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På denne baggrund, og eftersom aftalerne med de pågældende luftfartsselskaber ikke henviser til luftfartsselskabernes omkostninger, endsige deres støtteberettigede omkostninger, er den betingelse for forenelighed, der er anført i punkt 79, litra d), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2005, efter Kommissionens opfattelse ikke opfyldt.
In such conditions, the Commission considers that, taking into account all the information available to it, there are no grounds for diverging from the approach recommended in the 2014 Aviation Guidelines for applying the MEO principle to relations between airports and airlines, that is to say, an ex-ante analysis of incremental profitability.
Støtten til luftfartsselskaberne kan således ikke anses for at udgøre forenelig startstøtte, da mindst én af betingelserne for forenelighed ikke er opfyldt.
Assessment of incremental costs and revenues
Statsstøtten til Germanwings, TUIFly og Ryanair udgør derfor ulovlig og uforenelig statsstøtte, der skal betales tilbage.
Time frame
TILBAGESØGNING
When deciding on whether or not to enter into an airport services agreement and/or a marketing services agreement, a MEO will choose a time frame for its assessment based on the term of the agreements in question or the term set in each individual agreement.
I overensstemmelse med traktaten og Domstolens faste praksis har Kommissionen kompetence til at beslutte, at den berørte medlemsstat skal afskaffe eller ændre støtten [113], når den har fundet støtten uforenelig med det indre marked.
In other words, it will assess the incremental costs and revenues for the term of application of the agreements.
Domstolen har ligeledes konsekvent statueret, at formålet med en stats forpligtelse til at ophæve støtteforanstaltninger, som Kommissionen anser for uforenelige med det indre marked, er at genoprette den tidligere situation [114].
There does not seem to be any justification for choosing a longer period.
I den sammenhæng har Domstolen fastslået, at dette mål er nået, når modtageren har tilbagebetalt de beløb, der er tildelt som ulovlig støtte, hvorved den fordel fortabes, som den pågældende har haft i forhold til sine konkurrenter på markedet, og den situation, der herskede på markedet, før støtten blev ydet, genskabes [115].
On the date of signature of the agreements, a prudent MEO will not count on the agreements being renewed once they have expired, whether under the same or new terms.
I tråd med ovennævnte retspraksis bestemmer artikel 14 i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 [116], at »i negative beslutninger om ulovlig støtte bestemmer Kommissionen, at den pågældende medlemsstat skal træffe alle nødvendige foranstaltninger til at kræve støtten tilbagebetalt fra støttemodtageren«.
Moreover, a generally prudent operator would be aware that low-cost airlines such as Ryanair have always been and are known for being very responsive to market developments, both when starting up or shutting down routes and when increasing or decreasing the number of flights.
Ovennævnte statsstøtte (se betragtning 282, 297, 318, 320, 395 og 405, under hensyntagen til betragtning 198-200) skal derfor tilbagebetales til Tyskland, i det omfang den er blevet udbetalt.
Assessment
I tabel 9 vises de omtrentlige beløb, der skal betales tilbage.
Germany asserts that FGAZ/FZG did not prepare ex ante business plans before concluding individual airport services agreements with the various airlines.
Tabel 9
It explained that since the majority of the costs of the airport could be considered to be fixed and that an expansion of the commercial activities would not lead to significant additional costs, no such ex ante business plans were necessary.
Oplysninger om omtrentlige støttebeløb, der er modtaget, skal tilbagebetales og allerede er tilbagebetalt
Nevertheless, upon request by the Commission, Germany prepared an overview of the incremental costs and revenues that could have been expected at the time the relevant agreements were concluded.
Støttemodtagerens identitet
Germany prepared that data for each of the agreements concluded with airlines during the period under investigation, that is to say 2000-2009, as summarised in Table 8.
Omtrentlig støtte modtaget i alt (EUR)
Table 8
Omtrentlig støtte, der skal tilbagebetales [117], i alt (EUR)
Incremental profitability of contracts with Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair
(Hovedstol)
(Contract 15 Sept.
Allerede tilbagebetalt i alt (EUR)
2006-15 Sept.
Hovedstol
2009)
Tilbagebetalingsrente [118]
(Contract 30 June 2008-31 Dec.
Direkte investeringsstøtte
2011) [101]
Kapitalindsprøjtninger
(Contract 1 Apr.
Garanti på 100 %
2008-31 Mar.
Deltagelse i likviditetspulje
2011) [102]
For at indregne den faktiske fordel, som luftfartsselskabet og dets datterselskaber har modtaget i medfør af aftalerne, vil beløbene i tabel 9 eventuelt blive justeret afhængigt af den dokumentation, der fremlægges af Tyskland, på grundlag af i) differencen mellem på den ene side de faktiske betalinger som efterfølgende dokumenteret, som luftfartsselskabet har foretaget i form af lufthavnsafgifter (herunder landingsafgift, passagerafgift og afgifter for lufthavnshåndtering i henhold til aftalen om lufthavnstjenester), og på den anden side de estimerede pengestrømme for de indtægtselementer, som fremgår af tabel 8, og ii) differencen mellem på den ene side de faktiske markedsføringsbetalinger som efterfølgende dokumenteret, som er betalt til luftfartsselskabet eller dets datterselskaber i henhold til markedsføringsaftaler, og på den anden side de estimerede markedsføringsomkostninger svarende til de beløb, der er anført i tabel 8 —
(Contract 22 Sept.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
2008-21 Sept.
Artikel 1
2009) [103]
Statsstøtten, som Tyskland ulovligt har gennemført i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde til fordel for Germanwings, TUIFly og Ryanair/AMS gennem aftaler om lufthavnstjenester og markedsføringsaftaler indgået den 15. september 2006 (Germanwings), den 1. april 2008 (TUIFly) og den 22. september 2008/6. oktober 2008 (Ryanair/Airport Marketing Services (herefter »AMS«)), er uforenelig med det indre marked.
Expected Additional Aviation Revenue
Artikel 2
Expected Additional Non-Aviation Revenue
Lånet ydet til FZG af Sparkasse Südwestpfalz udgør ikke statsstøtte.
Expected Additional Costs
Aftalen om lufthavnstjenester indgået af FZG med Germanwings den 30. juni 2008 udgør ikke statsstøtte.
Costs Marketing Support
Artikel 3
Expected Nominal Result
Tyskland tilbagesøger den i artikel 1 omhandlede uforenelige støtte fra støttemodtagerne.
Discount Rate
FGAZ og FZG hæfter solidarisk for tilbagebetalingen af statsstøtte, som en af dem måtte have modtaget.
Expected Discounted Result
Ryanair og AMS hæfter solidarisk for tilbagebetalingen af statsstøtte, som en af dem måtte have modtaget.
In preparing Table 8, Germany took the following considerations into account:
Følgende beløb tilbagebetales:
The expected passenger numbers were deduced from the envisaged number of flights per week and extrapolated for the duration of the agreement.
med hensyn til den direkte investeringsstøtte ydet af delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz og ZEF til FZG:
The expected aviation revenues (handling and landing charges, cleaning and de-icing, etc.) were calculated over the duration of the agreement on the basis of the conditions agreed on with each airline, taking into account the relevant rebates and incentives.
20564170 EUR ydet mellem den 12. december 2000 og den 31. december 2009, minus omkostningerne til brandvæsenet og de omkostninger, som lufthavnsoperatøren har ret til at få godtgjort i henhold til § 8, stk. 3, i Luftsicherheitsgesetz, for så vidt som de er blevet dækket af den direkte investeringsstøtte
The expected non-aviation revenues (parking charges, spending in the terminal, etc.) were also calculated over the duration of the agreement.
med hensyn til de årlige kapitalindsprøjtninger ydet af delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz og ZEF til FGAZ:
The expected incremental costs were calculated over the duration of the agreement, taking into account depreciation of investments necessary for handling commercial aviation (the new terminal, new check-in counters, parking lots, etc.) as well as additional personnel and materials costs.
26629000 EUR ydet i perioden 2000-2009, minus omkostningerne til brandvæsenet og de omkostninger, som lufthavnsoperatøren har ret til at få godtgjort i henhold til § 8, stk. 3, i Luftsicherheitsgesetz, for så vidt som de er blevet dækket af de årlige kapitalindsprøjtninger, og minus de beløb, der blev ydet inden den 12. december 2000
Only the costs caused by each individual airline were taken into account.
med hensyn til garantien på 100 % for lån ydet af delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz til FZG:
On that basis, Germany argued that the costs of the new terminal and if hiring new staff were originally caused by Germanwings taking up business from Zweibrücken, so that those costs were mostly allocated to the first Germanwings contract.
den tilsvarende kontantværdi af garantien, der bestemmes i henhold til Kommissionens meddelelse om anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88 på statsstøtte i form af garantier
At the Commission's request, marketing support payments made to Ryanair under the agreement between the Land and AMS were taken into account as incremental costs of the Ryanair contract.
med hensyn til FGAZ' deltagelse i delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz' likviditetspulje:
The discount rate was based on the discount rates of the German Bundesbank starting from 2008.
den tilsvarende kontantværdi af de fordelagtige lånebetingelser, der bestemmes i henhold til meddelelse fra Kommissionen om revision af metoden for fastsættelse af referencesatsen og kalkulationsrenten af 12. december 2007, minus eventuel fordel, som er opnået af lån, der er anvendt til at dække omkostningerne til brandvæsenet og de omkostninger, som lufthavnsoperatøren har ret til at få godtgjort i henhold til § 8, stk. 3, i Luftsicherheitsgesetz
The Commission finds that the approach taken by Germany in estimating the passenger numbers, and calculating on that basis the expected incremental aviation and non-aviation revenues, is sound.
med hensyn til aftalen om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem Germanwings og FZG den 15. september 2006:
The same holds true with respect to the discount rates.
den uforenelige støtte
The Commission further notes Germany's disagreement that in calculating the incremental revenue only over the duration of the agreement, long-term gains are not taken into account.
med hensyn til aftalen om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem TUIFly og FZG den 1. april 2008:
In response, the Commission refers to its reasoning developed in recitals 376 and 377, that it is indeed appropriate to take only the incremental costs and revenues generated over the duration of the agreement into account.
med hensyn til aftalen om lufthavnstjenester og markedsføringsaftaler indgået mellem Ryanair og FZG den 22. september 2008 og mellem AMS og delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz den 6. oktober 2008:
The Commission also takes note of Germany's submission that the marketing services agreement could not be regarded as only producing costs, but should be also viewed as generating income.
den uforenelige støtte.
Germany did not propose any methodology to evaluate the specific incremental revenue generated by the marketing services agreement beyond increasing traffic (and thus also non-aeronautical revenues) at the airport.
De beløb, der skal inddrives, tilskrives rente fra den dato, hvor de blev stillet til rådighed for modtagerne, indtil de er tilbagebetalt.
In any event, the Commission has already determined in recitals 347 et seq. that a MEO would take only the incremental revenue of the airport into account in evaluating the positive effects of the marketing services agreement.
Tyskland skal oplyse de nøjagtige datoer, hvor statens støtte blev stillet til rådighed for de respektive støttemodtagere.
As regards incremental operating costs in particular, the Commission must base itself on the data provided by Germany and FGAZ/FZG as long as these appear reasonable, as it is not itself in a position to independently estimate those costs.
Rentebeløbet beregnes med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 [119].
The same is, in principle, true for the incremental investment costs, as Germany and FGAZ/FZG are in a better position to estimate which investment can be directly traced back to a particular airport services agreement.
Tyskland indstiller alle udestående betalinger af den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte med virkning fra datoen for vedtagelsen af denne afgørelse.
Having analysed the information provided by Germany, the Commission accepts the general calculation of the incremental costs as reasonable.
Artikel 4
Furthermore, it appears reasonable that the hiring of additional staff to handle Germanwings and initial investments in renovating the terminal can be traced back to the first agreement with Germanwings, as that agreement was the trigger to forcefully develop commercial aviation at Zweibrücken.
Tilbagesøgningen af den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte iværksættes øjeblikkeligt og effektivt.
As the expected discounted result is negative for the first Germanwings agreement as well as for the TUIFly and Ryanair agreements, the Commission finds that FGAZ/FZG did not act like a MEO in concluding those agreements.
Tyskland sikrer, at denne afgørelse efterkommes senest fire måneder efter meddelelsestidspunktet.
The Airport could not have expected to cover at least the incremental costs brought about by any one of those agreements.
Artikel 5
As FGAZ/FZG thus did not behave like a MEO, its decision to conclude the agreements on those terms granted Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair an economic advantage.
Senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse sender Tyskland følgende oplysninger:
In contrast, the second Germanwings agreement could have been expected to lead to a positive discounted result.
det samlede støttebeløb modtaget af støttemodtagerne, herunder:
In concluding that agreement, FGAZ/FZG therefore did not grant an economic advantage to Germanwings.
beløbet af direkte investeringsstøtte, kapitalindsprøjtninger og den tilsvarende kontantværdi af de fordelagtige lån, der dækkede omkostningerne til brandvæsenet og de omkostninger, som lufthavnsoperatøren har ret til at få godtgjort i henhold til § 8, stk. 3, i Luftsicherheitsgesetz
The economic advantage identified in recitals 376 et seq. was granted on a selective basis, as only airlines operating from Zweibrücken Airport benefited from it.
oplysninger om FGAZ/FZG's kreditværdighed, da garantien på 100 % blev udstedt, og da hvert lån fra likviditetspuljen blev ydet, med henblik på at sætte Kommissionen i stand til at bestemme den tilsvarende kontantværdi af garantien og de fordelagtige betingelser for lån fra likviditetspuljen i overensstemmelse med henholdsvis Kommissionens meddelelse om anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88 på statsstøtte i form af garantier og meddelelse fra Kommissionen om revision af metoden for fastsættelse af referencesatsen og kalkulationsrenten af 12. december 2007
In this context, the argument advanced by Germany that the discounts on airport charges granted to airlines flying from Zweibrücken were not selective must be rejected.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og renter), der skal tilbagesøges fra hver støttemodtager
Germany argued that the discounts were open to all airlines wishing to operate from Zweibrücken, which allegedly rendered them non-selective.
en detaljeret beskrivelse af allerede trufne og planlagte foranstaltninger med henblik på at efterkomme denne afgørelse
In response, the Commission first observes that the individual agreements concluded with the airlines diverge from the schedule of charges and from each other (see recitals 67 to 72), thus containing individually-negotiated conditions.
dokumentation for, at støttemodtageren har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
The precise advantage granted would then appear to be selective as regards each individual airline.
Tyskland underretter Kommissionen om udviklingen i de foranstaltninger, der træffes for at efterkomme denne afgørelse, indtil den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte er fuldt tilbagebetalt.
Secondly, however, the Commission observes that even if the schedule of charges had been applied in the same way to each airline wishing to operate from Zweibrücken, any advantage conferred thereunder would still have to be considered selective.
Tyskland indsender på Kommissionens anmodning straks oplysninger om, hvilke foranstaltninger der allerede er truffet eller planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen.
As Advocate-General Mengozzi opined in the Deutsche Lufthansa AG v Flughafen Frankfurt-Hahn GmbH case, accepting Germany's argumentation would amount to ‘radically denying the possibility of classifying as State aid the conditions on which a public undertaking offers its services where those conditions are applicable to all its contracting parties without distinction’ [104].
Tyskland giver tillige detaljerede oplysninger om de støttebeløb og renter, støttemodtagerne allerede har tilbagebetalt.
Advocate-General Mengozzi further remarked that
Artikel 6
‘in my opinion, the Commission correctly observed, such an exclusion would not appear to be in line with either the case-law of the Court according to which public interventions which affect all the traders of a particular economic sector without distinction can also be selective in nature, nor with the various precedents where selective benefits arising from the provision of goods or services by public (or private) undertakings at identical rates or on identical conditions for all operators carrying on a specific activity were regarded as selective’ [105].
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland.
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 [106].
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 1. oktober 2014.
For all practical purposes, a distortion of competition is thus assumed as soon as a State grants a financial advantage to an undertaking in a liberalised sector where there is, or could be, competition.
På Kommissionens vegne
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 [107].
Næstformand
Since the entry into force of the third package on the liberalisation of air transport on 1 January 1993 [108], air carriers can freely operate flights on intra-European connections.
Med virkning fra 1. december 2009 er EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88 blevet til henholdsvis artikel 107 og 108 i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (herefter »TEUF«).
As the Court of Justice has observed,
De to sæt artikler er indholdsmæssigt identiske.
‘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’ [109].(394) The Commission has found that FGAZ/FZG and the Land Rhineland-Palatinate granted a selective advantage to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair.
I nærværende afgørelse skal henvisninger til artikel 107 og 108 i TEUF efter omstændighederne forstås som henvisninger til EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88.
These airlines are active on a competitive, Union-wide market and the advantage they received was liable to improve their competitive position on that market.
I TEUF blev der også foretaget visse terminologiske ændringer, bl.a. blev »Fællesskabet« erstattet af »Unionen«, og »fællesmarkedet« af »det indre marked«.
In this light, the Commission finds that the advantage granted to Germanwings, TUIFly and Ryanair is liable to distort competition and affect trade between Member States.
Terminologien i TEUF vil blive benyttet i hele denne afgørelse.
For the foregoing reasons, the Commission finds that Germanwings, TUIFly, and Ryanair have received State aid, amounting to approximately EUR 1054985, EUR 232781, and EUR 464879, respectively.
EUT C 216 af 21.7.2012, s. 56.
The Commission notes that Germany has not advanced any arguments to show that the aid granted to TUIFly, Germanwings and Ryanair is compatible with the internal market.
Skriftlig forespørgsel E-6470/08 af 2. december 2008 af Hiltrud Breyer (Verts/ALE) til Kommissionen vedrørende delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz' støtte til lufthavnen Zweibrücken.
Following the case law of the Court of Justice [110], the Commission recalls that it is Germany's responsibility to indicate the legal basis on which a State aid measure could be found compatible with the internal market and to demonstrate that all required conditions are met.
Kommissionens meddelelse om retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber (EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3).
In the opening decision the Commission requested Germany to provide information on whether compatibility could be established pursuant to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
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).
Germany, however, did not make any submissions with a view to showing that the relevant conditions for compatible start-up aid under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines were met.
EF-retningslinjer for finansiering af lufthavne og statslig startstøtte til luftfartsselskaber, som opererer fra regionale lufthavne (EUT C 312 af 9.12.2005, s. 1).
Nor did the interested parties who submitted comments put forward any arguments demonstrating the compatibility of the State aid measure with the internal market.
EUT C 113 af 15.4.2014, s. 30.
The Commission nevertheless finds it useful to briefly consider whether the State aid in question could be considered compatible start-up aid.
Forordning nr. 1 af 15. april 1958 om den ordning, der skal gælde for Det Europæiske Økonomiske Fællesskab på det sproglige område (EFT 17 af 6.10.1958, s. 385/58).
Applicable legal framework
Kommissionens afgørelse af 22. december 1993 — K (93) 3964/6 — Konver I — og Kommissionens afgørelse af 21. december 1995 — K (95) 3208 — Konver II.
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that:
For Rheinland-Pfalz omfattede ombygningsprojekterne den militære flyveplads i Zweibrücken.
‘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.
Unionens finansiering beløb sig til 9 mio. EUR.
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.
http://www.flughafen-zweibruecken.de/de/wir-ueber-uns-de/daten-und-fakten-de
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’ [111].
Alle afstande er angivet i vejkilometer baseret på den hurtigste vej.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that:
Kilde:
‘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.’
maps.google.com, pr. 25. juni 2014.
As the agreements with Germanwings, TUIFly, and Ryanair 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.