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Ifølge Domstolen er dette mål nået, når støttemodtageren har tilbagebetalt den ulovligt ydede støtte og derved mister den fordel, der var opnået på markedet i forhold til konkurrenterne, og situationen fra tiden før ydelsen af støtte er genoprettet [173].
Proportionality of the aid amount (aid limited to a minimum)
I overensstemmelse med denne retspraksis er følgende fastsat i artikel 14 i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 [174]: »I negative beslutninger om ulovlig støtte bestemmer Kommissionen, at den pågældende medlemsstat skal træffe alle nødvendige foranstaltninger til at kræve støtten tilbagebetalt fra støttemodtageren«.
According to Section 5.1.2(e) of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, in order to be proportionate, operating aid to airports must be limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place.
Derfor skal den nævnte statsstøtte, for så vidt den blev udbetalt, tilbagebetales til Tyskland.
In the present case, the public shareholders of the airport operator established the amount of operating aid on the basis of annual ex ante business plans and limited it to the funding needs of the airport.
For så vidt angår de beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, vil Kommissionen tage udgangspunkt i de forudgående forretningsplaner, der er beskrevet i afsnit 8.1.3, tabel 19, med følgende yderligere overvejelser:
Parameters of these business plans were updated during the financial year in question with the current results of the airport.
Det støttebeløb, der skal tilbagesøges, bør svare til den negative gradvist stigende pengestrøm på det tidspunkt, da der blev truffet beslutning om at undertegne aftalen.
For example, on 8 November 2002, the board of directors approved the business plan for 2003 on the basis of data available in September 2002.
Den negative pengestrøm svarer til det finansieringsbeløb, der er nødvendigt for, at aftalen skal være i overensstemmelse med markedsvilkårene.
This business plan was then updated on 24 October 2003 by the board of directors, to whom an updated business plan with data available in October 2003 was presented [168].
Det er Kommissionens opfattelse, at sommersæsonen 2010 skal lægges til grund som tidsmæssig ramme for denne forretningsplan.
In view of the above, the Commission observes that the operating aid during this period allowed the airport operator to adjust its business model to its new operating requirements linked to the Ryanair services agreement, with a permanent control on the amount of financing necessary to cover the losses.
Luftfartsselskabets faktiske fordel er således begrænset til den egentlige løbetid for den pågældende aftale, da hverken Ryanair eller AMS har modtaget nogen yderligere fordel fra lufthavnen, efter at aftalen var ophørt.
The aid amount was thus limited to the expected operating losses.
Tabel 20 viser de foreløbige beløb, Tyskland skal tilbagesøge.
In addition, Germany states that the conversion of the airport in various projects [169] since 2010-2012 helped reduce the global funding gap of the airport and therefore shareholders' contributions.
For at tage hensyn til den faktiske fordel, luftfartsselskabet og dets datterselskaber fik i forbindelse med kombinationen af aftalen om lufthavnstjenester af 3. marts 2003, markedsføringsaftalen af 7. april 2003 og markedsføringsaftalen af 25. januar 2010, kan beløbene i tabel 20 justeres efter den dokumentation, Tyskland har fremlagt.
The operating aid was monitored over the whole period in question to adapt it to the real necessities of the airport.
Denne justering er baseret på i) forskellene mellem på den ene side luftfartsselskabets faktiske betalinger af lufthavnsafgifter som opgjort efterfølgende, og på den anden side de forventede pengestrømme (opgjort ex ante) vedrørende disse indtægter, som er vist i tabel 19, og ii) forskellen mellem på den ene side de efterfølgende opgjorte faktiske markedsføringsbetalinger til luftfartsselskabet og dets datterselskaber ifølge markedsføringsaftalen, og på den anden side de ex ante beregnede markedsføringsomkostninger, der er angivet i tabel 19.
Therefore, the Commission considers that the operating aid in the case in question was proportional and limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place.
Som det allerede blev forklaret i betragtning 212, finder Kommissionen, at AMS og Ryanair i forbindelse med anvendelsen af statsstøttereglerne skal betragtes som én virksomhed.
Avoidance of undue negative effects on competition and trade between Member States
Derfor bør Ryanair og AMS hæfte solidarisk for tilbagebetalingen af hele det støttebeløb, de har modtaget inden for rammerne af kombinationen af aftalen om lufthavnstjenester af 3. marts 2003, markedsføringsaftalen af 7. april 2003 og markedsføringsaftalen af 25. januar 2010.
According to Section 5.1.2(f) of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines, when assessing the compatibility of operating aid, account will be taken of distortions of competition and the effects on trade.
Derudover skal Tyskland i henhold til kapitel V i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 [175] tillægge støttebeløbet renter beregnet fra den dato, hvor den ulovlige støtte var til rådighed for modtageren, og indtil den er tilbagebetalt [176].
An indication of potential competition distortions or effects on trade may be the fact that the airport is located in the same catchment area as another airport with spare capacity.
Da de pengestrømme, som i denne sag udgør denne støtte, er komplekse og effektueres på mange forskellige datoer i løbet af hele gyldighedsperioden for kombinationen af aftalen om lufthavnstjenester af 3. marts 2003, markedsføringsaftalen af 7. april 2003 og markedsføringsaftalen af 25. januar 2010, vurderer Kommissionen, at det er acceptabelt vedrørende beregningen af renter at antage, at tidspunktet for udbetalingen af den her omhandlede støtte ligger i slutningen af IATA-sommersæsonen 2010 (dvs. den 30. oktober 2010) —
In the present case, the Commission observes that the closest airport is Leipzig-Halle airport, which is located 85 km and 1h 10 min by car from AOC.
Tabel 20
As stated in recitals 300 and 301, the business model of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH set out from the outset to position the airport as a regional airport aimed at developing the nearby industrial area.
Beløb, der skal tilbagebetales i forbindelse med aftalen om lufthavnstjenester fra 2003, markedsføringsaftalen fra 2003 samt markedsføringsaftalen fra 2010
Even if the 2007 Klophaus prognosis had been realised, the airport would have reached 500000 passengers by 2015, which would still not have placed it in a position to compete with an airport with over two million passengers like Leipzig-Halle airport.
Sommersæson 2010
In order to further limit the negative effects on competition and trade, Germany points out that AOC's infrastructure was open to all potential users and was not dedicated to one specific user.
BELØB, DER SKAL TILBAGESØGES
In view of the above, the Commission considers that the undue negative effects on competition and trade between Member States are limited to the minimum.
VEDTAGET FØLGENDE AFGØRELSE:
In view of the above, the Commission concludes that the financing of operating losses of Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in 2000-2011 is compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, and in the light of the compatibility conditions laid down in Section 5.1.2 of the 2014 Aviation Guidelines.
Artikel 1
Airport charges and payments to Ryanair under the combination of the 2003 airport services agreement, the 2003 marketing agreement and the 2010 marketing agreement
Den aftale, der blev indgået den 3. marts 2003 mellem Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og Ryanair om lufthavnstjenester sammen med den aftale, der blev indgået den 7. april 2003 mellem Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og Ryanair om markedsføringstjenester samt den aftale, der blev indgået den 28. august 2008 mellem Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og AMS om markedsføringstjenester, udgør ikke statsstøtte.
Moreover, the Commission considers that the State aid in question cannot be considered compatible start-up aid under the relevant rules.
Den statsstøtte, som Tyskland i strid med EUF-traktatens artikel 108, stk. 3, ulovligt har ydet til Ryanair og AMS i form af kombinationen af den aftale om lufthavnstjenester, der blev indgået den 3. marts 2003 mellem Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og Ryanair, og den aftale om markedsføringstjenester, der blev indgået den 7. april 2003 mellem Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og Ryanair, samt den aftale om markedsføringstjenester, der blev indgået den 25. januar 2010 mellem Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og AMS, er ikke forenelig med det indre marked.
Applicable legal framework
Artikel 2
As regards start-up aid, the 2014 Aviation Guidelines state that
Tyskland tilbagesøger den i artikel 1, stk. 4, omhandlede statsstøtte fra støttemodtagerne.
‘the Commission will apply the principles set out in these guidelines to all notified start-up aid measures in respect of which it is called upon to take a decision from 4 April 2014, even where the measures were notified prior to that date.
I betragtning af, at Ryanair og AMS i forbindelse med denne afgørelse udgør én økonomisk enhed, hæfter de solidarisk for tilbagebetalingen af den statsstøtte, som de hver især har modtaget i kraft af den kombinerede anvendelse af aftalen om lufthavnstjenester af 3. marts 2003, markedsføringsaftalen af 7. april 2003 samt markedsføringsaftalen af 25. januar 2010.
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.
De beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, skal tillægges renter fra den dato, de blev stillet til rådighed for støttemodtageren, og indtil de er tilbagebetalt.
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.’ [170]
Beløbet beregnes med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004.
The 2005 Aviation Guidelines, in turn, stipulate that
Tyskland skal annullere alle udestående udbetalinger af den i artikel 1, stk. 4, omhandlede støtte med virkning fra datoen for meddelelsen af denne afgørelse.
‘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 TFEU], 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.’
Artikel 3
Compatibility assessment for the contract concluded on 25 January 2010, combined with the airport services contract concluded on 3 March 2003 and the marketing agreement concluded on 7 April 2003
Tilbagesøgningen af den i artikel 1, stk. 4, omhandlede støtte iværksættes øjeblikkeligt og effektivt.
The contract with AMS was concluded in 2010, after the publication of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Tyskland sørger for, at denne afgørelse er efterkommet senest fire måneder efter, at den er meddelt de tyske myndigheder.
The aid in question was granted by the 2010 marketing agreement, the effects of which come on top of the two agreements concluded in 2003, which — considered in isolation — do not constitute State aid.
Artikel 4
Consequently, the compatibility of the aid must be examined under the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Tyskland fremsender senest to måneder efter offentliggørelsen af denne afgørelse følgende oplysninger:
Considering that the compatibility conditions for start-up aid enshrined in point 79 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines are cumulative, it should be only necessary to demonstrate that one of those conditions is not met in order to establish that the aid to the airlines is not compatible.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og tilbagesøgningsrenter), som støttemodtagerne har modtaget
Nevertheless, the Commission will review several criteria set out in the 2005 Aviation Guidelines to assess the compatibility of the aid measure in question.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og tilbagesøgningsrenter), som skal tilbagesøges fra støttemodtagerne i henhold til artikel 2
Point 79(c) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines specifies that, in order to be compatible, the aid should apply only to the opening of new routes or new schedules.
en detaljeret beskrivelse af de foranstaltninger, der er truffet eller planlagt, for at efterkomme denne afgørelse
The 2010 agreement covers the daily route to London, which had existed since 2003, and the route to Girona, which was opened in 2007.
dokumentation for, at støttemodtagerne har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
Only the route to Alicante was opened in 2010.
Tyskland underretter Kommissionen om udviklingen i de foranstaltninger, der på nationalt plan træffes for at efterkomme denne afgørelse, indtil den i artikel 2 omhandlede støtte er fuldt tilbagebetalt.
Therefore this criterion is not met by the aid measure in question.
Efter anmodning fra Kommissionen fremsender Tyskland omgående oplysninger om, hvilke foranstaltninger der er truffet eller planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen.
Point 79(d) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines requires the long-term viability and degressiveness of the measure in question:
Desuden fremsender Tyskland udførlige oplysninger om de støttebeløb og renter, støttemodtagerne allerede har tilbagebetalt.
‘the route receiving the aid must ultimately prove profitable, i.e. it must at least cover its costs, without public funding.
Artikel 5
For this reason start-up aid must be degressive and of limited duration’.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland.
There is no indication that the routes in question could become profitable for Ryanair without the public funding under the marketing agreements.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 15. oktober 2014.
This is confirmed by the fact that Ryanair gave up the routes when public funding ended.
På Kommissionens vegne
Point 79(e) of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines adds the criterion of the compensation for additional start-up costs:
Næstformand
‘the amount of aid must be strictly linked to the additional start-up costs incurred in launching the new route or frequency and which the air operator will not have to bear once it is up and running’.
EUT C 149 af 25.5.2012, s. 5.
The aid does not appear to be related to specific start-up costs.
Med virkning fra den 1. december 2009 er artikel 87 og 88 i EF-traktaten blevet til henholdsvis artikel 107 og 108 i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (TEUF).
Marketing payments to Ryanair continued throughout the entire period that the airport did business with the airline.
Indholdet i disse to sæt bestemmelser er identisk.
Therefore this criterion is also not fulfilled.
For så vidt angår denne afgørelse skal henvisninger til artikel 107 og 108 i traktaten forstås som henvisninger til artikel 87 og 88 i EF-traktaten, når det er relevant.
Finally, under point 79(f), the amount of aid in any one year may not exceed 50 % of eligible costs for that year.
I traktaten blev der også foretaget visse terminologiske ændringer, bl.a. blev »Fællesskabet« erstattet af »Unionen«, og »fællesmarkedet« af »det indre marked«.
There is no evidence that actual spending on marketing would have amounted to twice the amount of the aid.
Terminologien i TEUF vil blive benyttet i hele denne afgørelse.
In conclusion, the aid to Ryanair and AMS cannot be found to constitute compatible start-up aid, as the compatibility conditions are not met.
Se fodnote 1.
The State aid granted to Ryanair and AMS under the combination of the airport services agreement of 3 March 2003, the marketing agreement of 7 April 2003 and the marketing agreement of 25 January 2010 therefore constitutes unlawful and incompatible State aid that has to be recovered.
AMS er et datterselskab, der kontrolleres 100 % af Ryanair.
CONCLUSION
Dets hovedaktivitet er salg af reklameplads på Ryanairs websted.
MEASURE 1:
Ryanair fremsendte fælles bemærkninger vedrørende flere luftfartssager, herunder også den her berørte sag.
FINANCING OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN THE YEARS 2000-2011
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen — Retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber (EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3).
The Commission considers that the aid provided to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH in the form of financing of infrastructure investments throughout the 2000-2011 period is compatible with the internal market.
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).
MEASURE 2:
EF-retningslinjer for finansiering af lufthavne og statslig startstøtte til luftfartsselskaber, som opererer fra regionale lufthavne (EFT C 312 af 9.12.2005, s. 1).
FINANCING OF OPERATING LOSSES OF FLUGPLATZ ALTENBURG-NOBITZ GMBH IN THE YEARS 2000-2011
EUT C 113 af 15.4.2014, s. 30.
The Commission considers that the aid provided to Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz in the form of financing of operating losses throughout the 2000-2011 period is compatible with the internal market.
Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn har i øjeblikket følgende selskabsdeltagere:
MEASURE 3:
Landkreis Altenburger Land (60 %), Gemeinde Nobitz (5 %), THÜSAC Personennahverkehrsgesellschaft mbH (3 %).
RYANAIR SERVICES AND MARKETING AGREEMENTS
Alle selskabsdeltagere er enten offentlige myndigheder eller er 100 % ejet af det offentlige.
The Commission considers that the combination of the airport services agreement of 3 March 2003, the marketing agreement of 7 April 2003 and the marketing agreement of 28 August 2008 does not constitute State aid to Ryanair/AMS.
Selskabet besidder selv 32 % af sine aktier.
The Commission finds that Germany, through the combination of the airport services agreement of 3 March 2003, the marketing agreement of 7 April 2003 and the marketing agreement of 25 January 2010, provided unlawful aid to Ryanair and its wholly owned subsidiary AMS, in breach of Article 108(3) TFEU.
Kilde:
By signing the agreement in 2010 with Ryanair and AMS, Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH could not, from an ex ante point of view, cover all the incremental costs linked to Ryanair's activities at the airport.
Årsberetninger for Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn og Tysklands oplysninger.
An undue advantage was conferred on Ryanair/AMS in the form of an amount of aid which must be reimbursed to Germany.
Årsberetninger for Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn.
Recovery of the aid provided to Ryanair/AMS
Ifølge Tyskland fandt der ingen Ryanair-flyvninger sted mellem den 17.12.2004 og 11.1.2005.
In accordance with the TFEU and the settled case-law of the Court of Justice, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter aid [171] when it has found that it is incompatible with the internal market.
I 2006 blev hele flytrafikken indstillet i to uger på grund af anlægsarbejde.
The Court has also consistently held that the obligation on a State to abolish aid regarded by the Commission as being incompatible with the internal market is designed to restore the previously existing situation [172].
Kommissionen mener, at passagererne i rutetrafikken i perioden 2003-2011 skal tilregnes Ryanair-flyvninger.
In this context, the Court has stated that that objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [173].
Undersøgelse vedrørende lufthavnen Leipzig-Altenburg og det tilgrænsende industriområde, KE-Consult, Kurte & Esser GbR, september 2010.
Following that case-law, Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 [174] laid down that ‘where negative decisions are taken in respect of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary’.
Årsberetning for Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn, »Entwicklungskonzept der Flugplatz Altenburg-Nobitz GmbH« af 9. september 2011.
Therefore, the State aid mentioned above must be reimbursed to Germany, in so far as it has been paid out.
»Finansieringsbehov«.
Regarding the amounts to be recovered, the Commission will consider the ex ante business plan set out in Section 8.1.3, Table 19, with the following additional considerations:
Dette dokumenteres i KE-Consult-undersøgelsen.
The aid amount to be recovered should correspond to the negative incremental cash flow at the time when the decision was taken to sign the agreement.
Lufthavnsoperatørens stiftelsesoverenskomst begrænser det årlige kapitalindskud for hver selskabsdeltager til det femdobbelte af dennes kapitalandel (§ 24, stk. 3).
The negative cash flow corresponds to the amount of financing needed for the agreement to be market-compliant.
Årsberetninger for Altenburg-Nobitz lufthavn på følgende sider:Året 2000:
The Commission considers that the time-frame to take into consideration for this business plan is the 2010 summer season.
S. 28 og bilag 6, s. 20.Året 2001:
Indeed, the effective advantage conferred on the airline is limited to the effective duration of the agreement in question, as once this agreement was terminated Ryanair/AMS did not benefit from any more advantages from the airport.
S. 28 og bilag 6, s. 23.Året 2002:
Results showing the indicative amount to be recovered by Germany from Ryanair/AMS are indicated in Table 20.
S. 28 og bilag 6, s. 21.Året 2003:
To take into account the actual advantage conferred on the airline and its subsidiaries under the combination of the airport services agreement of 3 March 2003, the marketing agreement of 7 April 2003 and the marketing agreement of 25 January 2010, the amounts indicated in Table 20 may still be adjusted in accordance with the supporting evidence provided by Germany.
S. 7 og bilag 6, s. 21.Året 2004:
This adjustment is based on:
Bilag 3, s. 5, og bilag 6, s. 19.Året 2005:
the difference between, on the one hand, actual payments as presented ex post that were made by the airline with regard to the airport charges, and on the other hand, the forecast cash flows (ex ante) on these items of income shown in Table 19; and (ii) the difference between, on the one hand, the actual marketing payments as presented ex post which were paid to the airline or its subsidiaries under the marketing agreement and, on the other hand, the marketing costs as specified ex ante corresponding to the amounts indicated in Table 19.
Bilag VI, blad 13, og bilag III, blad 19.Året 2006:
As explained at recital 212, the Commission considers that, for the purpose of the application of State aid rules, AMS and Ryanair are considered to be a single undertaking.
Bilag VI, blad 12, og bilag III, blad 15-16.Året 2007:
Therefore, Ryanair and AMS are jointly and severally liable for the entire reimbursement of the aid received under the combination of the airport services agreement of 3 March 2003, the marketing agreement of 7 April 2003 and the marketing agreement of 25 January 2010.
Bilag VI, blad 13, og bilag III, blad 15-16.Året 2008:
In addition, in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 [175], Germany has to add to the aid amount recovery interest, calculated from the date on which the unlawful aid was available to the beneficiary up to the date of its recovery [176].
Bilag VI, blad 12, og bilag III, blad 15-16.Året 2009:
Since in the case in question the cash flows corresponding to the aid amounts are complex and were paid (at different dates) throughout the application of the combination of the airport services agreement of 3 March 2003, the marketing agreement of 7 April 2003 and the marketing agreement of 25 January 2010, the Commission deems it acceptable to assume for the calculation of the recovery interests that the time of payment of the aid is the end of the 2010 IATA summer season (i.e. 30 October 2010),
Bilag VI, s. 15, og bilag III, s. 14.Året 2010:
Table 20
Bilag VI, s. 15, og bilag III, s. 14.Året 2011:
Amount to be recovered for both the airport services and marketing agreements of 2003 and the 2010 marketing agreement
13, og bilag III, s. 14.
AMOUNT TO BE RECOVERED