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Hvis der i øvrigt måtte være en interesse heri, er denne ifølge konsulenten i så fald hverken blevet målt af lufthavnen eller af Ryanair.
These two agreements (hereinafter ‘the 2005 agreements’) were signed on 30 June 2005 for a term of 5 years, with the possibility of extension for a further 5 years.
Konsulenten bemærker ligeledes, at marketinginformationen på Ryanairs websted er temmelig kortfattet og enkel, og at man, hvis annoncen blev fundet effektiv (af lufthavnen eller Ryanair), ville have investeret i at forbedre dens kvalitet og udseende.
2005 AGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH AMS AND RYANAIR
Konsulenten slutter heraf, at den forretningsmæssige værdi af marketingydelserne ikke har noget afgørende omfang for aftaleparterne.
MARKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH AMS FOR THE PAU-LONDON STANSTED ROUTE
Omvendt kunne destinationsregionen ifølge konsulenten faktisk nyde godt af annoncering, der tilskynder Ryanairs kunder til at tilbringe tid i regionen eller forbruge mere, mens de er der.
AMS is a Ryanair subsidiary that has an exclusive licence to offer marketing services on the Ryanair website www.ryanair.com.
Ikke desto mindre vurderer konsulenten, idet aftalen er indgået mellem CCIPB og Ryanair eller dets datterselskab, at de eventuelle fordele, som regionen får, skal udelades af analysen af aftalen.
The web marketing services agreement signed with AMS (hereinafter ‘the 2005 marketing services agreement’), notified by France, states that ‘This Agreement is rooted in Ryanair’s commitment to operate on a daily basis a route between Pau and London Stansted’ (Article 1).
Ifølge konsulenten må man på grund af misforholdet mellem den meget flygtige karakter af markedet for onlinemarketing og AMS' faste pristabel i øvrigt spørge sig selv, hvad der er denne virksomheds egentlige formål.
The purpose of the marketing services agreement is to ‘determine the conditions under which Airport Marketing Services will provide CCIPB with specific marketing services intended to promote the various tourist and business attractions in the Pau/Bearn region’.
Ifølge Ryanair er aftalen med AMS valgfri, og lufthavnsforvalterne ville ikke indgå den, hvis den ikke havde forretningsmæssig værdi.
The agreement stipulates that ‘The primary tool for the provision of marketing services under this Agreement is the website www.ryanair.com which allows for direct targeting of the potential passengers of the low fares airline Ryanair’ (Article 1.1).
Konsulenten undrer sig ikke desto mindre over det pres, som Ryanair lagde på lufthavnen i forbindelse med forhandlingerne om driften af flyruterne, især når flere nærliggende lufthavne (f.eks. Tarbes og Biarritz) konkurrerede med Pau om at huse Ryanair.
The 2005 marketing services agreement defines how AMS is to provide certain advertising services on Ryanair’s website.
Ifølge konsulenten kan det på denne baggrund konkluderes, at Ryanairs underliggende strategi for indgåelse af marketingaftaler er at opnå tilskud fra lufthavnen til at holde sine priser nede.
This package of services involves:
MARKETINGAFTALE MED TRANSAVIA
‘suitable space on the Pau destination page of www.ryanair.com for 5 (five) 150 word paragraphs within the Airport Marketing Services Top Five Things To Do section (cost of one paragraph per year as per the rate card: EUR 20 000)’,
Konsulenten har ligeledes undersøgt en marketingaftale, der blev indgået mellem CCIPB og luftfartsselskabet Transavia i 2006.
‘suitable space in the right hand bar on the Pau destination page of www.ryanair.com for the presence of 1 (one) link to the website designated by CCIPB (cost of one link per year as per the rate card: EUR 15 000)’,
Den aftale var ikke genstand for indledningsbeslutningen.
‘suitable space below the Top Five Things To Do section on the Pau destination page of www.ryanair.com for 7 (seven) links to the websites designated by CCIPB (cost of one link per year as per the rate card: EUR 10 000)’,
AFTALER OM LUFTHAVNSTJENESTER
‘45 (forty five) days per year of the presence of a link to the website designated by CCIPB on the English homepage of www.ryanair.com (cost per day as per the rate card: EUR 6 000)’ (Article 3).
Konsulenten analyserede forskellige aftaler om lufthavnstjenester, der var indgået mellem CCIPB og de forskellige luftfartsselskaber (nemlig Ryanair, Air France og Transavia) i perioden 2003-2005.
On the basis of this agreement, the CCIPB undertook to pay EUR 437 000 per year to AMS throughout the term of the agreement.
Ifølge konsulenten udvikler priserne på lufthavnstjenester sig på følgende vis:
AIRPORT SERVICES AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH RYANAIR FOR THE PAU-LONDON STANSTED ROUTE
De lovbestemte afgifter (for markering, landing, parkering og passagerer) udløser en prisliste, der gælder for alle luftfartsselskaber.
The airport services agreement (hereinafter ‘the 2005 airport services agreement’) signed with Ryanair sets out how the infrastructure of Pau airport is to be made available to the carrier, particularly with regard to groundhandling services and the provision of private premises.
Satsen for hver afgift justeres hvert år ved hjælp af en procentsats, som afhænger af udfaldet af forhandlingerne i lufthavnens rådgivende økonomiske udvalg (commission consultative économique, COCOECO).
This agreement concerns the London Stansted-Pau route launched in April 2003.
Ifølge konsulenten kan der derfor ikke være forskel mellem luftfartsselskaberne på satserne for de lovregulerede ydelser.
It replaces the initial agreement signed on 28 January 2003, which was declared void by Pau Administrative Court on 3 May 2005.
Ifølge konsulenten varierer satsen til gengæld på de ikkelovbestemte afgifter (lufthavnstjenester) alt efter luftfartsselskabet og er et resultat af bilaterale forretningsforhandlinger.
The purpose of this agreement is to ‘determine both the operational and financial conditions under which Ryanair will establish and operate international commercial flights to and from the Airport.
Konsulenten har opstillet en sammenligning mellem de ikkelovbestemte ydelser, der blev faktureret Ryanair, og de samme ydelser faktureret andre luftfartsselskaber (Air France og Transavia).
Moreover, this Agreement sets forth conditions of landing, groundhandling and other services offered by the Airport to Ryanair’ (Articles 1.1 and 1.2).
Denne sammenligning bygger både på arten af ydelsen og den anvendte pris.
According to Article 4 of the 2005 airport services agreement, Ryanair will operate daily scheduled air services on the London-Pau route and will pay the airport the charges as detailed in Articles 7.1 (regulated aeronautical charges) and 7.2 (non-regulated aeronautical charges).
Konsulenten har konstateret, at de lufthavnstjenester, der indgår i aftalen mellem de to selskaber, synes at være overholdt, og at der består en reel forskel mellem arten af de leverede ydelser til de forskellige selskaber.
CONSULTANT’S REPORT
Således har selskabet Air France en aftale om levering af samtlige tjenester.
In his report, the consultant particularly examined the nature of marketing services and the details of airport services covered by agreements signed by the CCIPB with airlines, and in particular the 2005 agreements that it signed with Ryanair and AMS.
I øvrigt har Ryanair også opnået en lavere sats (men for en større omsætning) end Transavia.
MARKETING SERVICES AGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH RYANAIR AND AMS
Ifølge konsulenten, der har sammenlignet de faste satser, der er anvendt for sammenlignelige ydelser til henholdsvis Ryanair, Transavia og Air France, får Ryanair alligevel i forbindelse med almindelige sammenlignelige tjenester en lavere sats ([…] EUR) end Air France ([…] EUR) og Transavia ([…] EUR).
The consultant summarised all the marketing services agreements for Pau airport that were signed by the CCIPB with Ryanair and AMS between 2003 and 2008.
Den pris, Ryanair betaler, er således ca. […] % af de andre selskabers.
Among these, only the 2005 agreements were covered by the opening decision.
Ifølge Frankrig er konsulentens sammenligning af lufthavnstjenester — de ikkelovregulerede ydelser — ikke en korrekt sammenfatning af resultaterne af de forskellige forhandlinger, som CCIPB har ført.
In particular, the consultant carried out the following tasks.
Frankrig nævner nogle eksempler, der begrunder denne satsfastsættelse, f.eks. hvor Ryanair ikke modtager visse ydelser, som tilbydes Air France.
He checked to what degree the rates laid down in the marketing services agreements were consistent with the online rates published on the AMS website (http://airportmarketingservices.com/pdfs/ratecard.pdf).
FORANSTALTNINGER, DER ER OMFATTET AF AFGØRELSEN OM AT UDVIDE PROCEDUREN
According to the consultant, the rates listed on the AMS website are consistent with the rates set in the 2005 marketing services agreement.
Kommissionen vurderede, at det var nødvendigt at udvide den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure og undersøge alle aftaler mellem CCIPB og AMS og Ryanair i hele den periode, hvor Ryanair drev virksomhed i Pau lufthavn (2003-2011), for at fastslå, om aftalerne, som CCIPB havde indgået med Ryanair og AMS, indeholdt statsstøtte.
He analysed the correlation between the amounts invoiced by AMS and Ryanair’s level of activity at Pau.
Kommissionen besluttede også at udvide den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure til at omfatte den aftale, som CCIPB indgik med luftfartsselskabet Transavia den 23. januar 2006, samt de forskellige tilskud, som offentlige enheder tildelte lufthavnen i den omhandlede periode, og som Frankrig sendte en fortegnelse over til Kommissionen ved brev af 30. maj 2011.
According to the consultant, the charges for marketing services seem to develop in line with the number of flights operated.
Disse foranstaltninger behandles nærmere nedenfor i afsnit 4.1-4.3.
He compared the services provided by AMS to the CCIPB with other web marketing services commonly offered in similar ways.
AFTALERNE MELLEM CCIPB OG RYANAIR OG AMS
The consultant questioned whether it was in the interests of the CCIPB to sign an agreement for the purchase of such marketing services for the following reasons.
Afgørelsen om udvidelse af proceduren dækker forskellige aftaler indgået af CCIPB med selskaberne Ryanair og AMS i perioden 2003-2011.
Firstly, the Ryanair website is essentially a ticket sale website, and not a general travel sale website.
AFTALEN AF 28. JANUAR 2003
According to the consultant, the Ryanair website therefore primarily seems to be comparable to the websites of other airlines that generally host only a limited amount of paid advertising, with airports not featuring among the advertisers.
Den aftale, der blev undertegnet den 28. januar 2003, blev indgået mellem CCIPB og Ryanair direkte (og ikke med selskabet AMS).
Secondly, the consultant notes that airports are not comparable to other potential advertisers on the websites of airlines such as Ryanair, given that the services provided by the airport to Ryanair passengers are by nature indissociable from the services of Ryanair itself, unlike ancillary services such as accommodation or car rental.
Denne aftale indeholder bestemmelser om lufthavnstjenester og marketingydelser.
Lastly, the consultant generally questions whether it is rational behaviour for airports to spend their own money with airlines in order to attract customers on flights to and from the airport, when these extra passengers will directly benefit the said airlines.
I aftalens punkt 2 nævnes Ryanairs forpligtelser over for CCIPB såvel som beløbet for lufthavnsafgifter.
For these reasons, the consultant concludes that, for an airport, there is only limited commercial interest in advertising on the Ryanair website.
I punkt 3 anføres CCIPB's forpligtelser, bl.a. at CCIPB for egen regning og på følgende vilkår:
Furthermore, according to the consultant, assuming that such interest does exist, this cannot be measured by the airport or by Ryanair.
»skal levere eller sørge for levering af de ydelser i terminalen/lufthavnsinfrastrukturen, som er nærmere beskrevet i bilag A hertil
The consultant also notes that the marketing information on the Ryanair website is fairly brief and unsophisticated, and that if the advertising had been deemed effective (either by the airport or by Ryanair), investment to improve its quality and appearance would have been made.
skal varetage de PR- og markedsføringsfunktioner, der er nærmere beskrevet i bilag B hertil
The consultant therefore concludes that the commercial value of the marketing services is not crucially important to the parties to the agreements.
skal betale Ryanair et engangsbeløb af 80 000 EUR for idriftsættelsen af denne nye forbindelse efter underskrivelsen af aftalen
Conversely, in the consultant’s opinion, the destination region could have effectively benefited from advertising services encouraging Ryanair’s customers to spend more time or consume more in the region.
skal betale Ryanair 11 EUR pr. afrejsende passager fra Pau lufthavn for den reklame, som Pau lufthavn får i kraft af de links til internettet, som CCIPB får på Ryanairs websted, reklamen i den skrevne presse for de lave flypriser til og fra Pau lufthavn og i andre medier såsom radio, TV og udendørsreklamer, som er valgt af Ryanair, ved månedlig betaling på et forud fastsat tidspunkt og/eller ved fradrag i de beløb, som Ryanair skylder CCIPB i medfør af bestemmelserne i punkt 2 b) herunder, idet loftet fastsættes til 400 000 EUR om året ved daglig flyvning.
However, as the agreement was signed between the CCIPB and Ryanair or its subsidiary, the consultant takes the view that any benefits to the region must be excluded from the analysis of the agreement.
Denne aftale er alene gyldig for forbindelsen Pau-London på grundlag af mindst én flyvning om dagen 364 dage om året.
According to the consultant, the incongruity between the highly volatile nature of the online marketing market and the AMS fixed rate card also calls into question this undertaking’s true purpose.
Selv om forbindelsen Pau-London måtte udvikle sig til at kunne bære flere flyvninger om dagen, betaler CCIPB ikke yderligere.
According to Ryanair, the agreement with AMS is optional and airport operators would not sign it if it had no commercial value.
Hvis der efter fælles aftale åbnes andre ruter til Tyskland, Belgien, Irland eller Italien, vil denne aftale være gældende for sådanne ruter, og det samme beløb på 80 000 EUR og et loft på 400 000 EUR om året beregnet ud fra 11 EUR pr. afrejsende passager skal betales ved idriftsættelsen.
However, the consultant wonders about the pressure exerted by Ryanair during negotiations with the airport concerning the operation of routes, particularly when several nearby airports (for example Tarbes and Biarritz for Pau) are in competition to attract Ryanair.
Hver ny forbindelse bliver gestand for en ny aftale eller en tillægsaftale til denne aftale.«
According to the consultant, all these factors indicate that Ryanair’s strategy underlying the signature of marketing services agreements is to obtain a subsidy from the airport to keep its prices low.
Bilag A til aftalen indeholder en liste over de groundhandlingydelser og tilknyttede ydelser, som skal leveres i forbindelse med Ryanairs flyvninger.
MARKETING SERVICES AGREEMENTS SIGNED WITH TRANSAVIA
Bilag B indeholder bestemmelser om lufthavnens PR-, salgs- og markedsføringsfunktioner.
The consultant also examined a marketing services agreement signed between the CCIPB and the airline Transavia in 2006.
I afsnittet om salg og markedsføring anføres bl.a.:
This agreement is not covered by the opening decision.
»Lufthavnen yder støtte og bistand til Ryanairs periodiske salgsopgaver i lufthavnens tiltrækningsområde, bl.a. gratis tilrådighedsstillelse af et kontor, en telefonlinje og en faxmaskine til Ryanairs personale.
AIRPORT SERVICES AGREEMENTS
Lufthavnen undersøger alle reklamemuligheder (udendørsreklamer, aviser, TV, radio osv.), som den finder interessante for Ryanair i regionen (…)«.
The consultant analysed a number of airport services agreements signed between the CCIPB and various airlines (namely Ryanair, Air France and Transavia) during the period between 2003 and 2005.
Denne aftale blev annulleret af TA i Pau den 3. maj 2005 med følgende begrundelse:
According to the consultant, the prices of airport services are determined as follows:
»Uligevægten (…) mellem aftaleparternes gensidige forpligtelser, den upræcise angivelse af de forpligtelser, der påhviler Ryanair Limited i forbindelse med de foranstaltninger i udlandet, der skal fremme turismen i byen Pau, og det forhold, at der ikke er truffet bestemmelse om selv en delvis tilbagebetaling af de betalte beløb i tilfælde af manglende opfyldelse af de angivne målsætninger, giver anledning til at betragte den anfægtede afgørelse som en økonomisk støtte til selskabet Ryanair Limited.
regulated charges (lighting charge, landing charge, parking charge and passenger charge) are set out in a price list applicable to all the airlines.
Den anfægtede afgørelse om godkendelse af den aftale, hvorved der indføres en økonomisk støtte til selskabet Ryanair Limited, er ulovlig, da den ikke er anmeldt på forhånd til Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber, og skal annulleres«.
The applicable charge is updated every year using a rate that depends on negotiations within the airport’s economic advisory committee.
Denne aftale fra 2003 blev således erstattet af de to aftaler fra 2005, der er genstand for beslutningen om at indlede den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure.
According to the consultant, the regulated charges cannot therefore differ between the airlines.
FTALERNE
According to the consultant, non-regulated charges (for groundhandling services) vary by airline and depend on bilateral commercial negotiations.
ftalerne var genstand for en undersøgelse udført af det regionale revisionsorgan Chambre régionale des comptes d'Aquitaine (i det følgende benævnt »CRC«).
The consultant compared the non-regulated services invoiced to Ryanair with the same services invoiced to other airlines (Air France and Transavia).
CRC's rapport (»rapport d'observations définitives«) om CCIPB blev vedtaget den 19. oktober 2006 og vedrører regnskabsårene 2001 og frem.
This comparison is based on both the nature of the services and the price applied.
En del af rapporten omhandler »støtte til et lavprisselskab« (kapitel 3 i rapporten).
The consultant found that the groundhandling services covered by the agreements of these two airlines seem to be duly provided and that there is a real difference in the nature of the services provided to the various airlines.
Denne rapport er resultatet af en undersøgelse, som CRC foretog af marketingaftalen.
Air France receives a more comprehensive package of services.
I sin rapport anfører CRC bl.a.:
Ryanair benefits from a lower flat-rate charge (but for more services) than Transavia.
»at CCI for at omgå virkningerne af forvaltningsrettens afgørelse [om at aftalen fra 2003 med selskabet Ryanair gav anledning til ulovlig statsstøtte] benyttede en ny juridisk konstruktion«
However, according to the consultant, who compared the flat-rate charges applied to Ryanair and Transavia and the charge applied to Air France for comparable services with a comparable joint service, Ryanair benefits from a lower charge (EUR […]) than that applied to Air France (EUR […]) or Transavia (EUR […]).
»at selskabet AMS blot er en enhed under Ryanair og ledes af to direktører fra Ryanair«
The price paid is seemingly around […] % of that paid by other airlines.
»at der — for at bruge forvaltningsdommerens begrundelse (TA de Strasbourg, 24. juli 2003, société Brit Air mod CCI de Strasbourg et du Bas-Rhin, CAA de Strasbourg, 18. december 2003, CCI de Strasbourg et du bas-Rhin mod société Brit Air) — består en klar uligevægt mellem aftaleparternes forpligtelser.
According to France, the comparison of airport services (non-regulated services) made by the consultant does not correctly summarise the results of the various negotiations conducted by the CCIPB.
Reklamen på Ryanairs websted gavner også Ryanair og kan ikke udgøre en direkte modydelse til de økonomiske forpligtelser, som CCIPB har indgået.«
France cites a number of examples justifying this charging, in particular where Ryanair does not benefit from certain services offered to Air France.
Ifølge rapporten består der en »uligevægt (…) mellem aftaleparternes gensidige forpligtelser«.
MEASURES COVERED BY THE EXTENSION DECISION
Det nævnes i rapporten, at CRC trods AMS' og Ryanairs argumenter fastholder sine synspunkter.
The Commission took the view that the formal investigation procedure needed to be extended and that all the agreements signed by the CCIPB with AMS and Ryanair should be examined for the entire period during which Ryanair operated from Pau airport (2003 to 2011) in order to determine whether the agreements that the CCIPB signed with AMS and Ryanair constituted State aid.
Rapporten omhandler også støttens effektivitet (kapitel 3.2) og virkningsfuldhed (kapitel 3.3).
AGREEMENTS SIGNED BY THE CCIPB WITH AMS AND RYANAIR
Det anføres, at der ubestrideligt er økonomiske gevinster ved ruten Pau-London Stansted for regionen Béarn:
The extension decision covers various agreements signed by the CCIPB with AMS and Ryanair between 2003 and 2011.
»Målet om 50 000 afrejsende passagerer fra London, som blev fastsat i 2003, blev stort set nået allerede i løbet af det andet driftsår.
AGREEMENT OF 28 JANUARY 2003
Ifølge en undersøgelse foretaget af CCI i 2005 var den økonomiske gevinst ved flyruten knap 8 mio. EUR årligt.
The agreement signed on 28 January 2003 was entered into between the CCIPB and Ryanair directly (and not with AMS).
Et panel med repræsentanter fra turistbranchen blev nedsat for at måle denne gevinst.
This agreement contains provisions on airport services and marketing services.
Omkring 700 erhvervsfolk fra Béarn blev spurgt, hvilken andel deres britiske kunder udgjorde af omsætningen.
Article 2 of this agreement sets out Ryanair’s obligations towards the CCIPB as well as the amount of the airport charges.
Rutens andel af det samlede antal engelske turister i Béarn blev vurderet ud fra en passagerundersøgelse og data fra departementets turistudvalg.«
Article 3 of the agreement stipulates the CCIPB’s obligations and indicates, in particular, that the latter must carry out the following at its own expense:
For så vidt angår støttens virkningsfuldhed nævnes det i rapporten, at »de samlede omkostninger ved ruten for CCI i 2004 fratrukket indtægterne derfra vurderes til knap 360 000 EUR«.
‘provide or procure the provision of airport terminal/infrastructure services for the Services as more particularly set out in Annex A attached hereto;
CRC tvivler på, at det er muligt for CCIPB at opnå de samme resultater for den økonomiske udvikling i Béarn ved at tildele en mindre økonomisk støtte til luftfartsselskabet Ryanair.
perform such public relations and marketing functions as more particularly set out in Annex B attached hereto;
I denne forbindelse henvises der i rapporten til forenelighedskriterierne i EF-retningslinjerne for finansiering af lufthavne og statslig startstøtte til luftfartsselskaber, som opererer fra regionale lufthavne, fra 2005 (i det følgende benævnt »2005-retningslinjerne«).
pay Ryanair the sum of eighty thousand euros (EUR 80 000,00) on a “one-off” basis to launch this new route after the signature of the contract.
Rapportens konklusion herpå er, at disse kriterier ikke er opfyldt.
In consideration of the marketing of Pau through internet links provided to CCIPB on Ryanair’s website, through the advertising of low fares to and from Pau in the print media, and through other means such as radio, outdoor and television advertising as selected by Ryanair, CCIPB shall pay Ryanair the sum of eleven euros (EUR 11,00) per passenger departing from Pau Airport on the Services monthly in arrears and/or credited against payments due from Ryanair to CCIPB under the provisions of Clause 2(b) above but limited to four hundred thousand euros (EUR 400 000,00) per annum per daily rotation of the Services.
AFTALERNE MELLEM LUFTHAVNEN OG RYANAIR OG AMS EFTER 2005
This Agreement holds only for the Pau-London route on the minimum basis of one flight per day, and 364 days per annum.