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For at give lufthavne tid til at tilpasse sig nye markedsvilkår og undgå forstyrrelser i lufttrafikken og forbindelserne til regionerne anses driftsstøtte til lufthavne i henhold til afsnit 5.1.2, litra a), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014 for at bidrage til et mål af fælles interesse i en overgangsperiode på 10 år, hvis støtten: i) øger unionsborgernes mobilitet og forbindelserne til og fra regionerne ved at etablere et adgangspunkt for flyvninger inden for Unionen, ii) modvirker trafiktætheden i EU's store hovedlufthavne eller iii) fremmer regional udvikling.
Even though Luxembourg airport is slightly smaller than Frankfurt Hahn airport in terms of passenger traffic, its freight activity is substantially larger, with 674000 tonnes in 2013.
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 199-204 finder Kommissionen, at den fortsatte drift af Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn øgede unionsborgernes mobilitet og forbindelserne til og fra regionerne ved at etablere et adgangspunkt for flyvninger inden for Unionen i Hunsrückregionen.
It offers a variety of scheduled flights to European capitals and charter flights to leisure destinations.
Den fortsatte drift af lufthavnen medvirkede til at fremme den regionale udvikling i Hunsrückregionen og skabelsen af nye arbejdspladser.
This selection of destinations to a large extent meets the needs of the employees of the financial and international institutions located in Luxembourg.
Driften og udviklingen af Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn aflastede også Frankfurt Main lufthavn.
Saarbrücken airport is located around 128 kilometres away from Frankfurt Hahn airport which amounts to over 2 hours travelling time by car.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at den omhandlede foranstaltning opfylder et veldefineret mål af fælles interesse.
In addition, Frankfurt Hahn is served mainly by low-cost carriers (Ryanair) and freight constitutes a rather important element in its business model whereas Saarbrücken airport offers mainly scheduled flights to national destinations and has only limited air freight transport.
Behov for statslig indgriben
With regard to Zweibrücken airport, Germany emphasised that the distance of 127 km to Frankfurt Hahn airport translates into a travelling time of 1 hour and 27 minutes by car or around 4 hours by train.
For at vurdere, om statsstøtte effektivt opfylder et mål af fælles interesse, skal det problem, der skal løses, udpeges i henhold til afsnit 5.1.2, litra b), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014.
Moreover, Germany submitted that, looking at passenger and air freight traffic between 2005 and 2012, no relationship of substitution between the airports can be deduced.
Statsstøtte til en lufthavn bør i denne henseende kun ydes i en situation, hvor støtten kan føre til en væsentlig forbedring, som markedet ikke i sig selv kan give.
The Commission observes that there is a certain overlap in the activities of Frankfurt Hahn and Zweibrücken airports, as Zweibrücken airport is also engaged in handling air freight and the destinations served by Zweibrücken airport are predominantly for charter traffic.
Kommissionen bemærker, at Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn er en regional lufthavn med ca. 2,7 mio. passagerer om året.
In this regard, the Commission notes that freight is usually more mobile than passenger transport [84].
Der er derfor behov for statslig indgriben (se punkt 89 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014).
Comments from the industry suggest that up to a half-day of trucking time (that is to say, up to 12 hours driving time by trucks) would in general be acceptable for freight forwarders to transport their goods [85].
Støtteforanstaltningernes egnethed
Moreover, charter traffic is also, in general, less time-sensitive and may accept travelling times of up to 2 hours by car.
I henhold til afsnit 5.1.2, litra c), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014 skal en støtteforanstaltning til en lufthavn være et egnet politikinstrument til at opnå målet af fælles interesse.
At the same time it should be noted that, before Zweibrücken entered the market in 2006, Frankfurt Hahn airport was already a well-established airport with more than 3 million passengers and channelling 123000 tonnes of freight.
Medlemsstaten skal derfor godtgøre, at ingen andre, mindre fordrejende politikinstrumenter eller støtteinstrumenter kunne have gjort det muligt at opnå det samme mål.
In view of the historical development of the two airports, their geographical location and the free capacity available at Frankfurt Hahn airport at the time when Zweibrücken airport entered the commercial aviation market in 2006, the Commission concludes that it is rather the opening of Zweibrücken airport which constituted an unnecessary duplication of infrastructure.
De omhandlede støtteforanstaltninger er ifølge Tyskland egnede til at opnå det fastsatte mål af fælles interesse, som man ikke havde kunnet opnå med andre mindre fordrejende politikinstrumenter.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that the investments into Frankfurt Hahn airport do not constitute a duplication of existing non-profitable infrastructure.
I dette tilfælde var støttebeløbet (differencen mellem markedsrenten for de midler, der blev ydet af likviditetspuljen, og den faktiske rente) lavere end lufthavnens faktiske udækkede driftsunderskud (se tabel 4, EBITDA, ekskl. lufthavnens ekstraordinære indtægter) og var begrænset til det nødvendige minimum, da det kun blev ydet som et lån, der skulle betales tilbage, og ikke som et direkte tilskud.
On the contrary, Frankfurt Hahn airport has played an important role in decongesting Frankfurt Main airport without limiting the latter's plans to expand.
Ingen anden politikforanstaltning ville have givet lufthavnen mulighed for at fortsætte driften.
Without the investments into Frankfurt Hahn airport there was in fact a risk that the region would be underserved in terms of its transport needs.
Kompensationen for underskud er således begrænset til et minimum og giver ingen overskud.
In the light of the considerations in recitals 199 to 210, the Commission therefore concludes that the investment aid directed at the construction and operation of infrastructure at Frankfurt Hahn airport meets a clearly defined objective of common interest, namely regional economic development, creation of jobs and improvement of the accessibility of the region.
I lyset af betragtning 244 og 245 finder Kommissionen, at de omhandlede foranstaltninger var egnede til at opnå det fastsatte mål af fælles interesse.
According to Germany, the investments were undertaken according to the needs (and were thus proportionate) and the constructed infrastructure was necessary for the airport in order to serve the connectivity and the development of the region and to decongest Frankfurt Main airport.
Tilstedeværelsen af en tilskyndelsesvirkning
Based on the information provided by Germany, the Commission agrees that the financed investments were necessary and proportionate to the objective of common interest (see recital 68 and following).
I henhold til afsnit 5.1.2, litra d), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014 har driftsstøtte en tilskyndelsesvirkning, hvis det er sandsynligt, at den økonomiske aktivitet i den pågældende lufthavn ville være væsentligt lavere uden driftsstøtten.
Indeed, without these investments the conversion of the former US base into a fully functioning civil aviation airport could not have been completed.
Ved denne vurdering skal der tages hensyn til tilstedeværelsen af investeringsstøtte og trafikniveauet i lufthavnen.
The construction of passenger and freight facilities, aprons and modernisation of taxiways had to be carried out in order to further develop civil flight operations.
Uden støtten ville driften i Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn have været alvorligt ramt og reduceret, hvilket i sidste ende kunne have ført til lukning af lufthavnen som følge af udækkede driftsunderskud.
Hence, the constructed infrastructure was necessary for the airport in order to serve the connectivity and the development of the region.
I lyset af ovenstående konkluderer Kommissionen, at den pågældende statsstøtte havde en tilskyndelsesvirkning.
Also, the infrastructure project was undertaken only to the extent it was necessary to attain the goals set: while the infrastructure was built for a maximum passenger traffic of around 4 to 5 million passengers and 500000 tonnes of freight, the traffic statistics displayed in Table 1 and Table 2 show that the passenger traffic steadily increased until 2007 to reach a record of 4 million passengers (following by a decline to 2,7 million in 2013 for the reasons set out in recital 219) and that the freight volume increased to more than 500000 tonnes of freight in 2011.
I henhold til afsnit 5.1.2, litra e), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014 skal driftsstøtte til lufthavne være begrænset til det minimum, der er nødvendigt for at frembringe den støttemodtagende aktivitet, for at være proportionel.
This means that the expected traffic demand largely corresponded to the actual demand and that the investments were not disproportionately large.
I dette tilfælde var støttebeløbet begrænset til det beløb, der svarer til de udækkede driftsomkostninger, da det kun dækkede de faktisk afholdte omkostninger.
While it is important to avoid that investment constitutes a duplication of an existing unprofitable infrastructure, this is not the case here.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at driftsstøttebeløbet i dette tilfælde var proportionelt og begrænset til det strengt nødvendige for, at den støttede aktivitet kunne finde sted.
As already explained in recitals 203 to 210, there are no other airports within 100 kilometres distance and 60 minutes travelling time, and even if a wider catchment area was to be considered there are no duplication effects.
I henhold til afsnit 5.1.2, litra f), i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014 skal Kommissionen ved vurderingen af foreneligheden af driftsstøtte tage hensyn til fordrejningen af konkurrencevilkårene og påvirkningen af samhandelen.
The closest airport is Frankfurt Main airport, which Frankfurt Hahn airport was intended to decongest.
Inden for Frankfurt Hahn lufthavns sædvanlige opland (en times kørsel eller en afstand på 100 km) findes der ikke andre kommercielt udnyttede lufthavne.
In the light of these considerations, the Commission considers that this compatibility condition is met.
Selv om dette sædvanlige opland blev udvidet til andre lufthavne i nærheden af Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn, har det, som det påvises i betragtning 224 og 228, ingen negativ indvirkning på konkurrencen mellem de lufthavne, der er beliggende i nærheden af Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn (dvs. Frankfurt Main, Luxembourg og Saarbrücken lufthavn).
Germany submitted that before the decision to further develop the airport infrastructure was taken, traffic forecast studies were conducted by external experts in order to identify the traffic potential for Frankfurt Hahn airport.
I lyset af ovennævnte finder Kommissionen, at eventuelle negative indvirkninger på konkurrencen og samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne som følge af driftsstøtten til FFHG er begrænset til det nødvendige minimum.
The information submitted shows that at that time the external experts forecasted significant growth from 0,3 million passengers in 2000 to up to 3,8 million passengers by 2010 (see Figure 6 and Figure 7).
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 238-255 konkluderer Kommissionen, at foranstaltningerne er forenelige med det indre marked på grundlag af traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c).
With regard to freight development, the experts projected a development from 151000 tonnes in 2001 to up to 386000 tonnes in 2010 (see Figure 8), with the growth in the freight business between 2006 and 2010 coming from the freight flights diverted from Frankfurt Main airport due to curfew.
KONKLUSION
However, these projections could only be fulfilled if the investments were undertaken to the planned extent.
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 99-124 finder Kommissionen, at den kreditlinje, som FFHG fik stillet til rådighed via delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz' likviditetspulje, udgør statsstøtte i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
The Commission notes that these traffic forecasts (see recital 218) were confirmed by the actual traffic development at Frankfurt Hahn airport (see Table 1 and Table 2).
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 140-169 konkluderer Kommissionen, at ISB-lån nr. 1, 3 og 4 blev ydet til satser, der er i overensstemmelse med markedsvilkårene.
In 2007 Frankfurt Hahn airport served around 4 million passengers.
Da de kumulative kriterier i traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1, ikke er opfyldt, finder Kommissionen derfor, at disse ISB-lån ikke udgør statsstøtte i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
Following a period of significant growth, air traffic in Germany and the Union in recent years has been negatively affected by the economic and financial crisis in 2008/2009, which resulted in a decrease in passenger air transport in Germany in 2009.
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 140-169 ovenfor konkluderer Kommissionen, at ISB-lån nr. 2 og 5 blev ydet til en sats, der lå under referencesatsen.
The passenger development at Frankfurt Hahn airport was further impacted by the introduction of an air passenger tax in Germany in 2011.
Da de øvrige kriterier fastsat i traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1, også er opfyldt, udgør disse lån statsstøtte.
Currently Frankfurt Hahn airport serves around 2,7 million passengers p.a.
Da kreditlinjen og de midler, der blev ydet af likviditetspuljen, den fulde statsgaranti og ISB-lån nr. 2 og 5, allerede er blevet stillet til rådighed for FFHG, finder Kommissionen, at Tyskland ikke har overholdt kravene i traktatens artikel 108, stk. 3.
With regard to freight, Frankfurt Hahn airport handled 565000 tonnes of freight in 2011.
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 199-232 konkluderer Kommissionen, at investeringsstøtten til Frankfurt Hahn lufthavn er forenelig med traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), da den opfylder forenelighedsbetingelserne i punkt 61 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2005.
Due to the bankruptcy of one of its clients, the airport processed only 447000 tonnes in 2013.
I lyset af overvejelserne i betragtning 238-255 konkluderer Kommissionen, at de midler, som blev ydet af likviditetspuljen på præferencevilkår, opfylder forenelighedsbetingelserne for driftsstøtte i punkt 137 i retningslinjerne for luftfart fra 2014 og er forenelige med det indre marked på grundlag af traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c).
In the light of these considerations, it can therefore be concluded that Frankfurt Hahn airport is already using most of its capacity and that the medium-term prospects for the use of the capacity were satisfactory.
Kommissionen bemærker, at Tyskland har accepteret, at denne afgørelse vedtages på engelsk —
All potential users of the infrastructure have access to the airport on equal and non-discriminatory terms.
VEDTAGET FØLGENDE AFGØRELSE:
Indeed, the schedule of airport charges applicable at Frankfurt Hahn airport is publicly available and open to all potential and current users of the airport in a transparent and non-discriminatory manner.
Artikel 1
Any differences in airport charges actually paid for the use of the infrastructure were based on commercially justified differentiation [86].
Den statsstøtte, som Tyskland ulovligt har ydet i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde til Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn GmbH i perioden 2009-2012 i form af en fuld statsgaranti for lån ydet af Rheinland-Pfalz' Investitions- und Strukturbank, lån ydet af Rheinland-Pfalz' Investitions- und Strukturbank den 31. august 2009 på 20,0 mio. EUR og den 30. september 2009 på 6,8 mio. EUR samt Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn GmbH's mulighed for at deltage i delstaten Rheinland-Pfalz' likviditetspulje og opnå lån på op til 45 mio. EUR på præferencevilkår fra denne likviditetspulje, er forenelig med det indre marked.
Hence, the Commission considers that this condition is satisfied.
Artikel 2
According to point 39 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines the category of an airport can provide an indication of the extent to which airports are competing with one another and therefore also the extent to which public funding granted to an airport may distort competition.
De lån, som Rheinland-Pfalz' Investitions- und Strukturbank ydede til Flughafen Frankfurt Hahn GmbH fra den 15. juli 2007 til den 30. september 2009 på i alt 46,8 mio. EUR, udgør ikke statsstøtte som omhandlet i traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
Within the standard catchment area of Frankfurt Hahn airport (1 hour travelling time by car or 100 kilometres distance) there are no other commercially exploited airports.
Artikel 3
Even if one were to extend the catchment area, the Commission considers that the aid does not create undue negative effects on competition and trade between Member States.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland.
As far as Frankfurt Main airport (the closest airport at around 115 kilometres distance and 1 hour 15 minutes travelling time) is concerned, the investments at Frankfurt Hahn airport did not result in negative substitution effects.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 1. oktober 2014.
In fact, before getting involved in Frankfurt Hahn airport, Fraport was already the operator of Frankfurt Main airport, but was nevertheless investing in Frankfurt Hahn airport with a view to decongesting Frankfurt Main airport, as a future capacity overload was foreseeable for that hub.
På Kommissionens vegne
In particular, the ban on night flights at Frankfurt Main airport was one of the main factors to be taken into consideration as Frankfurt Hahn airport had a 24-hour operating licence.
Næstformand
Even though Frankfurt Hahn experienced significant growth in the period from 2000 until 2007, Figure 1 shows that in comparison to Frankfurt Main the traffic share remained very limited.
Med virkning fra den 1. december 2009 er EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88 blevet til henholdsvis artikel 107 og 108 i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (herefter »traktaten«).
From 2000 to 2003 Frankfurt Main airport experienced steady passenger growth from 48 million in 2000 to 54,2 million in 2007.
De to sæt artikler er indholdsmæssigt identiske.
Due to the economic crisis, Frankfurt Main experienced a slight decrease to 50,9 million in 2009, followed by a rapid increase to 58 million.
I nærværende afgørelse skal henvisninger til traktatens artikel 107 og 108 efter omstændighederne forstås som henvisninger til EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88.
With regard to the freight activities, Frankfurt Main airport experienced steady growth from 1,6 to 2,2 million tonnes in 2013.
I traktaten blev der også foretaget visse terminologiske ændringer, bl.a. blev »Fællesskabet« erstattet af »Unionen«, og »fællesmarkedet« af »det indre marked«.
As for other airports, the Commission has already explained that the investments at Frankfurt Hahn airport had no significant impact on competition and trade between Member States [87].
Terminologien i traktaten vil blive benyttet i hele denne afgørelse.
This also applies to Zweibrücken airport, given that it is rather the latter that constitutes an unnecessary duplication of infrastructure (and would thus be responsible for any distortive effect on competition).
EUT C 216 af 21.7.2012, s. 1.
In addition, contrary to Frankfurt Main and Luxembourg airports, Frankfurt Hahn airport is not served by a train connection.
Rådets forordning (EF) Nr. 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af artikel 108 i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (EUT L 83 af 27.3.1999, s. 1).
Overall, no substitution effect on rail transport can be expected.
Se fodnote 2.
In view of the considerations in recitals 223 to 228, the Commission considers that any undue negative effects on competition and trade between Member States are limited to the minimum.
Kommissionens meddelelse om retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber (EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3).
The Commission must establish whether the State aid granted to Frankfurt Hahn Airport has changed the behaviour of the beneficiary in such a way that it engaged in activity contributing to the achievement of the objective of common interest that (i) it would not have carried out without the aid; or (ii) it would have carried out in a more restricted or different manner.
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).
In addition, the aid is considered to be proportionate only if the same result could not be reached with less aid and less distortion.
EF-retningslinjer for finansiering af lufthavne og statslig startstøtte til luftfartsselskaber, som opererer fra regionale lufthavne (EUT C 312 af 9.12.2005, s. 1).
This means that the amount and intensity of the aid must be limited to the minimum needed for the aided activity to take place.
EUT C 113 af 15.4.2014, s. 30.
According to the information submitted by Germany, without the aid the investment could not have been realised.
I det følgende omfatter udtrykket »Fraport« både »FAG« inden ændringen af virksomhedsnavnet og »Fraport AG« derefter.
Germany submitted that the aid was necessary as it compensated only the costs of financing and a lower amount would have led to lower levels of investment.
Fortrolige oplysninger.
Indeed, according to the financial results summarised in Table 3 and Table 4 the airport is still loss-making and not able to finance its investment costs.
I henhold til afsnit 7, stk. 3, i købsaftalen kunne dette beløb reduceres, f.eks. hvis FFHG's omkostninger til støjbekæmpelse oversteg et vist beløb.
Therefore, it can be concluded that the aid was necessary to make investments in order to decongest the airport infrastructure and to meet the current requirements for modern airport infrastructure.
Delstaten Hessen ejede 45,24 % af aktierne i Fraport, Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH (ejet 100 % af kommunen Frankfurt am Main) ejede 28,89 %, og den tyske stat ejede 25,87 %.
Without the aid, Frankfurt Hahn airport would not have been able to meet the expected demand of airlines, passengers and freight forwarders and the level of the economic activity of the airport would have been reduced.
Ryanair er et irsk luftfartsselskab og medlem af European Low Fares Airlines Association.
It should also be noted that the public support was granted in a period when FFHG realised very significant investments into the infrastructure (more than EUR 220 million in 2001-2012).
Luftfartsselskabets virksomhed er baseret på sekundære, regionale lufthavne.
Of this amount, EUR 46 million were invested during the period under consideration (2009 to 2012).
Luftfartsselskabet betjener i øjeblikket omkring 160 europæiske destinationer.
It follows that the investment aid covered only a fraction of the overall investment costs and was limited to the difference between the interest rate paid for the funds and the market rate under which FFHG would have received those funds on the market.
Ryanair har en ensartet flåde, der består af Boeing 737-800-fly med 189 sæder.
Also, the investment aid under consideration was granted in the form of a 100 % state guarantee and funds at preferential terms and not in the form of a direct grant.
Wizz Air er et ungarsk luftfartsselskab og medlem af European Low Fares Airlines Association.
The Commission therefore considers that the aid measure at stake had an incentive effect and that the amount of aid was limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place, and was thus proportionate.
Wizz Air-gruppen består af tre driftsselskaber, Wizz Air Hungary, Wizz Air Bulgaria og Wizz Air Ukraine.
On the basis of the above, the Commission concludes that the investment aid granted to Frankfurt Hahn airport is compatible with the internal market pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty as it complies with the compatibility conditions laid down in point 61 of the 2005 Aviation Guidelines.
Luftfartsselskabets virksomhed er baseret på sekundære, regionale lufthavne.
Compatibility of operating aid pursuant to the 2014 Aviation Guidelines