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Da kapitaltilførslerne imidlertid først foretages efter Kommissionens godkendelse i 2014, beløber det finansieringsbehov, som Tyskland har beregnet, sig til 166,9 mio. EUR, som berettiger en støtteintensitet på 88,1 % (jf. tabel 5).
Germany stated further that the three main air-freight hubs in Germany, Frankfurt/Main, Munich and Köln/Bonn, are facing night flight capacity constraints.
Da der ikke er fastsat en tærskel for tilladte maksimale støtteintensiteter i fragtlufthavne, er støtteintensiteten begrænset til investeringsprojektets finansieringsbehov.
In this regard, Germany stated that according to the judgment of the German Federal Administrative Court of 4 April 2012, Frankfurt Main/Airport is not allowed to carry out any night flight operations anymore.
Kommissionen kan derfor konkludere, at støttebeløbet er proportionelt og begrænset til et minimum.
As a consequence, Germany stated that FLH helps to counter a serious air-freight capacity crunch in Germany.
Støttens negative virkninger skal være tilstrækkelig begrænsede, så støtteforanstaltningens samlede resultat er positivt.
Germany stated further that the envisaged project forms part of the strategy for the development of the airport contained in the Trans-European Transport Network Outline Plan from 2004 valid up to 2020 as a Community connecting point.
For yderligere at begrænse en eventuel konkurrencefordrejning skal lufthavnen inklusive enhver investering, hvortil der er ydet støtte, være åben for alle potentielle brugere, og den må ikke være forbeholdt en bestemt bruger.
Leipzig/Halle airport is located in the region of Middle Germany (close to five major Trans-European transport axes and Pan-European corridors) between the axes from North to South Europe (that is to say Federal motorway A 9) and from the West to Eastern Europe (that is to say Federal motorway A 14) with an access to rail and road network.
Hvis der er fysiske begrænsninger for kapaciteten, skal den fordeles på grundlag af relevante, objektive, gennemsigtige og ikkediskriminerende kriterier.
Moreover, according to Germany, due to its location in the centre of Europe and its surrounding market of approximately 7 million persons within 100 km of the airport and its location next to road and rail infrastructure, the airport has large growth potential.
Tyskland gjorde gældende, at foranstaltningernes samlede indvirkning på konkurrencevilkårene og samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne er positiv.
As stated in recital 319, the air freight sector is showing considerable growth rates (that is to say an average growth rate in international passenger transport between 2007 and 2011 of approximately 5,0 % and on the freight side of 4,3 %) [75].
Tyskland bekræftede i denne forbindelse for det første, at den nye infrastruktur vil blive stillet til rådighed for alle potentielle brugere (luftfartsselskaber og luftfragtselskaber) på lige vilkår og uden forskelsbehandling.
However, the current airport capacities are facing night flight constraints (see recital 319).
For det andet påpegede Tyskland, at de pågældende infrastrukturforanstaltninger ikke vedrørte udvidelse.
As mentioned in recital 319, it is expected that the airport will experience a gradual but significant increase in freight traffic.
Med hensyn til eventuelle virkninger for Leipzig/Halle Lufthavnens konkurrenter anførte Tyskland, at lufthavnene i nærheden af Leipzig/Halle ikke var specialiseret i luftfragt.
In order to complement its statement, Germany pointed out that the air cargo volume rose by 18,5 % in 2009 and 26,5 % in 2010.
Hvad angår Altenburg-Nobitz, Berlin Brandenburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Hof, Magdeburg, Magdeburg-Cochstedt og Prag Lufthavn, anførte Tyskland desuden, at der for en række af disse lufthavnes vedkommende var for store geografiske afstande, lufthavnene var beliggende i forskellige økonomiske regioner, oplandene var meget forskellige eller lufthavnene var meget små.
According to Germany, a further increase in cargo volume was expected.
Ifølge Tyskland var der desuden betydelige natflyvningsbegrænsninger i Bruxelles Lufthavn, og konkurrencen var således begrænset.
In this respect Germany clarified that approximately 820000 tonnes of air cargo were expected to be handled by 2020 [76].
Kommissionen kan således konkludere, at støttens negative virkninger er tilstrækkelig begrænsede.
However, Germany submitted that, this forecast will be already met by 2015 [77].
Kommissionen kan derfor konkludere, at forenelighedskriteriet er opfyldt.
Further increase is expected in the future in the freight traffic operations in particular with regard to further night flights restrictions at other German airports (that is to say Frankfurt Main and others).
Støttens gennemsigtighed
The Commission notes that the implementation of the project will have a positive impact on the entire region and will positively influence its economic and social development.
Tyskland gøres opmærksom på kravene om åbenhed og offentliggørelse af oplysninger om tildelt støtte, jf. afsnit 8.2 i luftfartsretningslinjerne fra 2014.
Germany submitted that currently 133 companies were present at the airport, employing a total of 5106 people in 2010 (an increase by 14,4 % in comparison to 2009).
Kommissionen finder således, at alle de generelle betingelser om forenelighed i traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), er opfyldt i denne sag.
Germany stated further that the investment project will in particular improve access to the region and increase its attractiveness for investors and visitors.
På baggrund af vurderingen konkluderer Kommissionen, at foranstaltningen er forenelig med det indre marked i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i det omfang den er begrænset til finansieringen af investeringsprojektets finansieringsbehov.
The Commission notes that this was also supported by the observations of the third parties (see section 4).
KONKLUSION
Moreover, this should have a positive impact on employment bearing in mind that unemployment is significantly higher in the Leipzig/Halle region (unemployment in the Sachsen region amounts to 10,3 %, in Saxony-Anhalt to 11,2 %) than the national average (of 6,9 %).
I lyset af konklusionen i afsnit 6.1.1 er FLH en virksomhed i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
The Commission can therefore conclude that the construction and operation of the infrastructure meets a well-defined objective of common interest, being the development of an airport with a large air freight component in line with Union policy in this respect, due account being taken of regional aspects and that the criterion of compatibility is fulfilled in the present case.
På baggrund af vurderingen i afsnit 6.1.2 finder Kommissionen, at finansieringen af foranstaltning 5 vedrørende en ny brandstationsbygning, foranstaltning 9 vedrørende brandslukningsudstyr og foranstaltning 8 vedrørende en helikopterflyveplads kan betragtes som foranstaltninger, der henhører under det offentlige myndighedsområde.
A State aid measure must be targeted towards a situation where aid can bring about a material improvement that the market cannot deliver itself, for example by remedying a market failure or addressing an equity or cohesion concern.
På baggrund af vurderingen i afsnit 6.1.2 kan finansieringen af alle andre foranstaltninger ikke fritages for kontrol ifølge EU's statsstøtteregler.
Germany submitted that Leipzig/Halle airport suffers from a historical investment backlog.
I lyset af betragtningerne i afsnit 6.2.1 finder Kommissionen, at FLH’s aktionærlån blev ydet på markedsvilkår og derfor ikke udgør statsstøtte i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
Germany was of the view that the financing is limited to the necessary and legally foreseen minimum, both in terms of aid amount and aid intensity.
I lyset af betragtningerne i afsnit 6.3 finder Kommissionen, at den offentlige finansiering ydet til FLH i form af kapitaltilførsler udgør statsstøtte i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
In addition, according to Germany the measures concern long-term infrastructure investments which address the needs of the airport in view of the future increase of freight and passenger transport.
Da kapitaltilførslerne skal godkendes af Kommissionen og ikke er blevet stillet til rådighed for FLH, finder Kommissionen, at Tyskland har overholdt forbuddet i traktatens artikel 108, stk. 3.
Germany argued that the measures are not disproportionate in size nor disproportionately costly.
På baggrund af vurderingen i afsnit 6.5 finder Kommissionen således, at alle de generelle forenelighedsbetingelser i traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), er opfyldt i denne sag.
Germany stated that the costs have been reduced to a minimum level following thorough advance planning and cost estimates.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at disse foranstaltninger er forenelige med det indre marked i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i det omfang de er begrænset til finansieringen af investeringsprojektets finansieringsbehov.
In Germany’s opinion, a further reduction of State financing is not possible as infrastructure of this magnitude cannot be financed by airport operators from their own resources.
Kommissionen bemærker, at Tyskland den 17. juni 2014 meddelte Kommissionen, at man undtagelsesvis accepterer, at denne afgørelse vedtages på engelsk —
Germany has raised the argument that revenues from the services do not cover the costs of building the infrastructure and substantiated this argument on the basis of a funding gap analysis and a counterfactual assessment.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
The Commission concludes that the aid will bring a material improvement for the investment project that the market itself does not deliver and that there is a need for State intervention.
Artikel 1
The aid measure must be an appropriate policy instrument to address the objective of common interest.
Aktionærlånene ydet til Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH udgør ikke statsstøtte som defineret i artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
As explained in section 6.5.2.2, Germany has demonstrated that the funding of the project through capital injections is an appropriate instrument to improve the condition of the infrastructure at Leipzig/Halle airport.
Artikel 2
No other less distortive form of aid would assure the financing of the necessary infrastructure works.
I det omfang kapitaltilførslerne til Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH kun dækker omkostninger, der henhører under det offentlige myndighedsområde, og som lufthavnsoperatøren har ret til at få dækket i henhold til § 8, stk. 3, i LuftSiG, og omkostninger til helikopterflyvepladsen, udgør de ikke statsstøtte i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
The Commission concludes that the aid measure at stake is an appropriate policy instrument.
I det omfang kapitaltilførslerne til Flughafen Leipzig/Halle GmbH er begrænset til finansieringen af investeringsprojektets finansieringsbehov og ikke dækker omkostninger, der henhører under det offentlige myndighedsområde, jf. stk. 1, udgør de statsstøtte, som er forenelig med det indre marked i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
The aid must change the behaviour of the undertakings concerned in such a way that they engage in additional activity which they would not carry out without the aid or which they would carry out in a restricted or different manner or location.
I det omfang kapitaltilførslerne overstiger de beløb, der er erklæret forenelige med det indre marked i stk. 1 og 2 udgør de statsstøtte, som er uforenelig med det indre marked i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
First of all, works on an individual investment can start only after an application has been submitted to the granting authority.
Artikel 3
If works start before an application is submitted to the granting authority, any aid awarded in respect of that individual investment will not be considered compatible with the internal market.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland.
Germany submitted that the works have not started before the application for aid was submitted to the granting authority.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 23. juli 2014.
Hence, the Commission can conclude that this criterion is met.
På Kommissionens vegne
Second, an investment project at an airport may be economically attractive in its own right.
Næstformand
Therefore, it needs to be verified that the investment would not have been undertaken or would not have been undertaken to the same extent without any State aid.
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 (»traktaten«).
If this is confirmed, the Commission will consider that the aid measure has an incentive effect.
De to sæt artikler er indholdsmæssigt identiske.
The incentive effect is identified through counterfactual analysis, comparing the levels of intended activity with aid and without aid.
I denne afgørelse skal henvisninger til traktatens artikel 107 og 108 efter omstændighederne forstås som henvisninger til EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88.
Where no specific counterfactual is known, the incentive effect can be assumed when there is a capital cost funding gap, that is to say, when on the basis of an ex ante business plan, it can be shown that there is a difference between the positive and negative cash flows (including investment costs into fixed capital assets) over the lifetime of the investment in net present value terms [78].
I traktaten blev der også foretaget visse terminologiske ændringer, bl.a. blev »Fællesskabet« erstattet af »Unionen«, og »fællesmarkedet« af »det indre marked«.
In the present case, Germany has submitted a funding gap calculation identifying a funding gap of at least EUR 142,1 million (see Table 5 and Table 6).
Terminologien i traktaten vil blive benyttet i hele denne afgørelse.
Moreover, a counterfactual scenario assessment shows that if the infrastructure investments would be entirely financed through loans, the airport would not be able to provide the necessary financing.
EUT C 284 af 28.9.2011, s. 6.
Hence, the Commission can conclude that the investment aid has an incentive effect.
Se fodnote 2.
The aid amount must be limited to the minimum needed to induce the additional investment or activity in the area concerned.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen — Retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber (EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3).
In order to be proportionate, investment aid to airports must be limited to the extra costs (net of extra revenues) which result from undertaking the aided project/activity rather than the alternative project/activity that the beneficiary would have undertaken in the counterfactual scenario, that is to say, if it had not received the aid.
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).
Where no specific counterfactual is known, in order to be proportionate, the amount of the aid should not exceed the funding gap of the investment project (the so-called ‘capital cost funding gap’), which is determined on the basis of an ex ante business plan as the net present value of the difference between the positive and negative cash flows (including investment costs) over the lifetime of the investment.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen — 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).
For investment aid the business plan should cover the period of the economic utilisation of the asset.
EUT C 113 af 15.4.2014, s. 30.
In any event, the aid intensity must not go beyond the actual funding gap of the investment project.
FLH's hovedaktionær er Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, som ejer 94 % af kapitalandelene i FLH.
As stated in sections 6.5.2.2 and 6.5.2.3, Germany has submitted a complementary calculation of the funding gap for the notified project amounting to EUR 142,1 million justifying an aid intensity of 75 % (see Table 6) provided that the capital injections would have been injected simultaneously with the investments carried out.
De øvrige selskabsdeltagere er Freistaat Sachsen, Landkreis Nordsachen og Stadt Schkeuditz.
However, as the capital injections will only be carried out after the approval of the Commission in 2014, the funding gap identified by Germany amounts to EUR 166,9 million justifying an aid intensity of 88,1 % (see Table 5).
MFAG har ingen private aktionærer.
In the absence of a threshold for maximum permissible aid intensities at freight airports, the aid intensity is limited to the funding gap of the investment project.
MFAG's aktionærer er Freistaat Sachsen med 76,64 %, Land Sachsen-Anhalt med 18,54 %, Stadt Dresden med 2,52 %, Stadt Halle med 0,2 % og Stadt Leipzig med 2,1 %.
Hence, the Commission can conclude that the aid amount is proportionate and limited to the minimum.
Kapitaltilførslerne fra de offentlige aktionærer i FLH til finansiering af anlæggelsen af den nye sydlige bane og andre foranstaltninger, der beløb sig til 350 mio. EUR frem til 2006, er allerede blevet vurderet og fundet forenelige med det indre marked i Kommissionens beslutning 2008/948/EF af 23. juli 2008 om Tysklands foranstaltninger til fordel for DHL og Leipzig/Halle Lufthavn C 48/06 (ex N 227/06) (EUT L 346 af 23.12.2008, s. 1) og er derfor ikke omfattet af denne undersøgelse.
The negative effects of the aid must be sufficiently limited, so that the overall balance of the measure is positive.
Omfattet af tavshedspligt.
In order to further limit any distortions, the airport, including any investment for which aid is granted, must be open to all potential users and must not be dedicated to one specific user.
Plangodkendelsen for den sydlige start- og landingsbane og forplads fra en ansvarlig tysk planlægningsmyndighed af 4. november 2004 og den første ændring til nævnte godkendelse af 9. december 2005.
In the case of physical limitation of capacity, the allocation should be done on the basis of pertinent, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory criteria.
Leipzig/Halle Lufthavn har to rullebaner med forbindelser (motorvej A14, højhastighedsjernbanelinje, 4-sporet hovedvej), hvilket indebærer, at der skal anlægges broer til rullebanerne.
Germany submitted that the overall balance of the effects of the measures on competition and trade between Member States is positive.
Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 2320/2002 af 16. december2002 om fastsættelse af fælles bestemmelser om sikkerhed inden for civil luftfart (EFT L 355 af 30.12.2002, s. 1).
In this regard, Germany first confirmed that all potential users (airlines and air cargo carriers) will have access to the new infrastructure on an equal and non-discriminatory basis.
Indtil den 1. april 2011.
Secondly, Germany submitted that the infrastructure measures in question are of a non-expansionary nature.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen om revision af metoden for fastsættelse af referencesatsen og kalkulationsrenten (EUT C 14 af 19.1.2008, s. 6).
With regard to any potential effect on competitors of Leipzig/Halle airport, Germany stated that airports in the vicinity of Leipzig/Halle were not specialised in air cargo transports.
Baseret på skøn før 2011.
Moreover, with regard to Altenburg-Nobitz, Berlin Brandenburg, Dresden, Erfurt, Hof, Magdeburg, Magdeburg-Cochstedt and Prague airport, Germany stated that for some of these airports the geographical distances were too large, the airports were located in different economic regions, the catchment areas were quite different or the airports were of a very small size.
Baseret på skøn fra 2011.
Moreover, according to Germany, Brussels airport was subject to significant restrictions on night flights and therefore competition was limited.
Sag T-128/98, Aéroports de Paris mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2000 II, s. 3929.
Hence, the Commission can conclude that the negative effects of the aid are sufficiently limited.
Forenede sager T-443/08 og T-455/08, Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG og Flughafen Leipzig-Halle GmbH mod Kommissionen (»Leipzig/Halle Lufthavn«-dommen), Sml. 2011 II, s. 1311.
Consequently, the Commission can conclude that the compatibility criterion is met.
Kommissionens beslutning af 7. marts 2007 i statsstøttesag N 620/06 — Tyskland — Einrichtung des Regionalflughafens Memmingen (EUT C 133 af 15.6.2007, s. 8).
Transparency of aid
Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 300/2008 af 11. marts 2008 om fælles bestemmelser om sikkerhed inden for civil luftfart og om ophævelse af forordning (EF) nr. 2320/2002 (EUT L 97 af 9.4.2008, s. 72).
Germany is reminded of the transparency obligations with regard to publication of details of aid granted, as outlined in section 8.2 of the 2014 Aviation guidelines.
Lånetilbud fra Sachsen LB af 14. januar 2010 med fastsættelse af tillæg i intervallet 55-80 basispoint p.a. afhængigt af lånebeløbet (jo højere lånebeløb, desto lavere tillæg).
Therefore, the Commission considers that all common conditions for compatibility pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty have been satisfied in the present case.
Lånetilbud fra Nord LB af 11. januar 2010 med fastsættelse af risikotillæg i intervallet 22-238 basispoint p.a. afhængigt af lånebeløbet.
In view of the assessment made, the Commission concludes that the measure is compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty to the extent that it is limited to the financing of the funding gap of the investment project.
Betragtning 95 i indledningsafgørelsen.
CONCLUSION
Fortrolige forretningsoplysninger.
In light of the finding in section 6.1.1, FLH is an undertaking within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Handlingsplan for kapacitet, effektivitet og sikkerhed i Europas lufthavne, KOM(2006) 819 endelig, 24.1.2007.
According to the assessment in section 6.1.2, the Commission considers that the financing of the measures M5 new fire station building, M9 firefighting equipment and M8 heliport can be regarded as falling within the public policy remit.
Kalkulationsrenten blev beregnet på grundlag af capital asset pricing-modellen: re = rf + ßi (MRP)Rf = basissats = […] % den 30. december 2005ßi = betafaktor = […] den 1. januar 2006MRP = markedsrisikopræmie = […] % den 1. januar 2006.
According to the assessment in section 6.1.2, the financing of all other measures cannot be exempted from scrutiny under Union State aid rules.
NNV af finansieringsbehovet/NNV af investeringerne = 166,9 mio. EUR/189,4 mio. EUR = 88,10 %.
According to the considerations in section 6.2.1, the Commission considers that FLH’s shareholder loans were granted on market terms, and thus do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Investeringstidshorisonten er den samme som ved finansiering gennem kapitaltilførsler.
In light of the considerations in section 6.3, the Commission considers that the public funding granted to FLH in the form of capital injections constitutes State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
NNV af finansieringsbehovet/NNV af investeringerne = 142,1 mio. EUR/189,4 mio. EUR = 75 %.
As the capital injections are subject to a Commission decision and were not put at the disposal of FLH, the Commission considers that Germany has respected the prohibition of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Beslutning 2008/948/EF.
According to the assessment in section 6.5, the Commission considers that all common conditions for compatibility pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty have been satisfied in the present case.
Jf. sag C-35/96, Kommissionen mod Italien, Sml. 1998 I, s. 3851 og forenede sager C 180/98-184/98, Pavlov m.fl., Sml. 2000 I, s. 6451.
Therefore, the Commission concludes that those measures are compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty to the extent that they are limited to the financing of the funding gap of the investment project.