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Ud over Ryanair og Transavia blev lufthavnen tidligere betjent af Air Berlin, Wizz Air, XL Airways, Sky Airlines, Corendon Airlines og Bulgaria Air samt af charterselskaberne Tailwind og Solid Executive (se betragtning 11 i indledningsafgørelsen).
The construction and modernisation of taxiways and aprons needed to be carried out to start civil flights operations.
Forretningshemmelighed.
As argued by Germany, the infrastructure project has been undertaken only to the extent it was necessary to attain the goals set: while the infrastructure was built for a maximum passenger traffic of 3,5 million passenger, traffic statistics displayed in Table 1 show that the traffic steadily increased until 2010 to reach a record 2,9 million passengers, before going down to 2,2 million in 2012.
Kilde: http://unternehmen.airport-weeze.com/de/kurzportrait.html.
This means that the expected traffic demand largely met the actual demand and that the project is not disproportionately large or elaborate.
Spørgsmålet blev først afgjort den 1. februar 2007, da Bundesverwaltungsgericht gav tilladelse til flydrift i lufthavnen.
The Commission can therefore conclude that the infrastructure in question is necessary and proportional to the objectives, which have been set.
Med de regionale myndigheders ændring af driftslicensen den 1. maj 2009 var gældende ret fuldt overholdt.
The infrastructure has satisfactory medium-term prospects for use, in particular as regards the use of existing infrastructure
Basisrentesatsen justeres den 1. januar og den 1. juli hvert år med de procentpoint, som referencesatsen er steget eller faldet med siden den sidste ændring i basisrentesatsen.
As previously explained, Niederrhein-Weeze airport has reached in 2010 a number of passengers (2,9 million passengers) close to its capacity limit (3,5 million passengers.
Referencesatsen er rentesatsen for den Den Europæiske Centralbanks seneste primære genfinansieringstransaktion før den første kalenderdag i den relevante seksmåneders periode.
This traffic has been reached within 6 years of operations only, which is much faster than other German airports devoted to the same LCC strategy (like Cassel or Hahn) The significant growth of Niederrhein-Weeze airport results from the important role of the airport in decongesting Düsseldorf and Eindhoven airports and the density of the population in the catchment area (more than 35 million inhabitants).
Ingen af kontrakterne indeholder en særlig bestemmelse om for sent betalte renter, idet der findes retlige forskrifter herom i artikel 288 i BGB, som finder anvendelse på alle låneaftaler.
All potential users of the infrastructure have access to it in an equal and non- discriminatory manner
Nærværende afgørelse omfatter ikke denne ombytning af gæld til andele eller en hvilken som helst anden foranstaltning, der måtte være blevet ydet af Tyskland til FN GmbH fra 2011 og frem.
The Commission observes that the civil infrastructures in place has always been open to all potential users in a non-discriminatory manner.
Dette betyder, at da EEL GmbH forlængede lånene til FN GmbH, blev dets egne lån, som var ydet af Landkreis Kleve, og lånene ydet af [bank] til EEL GmbH for et beløb på [1-5] mio. EUR forlænget tilsvarende.
The development of trade is not affected to an extent contrary to the interest of the EU
Fællesskabets rammebestemmelser for statsstøtte til redning og omstrukturering af kriseramte virksomheder (EUT C 244 af 1.10.2004, s. 2).
At the time of the granting of the aid on 15 October 2002, Niederrhein-Weeze airport served less than 1 million passengers per annum, which qualified it according to the 2005 Aviation Guidelines as a small regional airport (category D) [80].
Se fodnote 16.
Niederrhein-Weeze airport's catchment area is the Western regions of Germany and the Eastern regions of the Netherlands.
Se fodnote 7.
As previously explained, Niederrhein-Weeze airport has not significantly harmed competition in this catchment area, that is Düsseldorf and Eindhoven airports, which were hit by severe congestion problems and slot shortages (see Recital 268).
Dette tilbud blev imidlertid aldrig en realitet.
In addition, Niederrhein-Weeze airport is neither served by a train connection nor by a connection to the motorway system, contrary to its two competitors.
Se betragtning 38 for yderligere oplysninger om de endelige luftfartsretningslinjer fra 2014.
Furthermore, the Commission notes that the business travel segment occupies a significant 40 % market share at Düsseldorf airport, while it only represents only 7 % at Niederrhein-Weeze.
Se forenede sager Chronopost v Ufex m.fl., C-83/01 P, C-93/01 P og C-94/01, EU:C:2003:388, præmis 37.
As regards Eindhoven airport, the Commission observes that this facility serves both civil and military flight operations and that the financing of the infrastructure costs is accordingly shared between the civil airport managers and the Dutch military.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen om revision af metoden for fastsættelse af referencesatsen og kalkulationsrenten (EUT C 14 af 19.1.2008, s. 6).
In 2010 and 2011, Eindhoven airport paid around EUR 1 million annually to compensate the Dutch military mostly for the cost of the infrastructure maintenance, security, air control, but it did not incur the initial investment costs that Niederrhein-Weeze had to (partially) bear.
Kommissionens meddelelse om metoden for fastsættelse af referencesatsen og kalkulationsrenten (EFT C 273 af 9.9.1997, s. 3).
In addition, the aid intensity of the overall project (see section on the necessity and proportionality of the aid further below) is limited to its funding gap.
Kommissionens afgørelse af 15.6.2011, N 322010 — betragtning 49, http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/237041/237041_1243261_83_3.pdf.
The shareholders of the airport operator will finance more than 50 % of the investment costs.
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).
On the basis of the above, the Commission can therefore conclude, that the development of trade is not affected to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Navnlig dom af 12. december 2000, Aéroports de Paris mod Kommissionen, T-128/98, Sml. 2000 II, s. 3929, EU:T:2000:290, dom af 17. december 2008, Ryanair mod Kommissionen, T-196/04, EU:T:2008:585 og dom af 24. marts 2011, Freistaat Sachsen og Land Sachsen-Anhalt mod Kommissionen m.fl., T-443/08, EU:T:2011:117.
Necessity and proportionality of the aid
SA.
In addition, the aid is considered to be proportionate, only if the same result could not be reached with less aid and less distortion.
30743 — Finanzierung von Infrastrukturprojekten am Flughafen Leipzig/Halle (EUT C 284 af 28.9.2011, s. 6).
This means that the amount and intensity of the aid must be limited to the minimum needed for the aided activity to take place.
Se betragtning 54 i indledningsafgørelsen.
According to Germany, the aid was necessary because the development of the airport would have been jeopardised given the tight financial situation of FN GmbH at the time of the granting of the aid.
Salzgitter mod Kommissionen, C-408/04, EU:C:2008:236, præmis 106.
Germany also adds that, if the project had been undertaken directly by public authorities, these authorities would have had to cover the construction costs as well as the initial operating losses.
Indekset benyttes til at fastsætte renten på hovedsagelig tyske bankobligationer med AAA-rating.
The Commission shares this view and notes that the public support was granted in a period when FN GmbH' private shareholders realised very significant investments into the infrastructure in the start-up phase of the project (EUR [20-60] million in 2002-2003), while bearing the initial operational losses of the airport.
De berørte tredjeparter begrunder deres tvivl om dette punkt ved at hævde, at Airport Network B.V. havde vedvarende tab.
It is doubtful that local authorities with limited financial resources like the district of Kleve and the commune of Weeze could have borne the financial burden of such a large scale project on their own, while they could reach the same result with a limited involvement by backing up a private initiative.
Demesa og Territorio Histórico de Álava mod Kommissionen, forenede sager C-183/02 P og C-187/02 P, EU:C:2004:701, præmis 52.
In view of the risky nature of the project, which constitutes one of the very few cases of private airports in Europe, a limited public support seems therefore well justified at its start-up phase.
Retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber (EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3).
According to Germany, without the aid, the investment could not have been carried out to the same extent absent measure 1, 2 and 3.
Dom af 24. marts 2011, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG og Flughafen Leipzig-Halle GmbH mod Kommissionen, forenede sager T-443/08 og T-455/08,, EU:T:2011:117, særlig præmis 93 og 94, bekræftet af Mitteldeutsche Flughafen og Flughafen Leipzig-Halle mod Kommissionen, sag C-288/11 P, EU:C:2012:821.
As rightly argued by Germany, only a limited number of investments could have been carried out, such as the widening of the runway.
Kommissionens direktiv 2006/111/EF af 16. november 2006 om gennemskueligheden af de økonomiske forbindelser mellem medlemsstaterne og de offentlige virksomheder og om den finansielle gennemsigtighed i bestemte virksomheder (EUT L 318 af 17.11.2006, s. 17).
It would have been necessary to delay certain investments substantially, thereby causing the airport to face serious operational difficulties or preventing them from meeting the expected demand of airlines and passengers in the catchment area.
»Selskabets formål er at udvikle og åbne den tidligere NATO-flyveplads Weeze-Laarbruch, hvilket omfatter den nødvendige infrastruktur og de nødvendige tekniske faciliteter samt vedligeholdelse og istandsættelse som forberedelse til erhvervsmæssig brug«.
Therefore, it may be concluded that aid measures 1, 2 and 3 have an incentive effect, as they enabled the beneficiary to carry out the investment.
Weeze kommunes eneste økonomiske støtte bestod i den oprindelige tilførsel af kapital til EEL GmbH ved selskabets etablering, men kommunen støttede op om alle EEL GmbH's og Landkreis Kleves beslutninger.
With regard to the assessment of the proportionality of Measure 2, the level of public funding actually granted to the airport amounted to EUR [2-5] million.
I medfør af stk. 53 i Haushaltsgrundsätzegesetz, hvori der fastsættes budgetmæssige og regnskabsmæssige principper for offentlige enheder i Tyskland.
As explained in Recital 46, this support measure corresponds to the financing of 50 % of the eligible costs under the 1993 Decree.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen til medlemsstaterne: Anvendelse af EØF-traktatens artikel 92 og 93 og af artikel 5 i Kommissionens direktiv 80/723/EØF på offentlige virksomheder i fremstillingssektoren (EFT C 307 af 13.11.1993, s. 3, stk. 11).
The remaining amount (EUR [2-5] million) has been financed by FN GmbH.
Meddelelsen er rettet mod fremstillingssektoren, men finder også anvendelse på andre økonomiske sektorer.
Consequently, the aid intensity amounts to 50 %.
Se også sag T-16/96, Cityflyer, Sml. 1998 II, s. 757, præmis 51.
As the 2005 Aviation Guidelines leave open the issue of aid intensities, the maximum permissible aid amount has to be limited to what is strictly necessary.
I referencesatsmeddelelsen fra 2008 defineres en metode til fastsættelse af de referencesatser og kalkulationsrenter, som anvendes i stedet for markedssatserne.
The Commission notes that the investments supported by Measure 2 were funded under pari passu terms.
Kommissionens benytter en referencesats i stedet for markedssatserene, idet den ikke har andre oplysninger, som tillader den at bestemme den rentesats, som låneren kunne opnå på markedet.
Therefore, the aid intensity of 50 % seems justified in the case at issue.
Solvabilitätsverordnung — SolvV af 14. december 2006, offentliggjort 20. december 2006 i Bundesgesetzblatt (Del I, nr. 61, s. 2926).
As regards the proportionality of Loan 4 of Measure 1 and measure 3, the Commission notes that the granting of a low or free interest loan constitutes a less distortive measure than a direct grant.
Se Standard and Poors' »2012 Annual Global Corporate Default Study and Rating Transitions«, 18.3.2013, s. 29, og Moodys »Corporate Default and Recovery Rates 1920-2010«, 28.2.2011, s. 31.
In addition, since the public authorities have completely collateralised the loans, their financial involvement was very limited.
Graden af sikkerhedsstillelse kan måles som LGD, som er det forventede tab i procent af långivers eksponering under hensyntagen til beløb, som kan inddrives fra sikkerhedsstillelsen og konkursmassen, hvorfor LGD er omvendt proportional med sikkerhedsstillelsens kvalitet.
As regards the proportionality of waiving the reimbursement obligation of half of the bridge financing, the Commission concurs with Germany that the condition of creation of 350 jobs constitutes an incentive for the private owners of the airport to complete the construction and development of the airport infrastructure.
LGD = 1 – inddrivelsesrate = 1 – […] mio. EUR/[…] mio. EUR = […] %.
The Commission notes that this incentive was effective since 445 jobs were created at the time of the waiver (in 2004), well before the contractual deadline expired (at the end of 2007).
Se s. 22 og 23 i låneaftalen af 1. juli 2005.
Conclusion on Measure 1 (Loan 4), 2 and 3
Se s. 2 i bilag 2 til Tysklands brev af 23. maj 2014.
In view of the above assessment the Commission concludes that Measure 1 (Loan 4), 2 and 3 are compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty.
Værdistigningen fra 2005 til 2010 skyldes primært […].
Compatibility of the operating aid measure
Se s. 2 i bilag 2 til Tysklands brev af 23.5.2014.
Section 5.1.2 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines set out the criteria that the Commission will apply in assessing the compatibility of operating aid with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Denne gruppe omfatter kreditvurderingerne […].
Notably, pursuant to paragraph 172 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, the Commission will apply these criteria to all cases concerning operating aid to the airport, including pending notifications and unlawful non-notified aid cases, even if the aid was granted before 4 April 2014, i.e. before of the entry into force of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines.
Kommissionen offentliggør en liste over de gældende basissatser på følgende websted: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/base_rates_eu27_en.pdf.
The compatibility criteria for operating aid, which may be granted for a transitional period of 10 years starting from the date of the publication of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, are:
Rentesatsforskellen på […] basispoint udgør en fordel på ca. […] EUR for hele varigheden af lån 4 og forlængelse 1.
Contribution to a well-defined objective of common interest: this condition is fulfilled, inter alia, if the aid increases the mobility of EU citizens and connectivity of the regions or facilitates regional development [81];
Italien mod Kommissionen, C-99/02, EU:C:2004:207, præmis 65.
Need for State intervention: the aid should be targeted towards situations where such aid can bring about a material improvement that the market itself cannot deliver [82];
Altmark Trans GmbH og Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg mod Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH (»Altmark«-dommen), EU:C:2003:415.
Existence of incentive effect: this condition is fulfilled if it is likely that, in the absence of operating aid, and taking into account the possible presence of investment aid and the level of traffic, the level of economic activity of the airport concerned would be significantly reduced [83];
Luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014, punkt 43.
Proportionality of the aid amount (aid limited to the minimum necessary): in order to be proportionate, operating aid to airports must be limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place [84];
Italien mod Kommissionen, EU:C:2004:207, præmis 65.
Avoidance of undue negative effects on competition and trade [85].
Altmark-dommen, EU:C:2003:415.
Considering that the operating aid constituted by Extension 1 and possibly Extension 2 of Measure 1 was granted, in its entirety, before the entry into force of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, these compatibility criteria are applied in light of the considerations set out in paragraph 137 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines (i.e. some conditions do not apply).
Dom af 12. december 2000, Alitalia mod Kommissionen sag T-296/97, EU:T:2000:289, præmis 84; Italien mod Kommissionen, sag C-305/89, EU:C:1991:142, præmis 20.
The operating aid contributes to a clearly defined objective of common interest
Luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2005, punkt 46.
The operating aid under assessment had the objective of maintaining the appropriate level of operation of Niederrhein-Weeze airport.
Se fodnote 65.
According to point 113 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines operating aid to airports will be considered to contribute to the achievement of an objective of common interest if it increases the mobility of Union citizens and the connectivity of the regions, combats air traffic congestion at major Union hub airports or facilitates regional development.
Se fodnote 49.
As concluded in Recital 270, the construction and operation of the Niederrhein-Weeze meets a clearly defined objectives of common interest, namely regional economic development and improvement of the accessibility of the region.
Se Kommissionens konsoliderede meddelelse om jurisdiktion efter Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 139/2004 om kontrol med fusioner og virksomhedsovertagelser (EUT C 95 af 16.4.2008, s. 1, punkt 95).
Need for State intervention
Se betragtning 53.
According to point 116 et seq. of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines operating aid to airports will be considered necessary if it brings about a material improvement that the market itself cannot deliver.
Se tabel 3.
The guidelines further recognise that the need for public funding to finance operating costs will normally be proportionately greater for smaller airports due to high fixed costs and that airports with annual passenger traffic between 200000 and 700000 passengers may not be able to cover their operating costs to a substantial extent;
Artikel 1, litra b), nr. v), andet punktum, i forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 lyder: »Når visse foranstaltninger bliver en støtte som følge af en liberalisering af en aktivitet ved fællesskabslovgivning, betragtes sådanne foranstaltninger ikke som eksisterende støtte efter den dato, der er fastsat for liberaliseringen«.
Since the start of operations of the new terminal in 2003 the annual passenger number of Niederrhein-Weeze airport has reached 207992 in 2003, 796745 in 2004 and 591744 in 2005 (See Table 1).
»Støtten anses for at være en eksisterende støtte, fordi det kan godtgøres, at der ikke var tale om støtte, da den blev indført, men at den blev en støtte på† grund af udviklingen på fællesmarkedet, uden at medlemsstaten havde foretaget nogen ændringer.
The Commission observes that the passenger traffic has displayed huge variations in this start-up phase, notably a significant decrease of 34 % from 2004 to 2005.
Når visse foranstaltninger bliver en støtte som følge af en liberalisering af en aktivitet ved fællesskabslovgivning, betragtes sådanne foranstaltninger ikke som eksisterende støtte efter den dato, der er fastsat for liberaliseringen«.
The Commission therefore considers that over these 3 years, the passengers traffic has on average remained between 200000 and 700000.
Punkt 172 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
Therefore the Commission considers that the operating aid to the Niederrhein-Weeze Airport is necessary.
Punkt 173 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
Appropriateness of State aid as a policy instrument
Se f.eks. sag SA.
According to point 120 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines operating aid should be an appropriate policy instrument to achieve the intended objective or resolve the problem to be addressed.
34586 (12/N) — Grækenland — Modernisering af Chania lufthavn, punkt 49.
Since Niederrhein-Weeze airport is loss-making at operating level the only appropriate instrument is operating aid that enables the airport to continue operation ensuring connectivity of the Niederrhein area.
Selv om Maastricht lufthavn ligger færre end 100 km (98 km) fra Niederrhein-Weeze, tager det 1 time og 14 minutter at nå dertil i bil.
Other instruments such as investment aid or regulatory measures do not seem appropriate to address the financial problems of the Niederrhein-Weeze airport at the operating level.
Se punkt 15.
According to point 124 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines the operating aid has an incentive effect if it is likely that in the absence of the operating aid and taking into account the possible presence of the investment aid and the level of traffic, the level of the economic activity of the airport would be significantly reduced.
Punkt 137 og 116 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
This enabled the airport to satisfy the connectivity and transport needs of the Niederrhein region, which expressed in passenger numbers increased over the last years.
Punkt 137 og 124 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
Despite rather increasing passenger numbers the airport is not able to cover their operating costs.
Punkt 137 og 125 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
Without the operating State aid the airport could not maintain the current level of traffic and investment and its economic activity would have to be reduced.
Punkt 137 og 131 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
At the same time the aid did not exceed the amount required to cover operating losses, hence the aid amount is limited to the minimum necessary.
Tyskland besvarede Kommissionens anmodninger om oplysninger ved breve af 21. december 2005, 2. februar 2006, 14. juni 2007, 18. oktober 2007, 11. november 2010 og 30. maj 2011.
Therefore the Commission considers that the operating aid to the Niederrhein-Weeze Airport has an incentive effect and is proportionate.
Tysklands svar af 30. maj 2011 var imidlertid ufuldstændigt, da det ikke besvarede spørgsmål om forhold før juli 2009.
Avoidance of undue negative effects on competition and trade
Tyskland begrundede sin ufuldstændige besvarelse med henvisning til en undersøgelse af samme spørgsmål, som Kommissionen angiveligt havde afsluttet juli 2009.
According to point 131 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines when assessing the compatibility of operating aid to the airport, the Commission will take into account the distortions of competition and the effects on trade.
Den 24. august 2011 sendte Kommissionen en rykkerskrivelse efter artikel 10, stk. 3, i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 [3] (»procedureforordningen«) til Tyskland med frist den 19. september 2011.
An indication of potential competition distortions or effect on trade may be the fact that the airport is located in the same catchment area as another airport with spare capacity.
Kommissionen tilføjede, at den ville overveje at udstede et påbud om oplysninger, såfremt den ikke modtog svar inden den fastsatte frist.
As demonstrated in Recital 276 et seq. above, the Commission already concluded that the development of trade is not affected to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Ved e-mail af 13. september 2011 anmodede Tyskland om en forlængelse af fristen indtil den 19. oktober 2011.
Conclusion on the compatibility of the aid measures
Svaret var imidlertid stadig ufuldstændigt, da det ikke besvarede spørgsmål om forhold før juli 2009.
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Indledningsafgørelsen blev offentliggjort i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende den 14. september 2012 [4].
Therefore, only the English version is authentic,
Kommissionen opfordrede interesserede parter til at fremsætte deres bemærkninger til foranstaltningerne senest en måned efter offentliggørelsen.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
I begyndelsen af 1990'erne meddelte Royal Air Force, at det agtede at trække sig tilbage fra lufthavnen i 1999.
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