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However, these acts did not provide for any financial compensation mechanism for the CCI, based on parameters established in advance in an objective and transparent manner.
kontrakterne af 2. januar 2007
Likewise, the Concession Agreement, which defined the CCI-Airport’s obligations for the period from February to December 2006, also did not provide for any financial compensation mechanism for the operator.
tillægskontrakten af 1. august 2007
As a result, the financial support measures granted to the CCI-Airport do not satisfy the second Altmark condition.
kontrakterne af 1. november 2007
VTAN operating period (2007-2012)
kontrakterne af 27. august 2008
The compensation paid to VTAN by the SMAN was granted under the CDSP and its annexes, which stipulated the obligations of both parties within the airport operation task and which defined the arrangements for calculating the flat-rate contribution paid to VTAN by the SMAN.
kontrakterne af 25. august 2009
However, the arrangements for calculating this contribution were subsequently altered by four amendments.
tillægskontrakten af 18. august 2010
In particular, amendment No 3 to the CDSP provided for the SMAN to grant VTAN a subsidy of EUR [100000-300000] for 2009 and specifically altered the wording of Clause 27-4 of the CDSP, which from that date stipulated that ‘the flat-rate contribution may be increased by the amount of subsidies received by the Delegating Authority from other authorities’.
tillægskontrakten af 30. november 2010
Amendment No 3 therefore introduced new calculation parameters, which were not objective because they were unconnected with VTAN’s costs and revenues.
I alt
As a result, the flat-rate contribution does not satisfy the second Altmark condition.
Som forklaret i afsnit 7.1.1.2.3 mener Kommissionen, at Ryanair og AMS udgør én samlet økonomisk enhed, og at marketingkontrakterne og kontrakterne om lufthavnstjenester, som blev indgået samtidig, skal anses for at udgøre én enkelt transaktion mellem denne enhed og enten CCI eller VTAN.
The specific public contribution and equipment subsidies referred to in recital 565 also do not satisfy this condition because they involved exceptional financial support that was not established at the start.
Som følge heraf mener Kommissionen, at Ryanair og AMS hæfter solidarisk for hele tilbagebetalingen af den støtte, de har modtaget gennem de kontrakter, der er indgået fra 2005 til 2010, dvs. et vejledende beløb på [5000000-7000000] EUR i hovedstol.
Arrangements for selecting the service provider (fourth condition)
De franske myndigheder skal tilbagesøge de førnævnte beløb inden fire måneder fra datoen for meddelelse af denne afgørelse.
As a result, the financial support measures granted to the CCI-Airport do not satisfy the fourth Altmark condition.
I den forbindelse skal de franske myndigheder desuden tillægge støttebeløbet renter beregnet fra den dato, hvor den omhandlede støtte blev stillet til rådighed for virksomheden, dvs. på hver dato for faktisk udbetaling af støtten og indtil tilbagebetaling er sket i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004.
Veolia Transport was selected following a negotiated procedure, which was preceded by a notice of a competitive public tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Da de pengestrømme, som i det foreliggende tilfælde udgør støtten, er komplekse og effektueres på mange forskellige datoer i løbet af året, endda løbende for visse indtægtskategorier, vurderer Kommissionen, at det er acceptabelt vedrørende beregningen af renter at antage, at tidspunktet for betaling af den omhandlede støtte ligger den sidste dag i den periode, for hvilken beløbet er beregnet (f.eks. den 31. december, hvis den pågældende periode er et kalenderår, eller den 31. oktober, hvis den pågældende periode går fra 1. januar til 31. oktober et givet år).
Under EU law, the French authorities therefore had recourse to a negotiated procedure with prior publication of a contract notice.
Ved at vælge den sidste dag i den undersøgte periode anlægger Kommissionen således den gunstigste tilgang for støttemodtagerne.
The Commission generally takes the view that a negotiated procedure with prior publication can be deemed to satisfy the fourth Altmark condition only in exceptional cases.
Ifølge Domstolen kan en medlemsstat, der støder på uforudsete eller uforudsigelige problemer eller opdager virkninger, som Kommissionen kan have overset, fremlægge disse problemer for Kommissionen, som kan overveje dem, samt fremsætte forslag til passende ændringer.
It notes, in this respect, that, once the two tenderers having responded to the invitation to tender had submitted their tenders, the SMAN initiated negotiations with each one.
I så fald skal Kommissionen og den berørte medlemsstat samarbejde efter bedste evne med henblik på at overvinde vanskelighederne, samtidig med at bestemmelserne i TEUF fuldt ud overholdes.
Contacts were made in particular between Veolia Transport and the SMAN in order to clarify, and even amend, certain important aspects of Veolia Transport’s tender.
Kommissionen anmoder således de franske myndigheder om at forelægge enhver vanskelighed, de måtte støde på under efterlevelsen af denne afgørelse —
France has indicated, for example, that on 20 September 2006 Veolia Transport made further proposals over and above its initial tender, in the light of information contained in the SMAN’s letter of 6 September 2006.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
Moreover, on 4 October 2006 Veolia Transport submitted a series of clarifications amending essential elements of its tender, such as (i) introducing a ‘downturn scenario’ leading to a change in the flat-rate contribution if the airport’s activity were to be reduced; (ii) changing the formulas stipulated for updating the general balance of the delegation; or even (iii) amending the undertakings made with regard to staff costs.
Artikel 1
Moreover, in the decision awarding the contract at the end of the procedure, the SMAN stated that Veolia Transport’s tender was the most advantageous with regard to the criteria laid down by the consultation rules, in particular: (i) commercial development policy; (ii) financial control; (iii) security; and (iv) quality undertaking.
kontrakten om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan og Ryanair den 10. oktober 2005 og kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan og Airport Marketing Services samme dag
In this respect, it seems that VTAN mainly used the CCI-Airport’s operating figures to establish its forecasts.
kontrakten om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Ryanair den 2. januar 2007 og kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services samme dag
However, there is nothing to confirm that the CCI-Airport acted as a typical undertaking, well-run and adequately equipped.
tillægskontrakten af 1. august 2007 til kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services den 2. januar 2007
As a result, the financial support measures granted to VTAN do not satisfy the fourth Altmark condition.
kontrakten om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Ryanair den 1. november 2007 og kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services samme dag
As established above, none of the measures in question satisfies the cumulative conditions of the Altmark judgment.
kontrakten om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Ryanair den 27. august 2008 og kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services samme dag
It therefore remains to determine whether the various measures in question were likely to enable the CCI-Airport or VTAN to avoid having to bear costs that would normally have had to be met out of their own financial resources or whether these corresponded to normal market conditions.
tillægskontrakten af 25. august 2009 til kontrakten om lufthavnstjenester indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Ryanair den 27. august 2008 og tillægskontrakten af 25. august 2009 til kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services den 27. august 2008
Analysis of the existence of an economic advantage — Measures likely to enable the CCI-Airport and VTAN to avoid costs that they would normally have had to bear
tillægskontrakten af 18. august 2010 til kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services den 27. august 2008
The ‘exceptional subsidies’ totalling EUR 1,35 million received in 2005 from the CAAC, the CANM and the CGG were non-repayable subsidies granted without any prospect of a return on their investment for the authorities concerned.
tillægskontrakten af 30. november 2010 til kontrakten om marketingydelser indgået mellem Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes og Airport Marketing Services den 27. august 2008.
The same was true of the subsidy of EUR 200000 granted to the CCI-Airport by the CCI’s general arm in 2006.
Artikel 2
This non-repayable subsidy was in fact granted in order to finance the operating deficit that the CCI-Airport was facing in the final year of the period during which it operated the airport, and there was consequently no prospect of profitability for the CCI’s general arm.
Kontrakten af 11. april 2000 mellem Ryanair og handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan udgør ikke statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
With regard to the repayable advances, it should firstly be noted that these were equivalent to interest-free loans granted by the CCI’s general arm to the CCI-Airport.
Tillægskontrakten af 30. januar 2000 til kontrakten om marketingydelser mellem Ryanair og handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan og Airport Marketing Services af 10. oktober 2005 udgør ikke statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
According to France, ‘The fact that the advances were made available without applying an interest rate is not moreover sufficient for the Commission to conclude that they constituted State aid.
Tillægskontrakten af 17. oktober 2006 til kontrakten om marketingydelser mellem handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan og Airport Marketing Services af 10. oktober 2005 udgør ikke statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
In accordance with General Court case-law, it must be accepted that lenders, due to their prior capacity as shareholders, can agree to grant interest-free loans or guarantees not remunerated by premiums.
Artikel 3
Likewise, it should be accepted that it was normal for the CCI, as the airport concession-holder, to make sufficient resources available to its airport arm so that the latter could ensure the continued operation of Nîmes airport’ (footnotes omitted).
De tilbagebetalingspligtige forskud, som afdelingen for generelle anliggender under handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan ydede sin lufthavnsafdeling fra 2002 til 2006, er statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Such an argument might be relevant only if, by granting these advances to allow the continued operation of Nîmes airport, the CCI expected the airport to become profitable in the more or less long term, allowing the CCI not only to see these advances repaid, but also to receive a ‘return on its investment’ remunerating the capital committed, through any profits made by the airport.
Det specifikke offentlige bidrag, der blev indført til fordel for Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes ved tillægskontrakt nr.o4 til den i stk. 3 omhandlede kontrakt, udgør statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
In its reply, France did not mention any prospect of a ‘return’ on the repayable advances, aside from the assurance of this repayment by the state at the end of the concession.
Tillægskontrakt nr. 2 til den i stk. 3, omhandlede kontrakt, udgør ikke statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Quite clearly, at the time when it granted the various repayable advances, the CCI could not have expected the airport’s operation to become profitable, allowing the CCI-Airport to repay the advances granted while leaving a profit margin that could remunerate the capital committed by the CCI’s general arm.
De infrastrukturtilskud, der blev indført ved tillægskontrakt nr. 4 til den i stk. 3 omhandlede kontrakt, udgør ikke statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
In fact, the repayable advances were granted from 2002.
De tilskud, som blev bevilget handels- og industrikammeret i Nîmes-Uzès-Le Vigan og Veolia Transport Aéroport de Nîmes i overensstemmelse med det nationale system for finansiering af statslige opgaver i franske lufthavne, udgør ikke statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
At that stage, Air France had already withdrawn from Nîmes airport and the town was already being served by the TGV.
Den i stk. 1-4, i denne artikel omhandlede statsstøtte er forenelig med det indre marked efter artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Furthermore, as shown by Table 2, the airport’s losses since 1999 steadily became worse from that date, increasing from EUR 269000 to EUR 796000.
Artikel 4
Its losses continued to worsen after that date, reaching EUR 2,4 million in 2003 (the year when Air Littoral terminated its services to Paris), before falling to EUR 643000 in 2005.
Frankrig skal tilbagesøge den i artikel 1 omhandlede statsstøtte fra støttemodtagerne.
Lastly, as shown by the analysis of the agreements between the CCI-Airport and Ryanair/AMS, in 2002 the CCI-Airport had already started to sign agreements with Ryanair that would erode the airport’s profitability, which it did until 2005 inclusive.
Ryanair og Airport Marketing Services hæfter solidarisk for tilbagebetaling af den i artikel 1, stk. 2, omhandlede støtte.
Finally, in the absence of the exceptional subsidies, the CCI-Airport’s results would have been even worse, thus ruling out any prospect of a return on the capital invested.
Den støtte, der skal tilbagesøges, pålægges renter fra det tidspunkt, hvor den blev udbetalt til støttemodtageren, og indtil den er blevet tilbagebetalt.
In the light of all these factors, the CCI could not have considered that there was any likelihood of it receiving any return, in the more or less short term, on the capital that it had committed through the advances granted to the CCI-Airport.
Beløbet beregnes med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 og Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 271/2008 om ændring af forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004.
The CCI could even have legitimately harboured serious doubts that the CCI-Airport would one day be able to repay the CCI.
Frankrig annullerer alle igangværende udbetalinger af den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte fra det tidspunkt, hvor denne afgørelse vedtages.
Very significant repayable advances therefore had to be granted every year from 2002 to 2006, totalling around EUR 7 million, which was in addition to EUR 2,7 million of repayable advances granted up to the end of 2001.
Artikel 5
In this respect, France has stated that no precise deadline was set for repayment of the advances by the CCI-Airport and that these advances were determined each year in order to balance the CCI-Airport’s budget.
Tilbagesøgningen af den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte iværksættes omgående og effektivt.
Furthermore, although it was stipulated that the state would repay the balance of the repayable advances at the end of the concession, it was not planned for it to pay any interest rate correctly remunerating the credit granted by the CCI to its airport arm.
Frankrig skal efterkomme denne afgørelse senest fire måneder efter meddelelsen deraf.
Given all the above, it seems that the CCI did not act towards its airport arm as an MEO motivated by the prospect of profits would have done.
Artikel 6
In conclusion, the exceptional subsidies and repayable advances each conferred an economic advantage on the CCI-Airport.
Frankrig underretter senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse Kommissionen om følgende:
In addition, as these advantages each benefited a single undertaking, they were selective.
de støttebeløb, der skal tilbagesøges i henhold til artikel 4
Under the CDSP, the SMAN undertook to pay a flat-rate contribution to VTAN throughout the term of the public service delegation, amounting to EUR [1,2-1,5] million in the ‘reference scenario’ and EUR [1,0-1,3] million in the ‘downturn scenario’.
beregningen af renter
VTAN undertook to pay an annual fee of one euro for the occupation of the land, structures and infrastructure.
en detaljeret beskrivelse af, hvilke foranstaltninger der allerede er truffet eller er planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen
As this agreement represented a significant net cost for the SMAN, which could not have expected any tangible financial return on the amounts committed under this agreement, it did not correspond to normal market conditions and conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
dokumenter, der godtgør, at støttemodtagerne har fået besked på at tilbagebetale støtten.
Amendment No 1 to the CDSP increased the flat-rate contribution by EUR [20000-50000], without any prospect of a return for the SMAN.
Frankrig holder løbende Kommissionen orienteret om de nationale foranstaltninger, der træffes for at efterkomme denne afgørelse, indtil den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte er fuldt tilbagebetalt.
This was intended to compensate for the loss of revenue that VTAN could have expected on becoming the airport operator, but which it was forced to relinquish subsequently.
På Kommissionens anmodning giver Frankrig omgående oplysninger om de planlagte eller allerede gennemførte foranstaltninger med henblik på at efterkomme denne afgørelse.
Like the CDSP itself, Amendment No 1 represented a net cost for the SMAN without any prospect of a return, and did not correspond to normal market conditions.
Frankrig fremsender ligeledes detaljer vedrørende de støttebeløb og renter, støttemodtagerne allerede har tilbagebetalt.
It therefore conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 23. juli 2014.
This stipulated that VTAN would renew the terminal’s air-conditioning system and that the SMAN would compensate VTAN for the undepreciated value of the equipment at the end of the delegation.
På Kommissionens vegne
However, prior to the signature of Amendment No 2, Article 25.2 of the CDSP stipulated that all the necessary investments were the responsibility of the SMAN, except for a limited list of investments that were VTAN’s responsibility under Article 25.1 of the CDSP.
Næstformand
As a result, without Amendment No 2, it would have been the SMAN, and not VTAN, that would have had to finance the renewal of the air-conditioning system, which had become unusable.
Med virkning fra den 1. december 2009 er EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88 blevet til henholdsvis artikel 107 og 108 i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (»TEUF«).
Amendment No 2 did not therefore reduce the costs that would normally have had to be met out of VTAN’s financial resources.
De to sæt bestemmelser er i det væsentlige identiske.
On the contrary, it represented a financially advantageous solution for the SMAN, which would have had to cover the investment in question, but which, thanks to Amendment No 2, did not have to commit the necessary sums and only had to finance the undepreciated value of the equipment at the end of the delegation.
I denne afgørelse skal henvisninger til artikel 107 og 108 i TEUF efter omstændighederne forstås som henvisninger til EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88.
Amendment No 2 did not therefore confer any economic advantage on VTAN and is not therefore State aid.
Det er TEUF-terminologien, der anvendes i denne afgørelse.
It was stipulated that the equipment subsidies would be readjusted at the end of the delegation in order to bring the payments into line with the expenditure actually incurred by VTAN.
EFT L 240 af 24.8.1992, s. 8.
Without Amendment No 4, the corresponding investment costs, which became necessary due to the closure of the airbase, would have had to be met by the SMAN.
EUT C 241 af 10.8.2012, s. 11.
The equipment subsidies did not therefore reduce the costs that would normally have had to be met out of VTAN’s financial resources.
Se fodnote 3.
On the other hand, from the SMAN’s point of view, it was economically rational to ask VTAN, as the airport operator, to make the necessary investments identified by working groups composed of various stakeholders, by granting it financial compensation limited to the costs incurred, through the readjustment mechanism at the end of the delegation.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen — Retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber, EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3.
In operational terms, it was in fact efficient for the airport operator to make these investments.
EUT C 113 af 15.4.2014, s. 30.
The equipment subsidies did not therefore confer any economic advantage on VTAN and are not State aid.
Bekendtgørelsen om tilladelse til midlertidig benyttelse af 12. november 1986.
As regards the specific public contribution, also established by Amendment No 4, this was a subsidy granted by the SMAN without any prospect of a return, just like the flat-rate contribution established by the initial version of the CDSP.
Tværministeriel bekendtgørelse af 31. januar 2006.
It did not correspond to normal market conditions.
De franske myndigheder præciserer, at den retlige form »syndicat mixte« (i det følgende benævnt »den blandede gruppe«), jf. artikel L-5721-1 ff. og R 5721-1 ff. i Code général des collectivités territoriales, bl.a. gør det muligt for lokale forvaltningsmyndigheder og andre offentlige instanser at gå sammen om at drive offentlige foretagender af interesse for dem hver især.
In conclusion, the flat-rate contribution, as established by the initial version of the CDSP and increased by Amendments Nos 1 and 3, conferred an economic advantage on VTAN.
SMAN forvaltes af en Comité syndical bestående af delegerede repræsentanter for medlemmerne.
In addition, as these advantages benefited a single undertaking, they were selective.
Bekendtgørelse om oprettelse af SMAN af 9. december 2005.
On the other hand, neither Amendment No 2 nor the equipment subsidies conferred any economic advantage on VTAN.
Aftale om public service-kontrakten af 31. januar 2006.
These measures do not therefore constitute State aid.
Comité Syndicals beslutning af 30. juni 2011.
Nîmes airport is in particular in competition with other airport platforms, and especially those serving all or part of the same catchment area, such as Montpellier and Avignon airports.
Forsvarsministeriel bekendtgørelse om forvaltningsoverdragelse af 30. juni 2011.
Aid granted to the operator of Nîmes airport (the CCI-Airport or VTAN) therefore risks distorting competition.
En aftale af 30. juni 2011 indgået mellem staten og SMAN fastsætter endvidere listen over de aktiver, der stilles til SMAN's rådighed, og de nærmere oplysninger om aktiver, som har været genstand for midlertidige benyttelsestilladelser med eller uden tinglige rettigheder til fordel for tredjemand.
In this respect, the Commission notes that Montpellier airport is only 63 km from Nîmes airport.
Conseil d'Etats dom af 20. maj 1998, »Syndicat des Compagnies aériennes autonomes« ( »SCARA«).
As the airport service market and air transport market are open to competition within the EU, aid also risks affecting trade between Member States.
Nu kodificeret i artikel 1609 w i den franske skattelov (Code général des impôts).
More generally it should be noted that EU airport operators are in competition with each other to attract airlines.