have been based on economic evaluations comparable to those which, in the relevant circumstances, a rational private market investor in a similar situation would have carried out, before making such investments, in order to determine their future profitability.
Forenelighed af støtten til So.Ge.A.AL (foranstaltning 1, 2 og 3), ud fra den antagelse at de udgør driftsstøtte
Consequently, the Commission concludes that the capital injection decisions So.Ge.A.AL did not comply with the MEOP and therefore provided So.Ge.A.AL with an economic advantage.
Driftsstøtte, der ydes før ikrafttrædelsen af luftfartsretningslinjerne for 2014, dvs. før den 4. april 2014, kan erklæres forenelig, forudsat at følgende betingelser er opfyldt:
Selectivity
Bidrag til et veldefineret mål af fælles interesse: Denne betingelse er bl.a. opfyldt, hvis støtten øger unionsborgernes mobilitet og forbindelserne til og fra regionerne eller fremmer regional udvikling [89].
In order to fall within the scope of Article 107(1) of the TFEU, a State measure must favour ‘certain undertakings or the production of certain goods’.
Statsstøttens egnethed som politikinstrument: Medlemsstaterne skal dokumentere, at støtten er egnet til at opnå det ønskede mål eller til at løse de problemer, som støtten søger at afhjælpe [90].
Hence, only those measures favouring undertakings which grant an advantage in a selective way may qualify as State aid.
Behov for statslig indgriben: Statsstøtten bør kun ydes i de situationer, hvor denne støtte kan føre til en væsentlig forbedring, som markedet ikke selv kan levere [91].
In the case at hand, the Commission notes that Measures 1, 2 and 3 have only been provided to So.Ge.A.AL and are therefore selective within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the TFEU.
Støttens virkning som incitament: Denne betingelse er opfyldt, hvis det er sandsynligt, at den økonomiske aktivitet i den pågældende lufthavn ville være væsentligt lavere uden driftsstøtten, idet der derved tages hensyn til eventuel ydelse af investeringsstøtte og trafikniveau [92].
Affectation of trade and distortion of competition
Støttebeløbets proportionalitet (begrænsning af støtten til det minimum, der er nødvendigt): For at være proportionel skal driftsstøtte til lufthavne være begrænset til det minimum, der er nødvendigt for at frembringe den støttemodtagende aktivitet [93].
In order to be qualified as State aid, a financial measure must affect trade between Member States and distort or threaten to distort competition.
Undgåelse af uforholdsmæssigt negativ påvirkning af konkurrencen og samhandelen [94].
In its assessment of those two conditions, the Commission is not required to establish that the aid has a real effect on trade between Member States and that competition is actually being distorted, but only to examine whether that aid is liable given the circumstances to affect such trade and distort competition [82].
De forskellige foranstaltninger, der blev indrømmet So.Ge.A.AL, som bl.a. omfattede flere kapitaltilførsler, havde til formål at give selskabet mulighed for at have tilstrækkelig kapital til fortsat at drive rentabel virksomhed, både ud fra et økonomisk og juridisk synspunkt.
When aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in intra-Union trade, the latter must be regarded as affected by that aid.
De beslutninger, der træffes af de offentlige myndigheder til finansiering af visse investeringer uden at kræve en tilsvarende stigning i de koncessionsafgifter, So.Ge.A.AL skulle betale, bidrog også til at holde virksomheden kørende, da højere koncessionsafgifter ville have givet sig udslag i højere driftsomkostninger, hvilket ville have forværret selskabets økonomiske situation yderligere.
As assessed in recitals 253-257, the operation of an airport is an economic activity.
Alle disse foranstaltninger har derfor bidraget til at holde Alghero lufthavn i gang.
Competition takes place, on the one hand, between airports to attract airlines and the corresponding air traffic (passengers and freight), and, on the other hand, between airport managers, which may compete between themselves to be entrusted with the management of a given airport.
I lyset af den rolle, som lufthavnen spiller for regionens tilgængelighed og regionale økonomiske udvikling, jf. betragtning 343-348, finder Kommissionen, at driftsstøtten til So.Ge.A.AL har bidraget til at opfylde et mål af fælles interesse.
In this respect, the Commission underlines that notably with respect to low-cost carriers and charter operators, airports that are not located in the same catchment areas and in different Member States may also be in competition with each other to attract those airlines.
Da Alghero lufthavn var tabsgivende i undersøgelsesperioden (se tabel 3) var det den driftsstøtte, som gjorde det muligt for lufthavnen at fortsætte driften og sikre forbindelserne til og fra regionen Sardinien.
As mentioned in point 40 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines and reaffirmed in point 45 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, it is not possible to exclude even small airports from the scope of application of Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the grounds that their financing by public authorities could not distort competition or affect trade between Member States.
Kommissionen mener derfor, at driftsstøtten til Alghero lufthavn var et egnet middel til at nå målet af fælles interesse.
Furthermore, point 45 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines explicitly states that ‘the relatively small size of the undertaking which receives public funding does not, as such, exclude the possibility that trade between Member States might be affected.’
For så vidt angår nødvendighed skal støtten ifølge luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014 medføre en væsentlig forbedring, som markedet ikke selv kan levere.
Alghero airport currently serves ca.
Kommissionen anser dette for at være tilfældet, da So.Ge.A.AL uden den pågældende støtte sandsynligvis ville have været tvunget til at forlade markedet, hvorved Sardinien ville have fået frataget en transportinfrastruktur, som spiller en væsentlig rolle for øens tilgængelighed og udvikling (turisme).
1,5 million passengers per year.
Desuden ville støttemodtagerens forretningsaktivitet uden støtten have været betydeligt lavere hvis ikke indstillet helt.
The 2005 business plan provided by Italy foresaw passenger numbers to steadily increase by 4,5 % until 2010, 2,6 % from 2011 to 2025 and 3,78 % during 2006-2025, to around 2800000 million passengers approaching 2045.
De undersøgte foranstaltninger var begrænset til det minimum, der er nødvendigt for at udligne tab og gøre det muligt for So.Ge.A.AL at opfylde kapitalkrav og fortsat være levedygtigt.
Furthermore, since 2000 Alghero airport has been serving a number of international destinations.
Sådanne foranstaltninger var nødvendige for at holde selskabet kørende, selv når virkningerne af alle de andre støtteforanstaltninger (til drift og investering), der er omfattet af undersøgelsen, er taget i betragtning.
In light of these facts, it must be considered that the economic advantage conferred on So.Ge.A.AL through the various measures at issue distorted or threatened to distort competition and were at least liable to affect trade between Member States.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at al driftsstøtte til So.Ge.A.AL var nødvendig og begrænset til det strengt nødvendige for, at den støttede aktivitet kan finde sted.
Conclusion on the existence of aid