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Da lufthavnen regnede med en positiv margin, og da der ikke var medtaget en startinvestering i foranstaltningen, konkluderer Kommissionen, at den var forenelig med det markedsøkonomiske investorprincip.
The construction of a railway station accessible by the TGV was intended to improve coordination between the various transport modes.
Vedrørende den nedsættelse, der gjaldt fra den 15. februar 2005 til den 31. juli 2009, fremlægger Frankrig Cocoécos mødereferat af 14. september 2009, hvoraf det dels fremgår, at 83,1 % af rabatten tilfaldt ruter, som blev opretholdt efter rabattens udfasning, dels at gradueringen ikke ville kræve investeringer i kapacitet.
In line with its findings in relation to the construction of Terminal mp2, the Commission concludes that the extension, restructuring and development of the airport meet objectives of general interest that involve ensuring the continuity of air traffic and its future development.
Endelig fører den økonomiske konsekvensanalyse af den graduering, der blev foreslået på dette Cocoéco-møde, til den konklusion, at den gennemsnitlige fortjenstmargin i de tre år, hvor foranstaltningen blev anvendt, ville være positiv for hver passager på en flyvning med satsgraduering:
The work undertaken was necessary to increase and maintain the airport's airside capacity, solve the existing bottlenecks and optimise the connection with the high-speed train network.
for mp1: […]* — […]*= […]* EUR
Moreover, the Departmental Council subsidy represented 9,5 % of the cost of the work carried out and 7 % of the initial capital programme.
for mp2: […]* — […]*= […]* EUR
The Marseille Métropole Provence Urban Community subsidy represented 6,2 % of the cost of the work carried out and 5,6 % of the cost of the planned work programme.
Ved ajourføringen af forretningsplanerne og udarbejdelsen af senere undersøgelser blev hypoteserne derfor ajourført for at tage højde for den første erfaring, der blev høstet med denne foranstaltning.
The improvements financed were deemed necessary to accommodate additional traffic.
Denne ordning skulle ligeledes give overskud.
It is clear from the available figures that the number of passengers carried at Marseille Provence Airport rose by over 25 % between 2006 and 2012.
På baggrund af de nedenfor angivne beregninger var rentabiliteten i den anden ordning også plausibel.
In addition, the runway capacity now apparently stands at 140000 movements per year.
Denne ordning blev gradvis udfaset og ophørte helt den 31. oktober 2011.
According to projections in the Noise Exposure Plan report appended to the Prefectural Order of 4 August 2006, the airport traffic target for 2015 will be achieved with 113909 movements and the 2020 target with 122449 movements.
Kommissionen konkluderer således, at denne foranstaltning ligeledes er i overensstemmelse med det markedsøkonomiske investorprincip, idet det var planlagt, at den skulle give ekstra indtjening.
As a result, improving the runways and access and exit ramps means that the airport can handle the traffic projections to 2020, with the infrastructure therefore having satisfactory prospects for use.
Gratis ophold om natten
It is clear from the available information that all potential users of the infrastructure have access to it in an equal and non-discriminatory manner.
Fra den 1. marts 2005 og indtil i dag har det været gratis at parkere om natten mellem kl. 22.00 og kl. 6.00, når det vedrører passagerbefordring, fem gange ugentligt på samme destination i mindst en IATA-sæson og gældende for fly, der holder stille i mindst seks timer i træk mellem kl. 22.00 og kl. 6.00.
As indicated in recitals 293 and 308, the development of traffic at Marseille Provence Airport has not affected the activity of airports situated within the same catchment area and the development of trade is not affected to an extent contrary to the common interest.
Denne foranstaltning gælder uden forskel i begge terminaler for alle selskaber.
The intensity of this aid was limited to 13 % [72].
Ifølge Frankrig gjorde natopholdet på platformen det muligt for luftfartsselskaberne at tage passagerer om bord meget tidligt om morgenen og lande allersidst på eftermiddagen og dermed for de mellemlange flyvningers vedkommende at foretage fire daglige rotationer i stedet for tre.
As the airside investments could not have been avoided, in the absence of the subsidy, the programme would have necessarily been reduced by over EUR 3 million, most likely taken from the internal improvements of Hall 1, such as those intended to provide space for tour operators, enable airlines to have ticket sale counters or create shops.
Frankrig gør gældende, at en undersøgelse uddraget af regnskaberne i 2004 gør det muligt på forhånd at fastslå rentabiliteten af denne foranstaltning for lufthavnsforvalteren.
However, these are the investments that have allowed foreign airlines and tour operators to be accommodated and commercial revenues to be increased.
Denne undersøgelse bygger på den hypotese, at kun de nationale mellemlange flyvninger i terminal mp1 ville kunne skabe ekstra rotationer på grund af det gratis natophold.
Given the prevailing market conditions at the time when the aid was granted, namely a lack of experience and initiative among private operators with little inclination to invest in airport infrastructure, a high level of risk and uncertain prospects for profitability in a newly liberalised market, a private investor would not, in all likelihood, have invested in the reconstruction of airport infrastructure or in a TGV connection at Marseille Provence Airport.
For terminal mp2 blev det vurderet, at hvert af lavprisselskabernes fly kunne generere en ekstra daglig rotation, idet lavprisselskaberne i denne terminal ikke drev ruter med en enkelt daglig afgang og en enkelt returflyvning fra deres natbase.
ASSESSMENT OF THE MEASURES IN FAVOUR OF AIRLINES USING THE AIRPORT — EXISTENCE OF AID
En vægt på 50 % blev anvendt på disse hypoteser om ekstra rotationer.
POTENTIAL AID GRANTED THROUGH THE REDUCED PASSENGER CHARGE FOR NATIONAL FLIGHTS
Den udførte undersøgelse har som underliggende hypotese, at de ekstra omkostninger som følge af ophold om natten begrænser sig til udgifter til personale, vedligeholdelse, reparation og diverse forbrugsvarer, anslået til […]* EUR pr. nat pr. fly.
In an earlier decision [73], the Commission concluded that an aid scheme existed in favour of airlines operating routes with a national destination, which was incompatible with the internal market.
Hypoteserne i den oprindelige undersøgelse forekom realistiske, da de blev udarbejdet.
France took steps to abolish this scheme.
Det fremgår da også af en undersøgelse fra 2008, at omkostningerne blev undervurderet, men man forventede, at de ekstra rotationer, som blev genereret af denne foranstaltning, trods alt ville give et nettooverskud fra 2010.
The extract from the 2007 Cocoéco deliberations produced by France shows that the passenger charges applicable to national flights and to flights to EU countries that are members of the Schengen Area were aligned at Marseille Provence Airport from 1 January 2008.
Det fremgår af alle disse oplysninger, at CCIMP handlede som en fornuftig markedsøkonomisk aktør ved at beslutte at yde gratis natophold i lufthavnen Marseille Provence.
The Commission therefore considers that this abolished measure does not need re-investigation.
Finansiering af markedsføringsaktiviteter
POTENTIAL AID TO AIRLINES USING THE AIRPORT THROUGH THE DIFFERENTIATION OF AIRPORT CHARGES AND POTENTIAL AID TO RYANAIR AND AMS THROUGH THE MARKETING AGREEMENT
Ifølge Frankrig gav den kun anledning til en udbetaling [på under 300000]* EUR til BMI baby.
In order to ascertain whether the resources of the CCIMP constitute State resources, the Commission notes that a public administrative institution (établissement public à caractère administratif) constitutes an independent public body that, nevertheless, forms part of the organisation of the public administration and is therefore subject to very close supervision by other public authorities.
Frankrig hævdede, at dette beløb, i tilfælde af at det kunne udgøre statsstøtte, er omfattet af forordning (EF) nr. 1998/2006.
Moreover, the general budget of the CCIs is funded by tax revenue collected from companies entered in the trade and companies register.
I 2012 indstillede BMI baby sin virksomhed.
In addition, the CCIs come under the category of public authorities pursuant to Commission Directive 2000/52/EC [74], they constitute contracting authorities pursuant to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [75] or, as applicable, contracting entities pursuant to Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council [76], and their purchasing is subject to public procurement procedures.
Kommissionen konkluderer, at denne støtte ganske rigtigt udgør de minimis-støtte.
According to General Court case-law, those arrangements are part of the internal organization of the public sector, and the existence of rules for ensuring that a public body remains independent of other authorities does not call into question the principle itself of the public nature of that body.
Fastsættelse af passagerafgiften for terminal mp2
Community law cannot permit the rules on State aid to be circumvented merely through the creation of autonomous institutions charged with allocating aid [77].
Finansieringsplanen i forretningsplanen fra november 2004, som blev gennemført, før beslutningen om at opføre terminal mp2 blev truffet, viste, at det drejede sig om en løsning, som gjorde de muligt at imødegå overbelastningsproblemerne og samtidig sikre bedre rentabilitetsudsigter.
Under French law, the CCIs are intermediate state authorities.
Når tilskuddet til opførelsen af terminal mp2 tages i betragtning, viste forretningsplanen over 15 år, som den blev fastlagt på tidspunktet for beslutningen om opførelsen af terminal mp2, at dette projekt ville være rentabelt for lufthavnen.
Their acts are therefore, in any event, imputable to the French State, as they form an integral part of the latter.
Forretningsplanen blev ajourført i 2005 og igen i 2006 inden idriftsættelsen af terminal mp2.
As the CCIs form part of the public administration and are subject to close supervision by other public authorities (see recital 10), the Commission considers that the decisions of these public entities are necessarily imputable to the State.
Begge disse forretningsplaner bekræftede således, at opførelsen af terminal mp2 var den bedste måde at sikre bedre rentabilitetsudsigter.
Their situation therefore differs from that of public undertakings.
I ajourføringen af forretningsplanen i 2006, som skete før fastsættelsen af satserne for afgifterne i terminal mp2, tages der ikke alene højde for rabatter på afgifterne på de nye ruter og parkering, men også for markedsføringsforanstaltninger.
In the case of the CCIs, imputability does not need to be established, as was the case in the Stardust Marine judgment, on the basis of another public authority associated with the decision-making process of a public undertaking, as also confirmed by the numerous public interest tasks entrusted to them by law.
Tabel 10
In particular, the CCIMP's decisions on airport charges must be approved by the supervisory authority in order to be enforceable.
Fly B737 — 67 ton — GA:5 — kapacitet:189 pax
Moreover, the Cocoéco that consists of the Departmental Council of Bouches-du-Rhône, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regional Council and the Marseille Provence Métropole Urban Community is consulted on each occasion, prior to the introduction of new airport charges, and approves those charges.
Indtægter
It is therefore highly unlikely that the Cocoéco would not also have approved the decision to sign the marketing services agreement with AMS, or at least that it was not involved in that decision.
Udgifter
Although it may not have given a formal opinion on that agreement, it approves the overall balance of the airport's resources, by supervising the airport charges.
INDENLANDSK TRAFIK
The decisions on airport charges and on the marketing services agreement signed with AMS should in fact be assessed together.
Ophold < 1 time
In return for this financial participation, Marseille Provence Airport has undertaken to pursue a dynamic commercial policy designed to maximise development of national and international air routes [79].
Skranker
The latter can therefore ask the airport to provide it with studies on the development of air traffic and on the prospects for developing new routes.
Subtotal for luftfart
Furthermore, as a general point, it has been maintained by both France and the CCIMP that the development strategy adopted by Marseille Provence Airport had objectives of general interest involving the economic dynamism of the surrounding region and the creation of jobs.
Butikker
These are objectives in which the local authorities have a direct interest, as indicated in the agreements concluded with the CCIMP [80].
Parkeringspladser
It also appears, in the light of recital 10, that the CCIs are integrated within the structure of the public administration, that they pursue their economic activities under very special conditions that are in no way comparable with the conditions for private operators, that their legal status is governed by public law, and that the supervision of their management by the public authorities is extensive.
I ALT pr. flyvning
In the light of the above, it must therefore be concluded that the airport charging measures and the marketing services agreement concluded with AMS were financed through State resources and that their financing is imputable to the State.
Margin før markedsføringsforanstaltninger
SELECTIVE ADVANTAGE FOR THE AIRLINES OPERATING AT MARSEILLE PROVENCE AIRPORT
Markedsføringsforanstaltninger
In order to ascertain whether a State measure constitutes aid, it must be determined whether the undertaking received an economic advantage enabling it to avoid having to bear costs that would normally have had to be met out of its own financial resources or whether it received an advantage that it would not have received under normal market conditions.
Margin efter markedsføringsforanstaltninger
The Commission points out in this respect that regional development considerations cannot be taken into account when applying the market economy operator test.
TRAFIK I EU
Application of the benchmarking approach
Tabel 11
Ryanair maintains that, in order to rule out the existence of an economic advantage that may not have been obtained under normal market conditions, the charges in the 1999 agreements must be compared with airport charges applied at other European airports to low-cost airlines.
Fly FOCKER 100 — 45 tons — GA:5 — kapacitet:100 pax
The Commission does not rule out this approach on principle.
Passagertal på 75 % (75 pax)
However, the identification of a benchmark requires first that a sufficient number of comparable airports providing comparable services under normal market conditions can be selected.
Tabel 12
In this respect, the Commission notes that, when the 1999 agreements were signed, EU airports were regarded by many as forming part of a public administration pursuing social and regional objectives and were therefore funded by public authorities, whatever their profitability.
Rentabilitetsanalyse (1000 EUR løbende priser)
In fact, a majority of EU airports is still currently benefiting from public funding to cover investment and operating costs.
Kilde: Ajourført forretningsplan af 15. september 2005 (BV — bogførte nettoværdi, LPT —lavpristerminal.)
Therefore, the Commission considers that these airports' charges tend not to be determined with regard to market considerations, and in particular sound ex ante profitability prospects, but essentially with regard to social or regional considerations.
I ALT 2005-2021
The Commission further notes that, even though some airports are privately owned or operated without social or regional considerations, their charges may be heavily influenced by the charges applied by the majority of publicly subsidised airport operators, as these latter charges are taken into account by airlines during their negotiations with the privately owned or operated airports.
Intern rente (TRI)
In the present case, the airports used as benchmarks received public funding before their privatisation, and even afterwards.
CASHFLOW I ALT med BV ultimo 2021 med LPT
Liverpool Airport has benefited in particular from co-financing under the EU Structural Funds, and the loss-making Prestwick Airport was recently renationalised for the symbolic sum of GBP 1.
CASHFLOWDIFFERENCE
Moreover, it is not clear whether the cost of the existing infrastructure was taken into account when these reference airports were privatised.
CASHFLOW I ALT med BV ultimo 2021 ajourført uden LPT
Lastly, the comparability of the figures in the Oxera study is limited by the fact that the charges paid at Marseille Provence Airport do not take account of the marketing agreement with AMS, whereas the charges indicated for all the other airports are net of any contribution by the airport to Ryanair's marketing activities.
CASHFLOW I ALT med BV ultimo 2021 ajourført med LPT
Under those circumstances, the Commission is unable to identify an appropriate benchmark for establishing a genuine market price for the services provided by the airport operator.
CASHFLOWDIFFERENCE I ALT
Profitability analysis
Den fornuftige aktør tager hensyn til samtlige indtægter fra luftfart og andet end luftfart og samtidig til efterspørgselselasticiteten i trafikken over for den planlagte prissætning af luftfartsafgifterne for at fastslå rentabiliteten af projektet med en terminal med forenklet serviceniveau og tilhørende prissætning.
In the absence of a clearly defined benchmark, the Commission considers that the ex ante incremental profitability analysis is the relevant criterion for assessing the agreements proposed or concluded by airport operators with individual airlines.
Forskellen mellem satsniveauet for passagerafgiften og omkostningen ved passagerfunktionen, som dækkes af indtægterne fra andet end luftfart, udgør derfor ikke en fordel, der gives til luftfartsselskaberne, men er tværtimod en følge af lufthavnsforvalterens underliggende optimering med henblik på at gøre sit investeringsprojekt rentabelt.
In this context, the measures under investigation form part of the airport's overall strategy leading to profitability, at least in the long term.
Satserne for passagerafgiften (eksklusive indcheckningsskranker) gældende i terminal mp2 er anført i tabel 13.
The Commission considers that setting different charges is a normal commercial practice.
Tabel 13
However, this practice must be justified by commercial considerations in order to satisfy the market economy operator test [81].
Passagerafgift ved flyvning inden for EU (EUR)
France argues that Marseille Provence Airport acted rationally, and supports its statement with the airport's ex ante calculations.
Passagerafgift ved flyvning uden for EU (EUR)
In order to assess this criterion, the Commission will take account of both the aeronautical revenue (airport charges) and the revenue from the airport's non-aeronautical activity (shops, car parks, etc.).
Oprindelig
Reductions in the charges for creating new routes
Med tilbagevirkende kraft
The CCIMP introduced two different schemes of reduced charges to encourage the creation of new air routes.
I 2009 blev satserne justeret, efter at Conseil d'État havde ophævet satserne.
On 6 December 2004 the Cocoéco voted to create a reduction of 90 % in the first year and 50 % in the second year on the landing, lighting and parking charges for passenger flights.
Det fremgår af de finansielle oplysninger i Cocoécos beslutning af 18. februar 2009, at hvis man både medregner provenuet af lufthavnsafgifterne og de kommercielle indtægter henregnet til passagerfunktionen, dækker de omkostningerne ved denne funktion i terminal mp2 [mellem 100 % og 140 % for årene 2007, 2008, 2009 og 2010]*, under hensyntagen til satsen for passagerafgiften, som blev fastsat ved beslutning af 25. maj 2009.
The assumptions made in the original study seemed realistic at that time.
Passagerafgiftssatserne i terminal mp2 blev fastsat på grundlag af en forudgående finansiel undersøgelse.
Given that the airport had a positive margin and as this measure did not require any initial investment, the Commission concludes that it satisfies the market economy operator test.
I denne blev alle gældende rabatter taget i betragtning.
As regards the reduction applicable from 15 February 2005 to 31 July 2009, France has produced the Cocoéco meeting records of 14 September 2009 according to which, on the one hand, 83,1 % of the reductions benefited routes that continued after the end of the reductions and, on the other hand, the modulation did not involve any capacity investment.
Undersøgelsens konklusion var, at NNV var positiv.
for mp1: EUR […]* – EUR […]* = EUR […]*
Mens de nye satser med tilbagevirkende kraft beregnes, så de dækker samtlige lufthavnens omkostninger, efter korrektion for fordeling mellem terminalerne af visse fælles udgifter, skulle de oprindelige satser allerede dække de marginalomkostninger, der var direkte knyttet til de nye luftfartsselskaber og hver ekstra passager.
for mp2: EUR […]* – EUR […]* = EUR […]*
Derfor blev det til hver en tid forventet, at satserne over for luftfartsselskaberne dækkede mindst de marginalomkostninger, der var forbundet med selskabets benyttelse af lufthavnen.
This result showed that the initial ex ante calculations were in fact very conservative.
I øvrigt forventede lufthavnen i sin oprindelige forretningsplan, der førte til beslutningen om at opføre terminal mp2, at nå en positiv NNV.
In particular, well over 20 % of the new routes continued after the end of the initial reductions.
Før enhver ny ændring af satserne foretog lufthavnen plausible skøn, ifølge hvilke foranstaltningerne skulle bidrage positivt til lufthavnens rentabilitet.
Consequently, when the business plans were updated and subsequent studies were carried out, the assumptions were updated to take account of the initial experience gained with this measure.
Derfor mener Kommissionen, at beslutningen om fastsættelse af satserne for terminal mp2 er i overensstemmelse med det markedsøkonomiske investorprincip.
Based on this experience, a second incentive scheme for new routes was adopted on 18 September 2009 and came into force on 1 February 2010.
Det samme gælder beslutningen af 25. maj 2009 om fastsættelse af disse satser for årene 2006-2008 og fra 1. august 2009.
This scheme granted a reduction of 60 % in the first year of operation of a new route, 45 % in the second year and 20 % in the third year.
Markedsføringsaftalen med AMS
It also aimed to generate a profit margin.
Vurdering under ét af en økonomisk fordel for Ryanair og AMS
Based on the above calculations, the profitability of this second scheme was also plausible.
Kommissionen skal først undersøge, om Ryanair og dets datterselskab AMS skal betragtes adskilt eller under ét, med henblik på at påvise den økonomiske fordel, de skal have fået.
This scheme was gradually withdrawn and finally ended on 31 October 2011.
Kommissionen konstaterer indledningsvis, at AMS er Ryanairs 100 % ejede datterselskab og ledes af direktører i Ryanair [82].
The Commission therefore concludes that this measure also satisfies the market economy operator test, as it was expected to make additional profits.
Kommissionen konstaterer i øvrigt, at dette selskab faktisk blev oprettet med det ene formål at levere markedsføringsydelser på Ryanairs websted, og at det ikke udøver anden virksomhed.
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