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Forpligtelsen til at tilbagesøge støtten fra Electrocentrale Deva og Termoelectrica bør således udvides til at omfatte CEH.
In this context, the Court has established that this objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage which it had enjoyed over its competitors on the market, and the situation prior to the payment of the aid is restored [44].
Konklusion angående tilbagesøgning
In line with the case-law, Article 14(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 [45] stated that ‘where negative decisions are taken in cases of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary […]’.
Det støttebeløb (uden renter), der skal tilbagesøges, bør i princippet udgøre 3656675 RON for Electrocentrale Deva og 22619821 RON for Termoelectrica.
Thus, given that the State aid in question was not notified to the Commission, in violation of Article 108 of the Treaty and is, therefore, to be considered as unlawful and given that the aid is also incompatible with the internal market, the aid must be recovered in order to re-establish the situation that existed on the market prior to its granting.
I lyset af den retlige og økonomiske kontinuitet, der er fastslået mellem Electrocentrale Deva, Termoelectrica og CEH, bør forpligtelsen til at tilbagesøge støtten fra begge modtagere udvides til at omfatte CEH.
Recovery should cover the time from when the advantage accrued to the beneficiaries, that is to say when the aid was put at the disposal of the beneficiaries, until ceasing of deliveries end of 2011 [46], and the sums to be recovered should bear interest until effective recovery.
KONKLUSION
The recovery amount would be the difference between the annual average of the price at which Hidroelectrica purchased electricity from Termoelectrica and Electrocentrale Deva as set out in recital 32 and the highest prices applied on the market each year for the total quantities supplied by them.
Kontrakterne indgået af Hidroelectrica med Termoelectrica og Electrocentrale Deva indeholdt i årene 2010 og 2011 præferentielle eltakster til fordel for Termoelectrica og Electrocentrale Deva.
This difference is set out in recital 89.
De udgjorde statsstøtte efter traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1.
Based on price differences applicable on 1 January 2010 and 1 January 2011 throughout the annual period, for purposes of simplification, the resulting amounts to recover are RON 3656675 for Electrocentrale Deva and RON 22619821 for Termoelectrica.
Rumænien gennemførte støtten ulovligt i strid med traktatens artikel 108, stk. 3.
Alternatively, the Romanian authorities may estimate the amounts based on intra-year (e.g. monthly, bi-monthly) actual prices charged to Hidroelectrica
Støtten er uforenelig med det indre marked —
Interest shall be added to these amounts, whichever of the two methods to calculate them is used, based on the schedule of actual monthly deliveries of electricity to Hidroelectrica between 2009 and 2011, taking into account the difference with market prices referred to in recital 89.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
It is furthermore appropriate to examine, in light of the facts of this case, whether the recovery obligation should be extended to or carried out from one or more legal entities other than Termoelectrica and Electrocentrale Deva, by virtue of legal succession or economic continuity with a different undertaking than Termoelectrica and Electrocentrale Deva with which there would be economic continuity, in case they would be unable to meet the recovery obligations.
Artikel 1
In that respect, the case-law from the EU Courts has identified several criteria which the Commission may take into account, combined or in isolation, in order to determine the economic continuity between two different undertakings [47].
Den statsstøtte, som principielt udgør 3656675 RON for Electrocentrale Deva og 22619821 RON for Termoelectrica i form af præferentielle eltakster til fordel for disse selskaber, og som Rumænien ulovligt har tildelt i strid med traktatens artikel 108, stk. 3, er uforenelig med det indre marked.
Termoelectrica — economic continuity with CEH
Artikel 2
As described in recital 52, Termoelectrica is a company in liquidation.
Rumænien skal tilbagesøge den i artikel 1 omhandlede uforenelige støtte fra støttemodtagerne.
According to well-established case-law, the fact that a company is insolvent and cannot pay back the aid is not a reason to exempt it from recovery.
Forpligtelsen til at tilbagebetale støtten udvides til at omfatte CE Hunedoara.
In such cases, the restoration of the previous situation and the elimination of the distortion of competition may, in principle, be achieved by registration of the liability relating to the repayment of the aid in the schedule of liabilities [48].
De beløb, der skal tilbagesøges, tilskrives rente fra den dato, hvor de blev stillet til rådighed for modtagerne, indtil de er tilbagebetalt.
Where the State authorities are unable to recover the full amount of aid, the registration of the liability can meet the recovery obligation only if the insolvency proceedings result the definitive cessation of the undertaking's activities [49].
Renten beregnes med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 [51].Artikel 3
However, where the undertaking which received the unlawful aid is insolvent and a company has been created to continue some of the activities of the insolvent undertaking, the pursuit of those activities may, where the aid concerned is not recovered in its entirety, prolong the distortion of competition brought about by the competitive advantage which that company enjoyed on the market as compared with its competitors.
Tilbagesøgningen af den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte iværksættes øjeblikkeligt og effektivt.
Accordingly, such a newly created company may, if it retains that advantage, be required to repay the aid in question [50].
Rumænien skal sikre, at denne afgørelse efterkommes inden for fire måneder efter meddelelsen herom.
This would for instance be the case if, before the liquidation of the beneficiary of the aid, the assets having benefited from the aid are transferred, as a going concern, to a daughter company created to continue the activity of the beneficiary (economic succession).
Artikel 4
Moreover, if the beneficiary undertaking is merged with another undertaking, transferring all its rights and obligation to the merged entity, the obligation to repay the aid is also transferred to the latter (legal succession).
Senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse sender Rumænien følgende oplysninger:
In the present case, in the absence of recovery of the full amount of aid, which benefitted the activities of Termoelectrica, it is necessary to examine whether there would be economic continuity and/or legal continuity between Termoelectrica and other companies.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og renter), der skal tilbagesøges fra hver støttemodtager
In respect of economic continuity, as set out in recitals (48 and 51), in September 2011 Termoelectrica created a subsidiary, Electrocentrale Paroseni, to which it transferred (within the same state-owned group) the power plant which actually delivered the purchased quantity of electricity under the Contract with Termoelectrica (recitals 48-65), including all the rights and obligations of Termoelectrica stemming from that Contract, and continued selling electricity to Hidroelectrica under this Contract until October 2011 (when it was merged in CEH).
en detaljeret beskrivelse af allerede trufne og planlagte foranstaltninger med henblik på at efterkomme denne afgørelse, herunder dokumentation for, at Rumænien har anmeldt tilbagebetalingskravet med en passende rangordning i Termoelectricas konkursbo
Therefore, Electrocentrale Paroseni took over and continued the activities benefiting of the aid from it mother company Termoelectrica.
dokumentation for rettens opløsning af Termoelectrica og for Termoelectricas endelige ophør, hvis Termoelectrica ikke kan opfylde tilbagebetalingskravet
It should therefore be considered as the economic successor of Termoelectrica.
dokumentation for, at støttemodtagerne har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
In November 2012, Electrocentrale Paroseni was then merged with Electrocentrale Deva and Electrocentrale Paroseni in the newly created company CEH.
Rumænien holder Kommissionen underrettet om fremskridtene med de foranstaltninger, der på nationalt plan træffes for at efterkomme denne afgørelse, indtil den i artikel 1 omhandlede støtte er fuldt tilbagebetalt.
Through that merger, CEH took over all the rights and obligations of Electrocentrale Paroseni, which disappeared as a distinct legal entity.
Rumænien indsender på Kommissionens anmodning straks oplysninger om, hvilke foranstaltninger der allerede er truffet eller planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen.
It follows that there is legal continuity between Electrocentrale Paroseni, which took over the activities benefitting from the aid, and CEH, within which it was merged on 1 November 2012 and which took over all its rights and obligations.
Rumænien giver tillige detaljerede oplysninger om de støttebeløb og renter, støttemodtageren allerede har tilbagebetalt.
The obligation of recovery of the aid granted to Termoelectrica should therefore be extended to CEH.
Artikel 5
Electrocentrale Deva — economic continuity with CEH
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Rumænien.
As described in recital 51, Electrocentrale Deva, which fully benefitted from the aid as an independent legal entity, though controlled by Termoelectrica, does not exist as an independent entity anymore.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 20. april 2015.
However, there is legal continuity between Electrocentrale Deva as legal entity which benefitted of the aid and CEH, within which it was merged on 1 November 2012 and which took over all its rights and obligations.
På Kommissionens vegne
Furthermore, several elements show the existence of economic continuity between Electrocentrale Deva and CEH, for example: (i) further to the merger between Electrocentrale Deva and Electrocentrale Paroseni, the newly created company CEH took over starting both companies from August 2012, along with their operational assets and employees; (ii) the newly created company CEH had electricity generation as its main economic activity in 2012, as did Electrocentrale Deva; (iii) both companies are fully state-owned companies: as shown under recital 50 at the date when the deliveries of electricity under the Contracts ceased, Termoelectica, a fully state-owned enterprise, owned in turn 100 % of Electocentrale Deva and Electrocentrale Paroseni; (iv) the newly created company CEH is also 100 % owned by the state.
Medlem af Kommissionen
In light of the above, the legal and economic continuity between, on the one hand, Electrocentrale Deva, Termoelectrica, via Electrocentrale Paroseni and, on the other hand, CEH is established.
Kommissionens afgørelse C(2012) 2552 final af 25. april 2012 i sag SA.33475, s. 46.
In that respect, the debt to equity swap based on an independent valuation of the transfer of shares, which preceded the merger of Electrocentrale Deva and Electrocentrale Paroseni within CEH (recital 50), does not interrupt the continuity between the three undertakings concerned.
EUT C 395 af 20.12.2012, s. 46.
A share deal does not influence the identity of the beneficiary(ies) of the aid, nor the benefits retained from it and transferred irrespective of the identity of the shareholder which, furthermore, in this case happened to be ultimately the Romanian State before 2011 and after the merger with CEH.
Forordning nr. 1 af 15. april 1958 om den ordning, der skal gælde for Det europæiske økonomiske Fællesskab på det sproglige område (EFT 17 af 6.10.1958, s. 385/58).
It follows that the recovery obligations vis-à-vis Electrocentrale Deva and Termoelectrica should be extended to CEH.
Alle medlemmerne af Hidroelectricas bestyrelse med undtagelse af Hidroelectricas generaldirektør og repræsentanten for Fondul Proprietatea (2010) varetog andre funktioner i forskellige ministerier og var blevet udnævnt ved bekendtgørelse udstedt af ministeriet for økonomi og handel som følger: i) i 2005-2006: den personlige rådgiver i økonomi- og handelsministerens kabinet, kabinetsdirektøren i ministeriet for små og mellemstore virksomheder, den personlige rådgiver i finansministerens kabinet og den personlige rådgiver i regeringens generalsekretariat var medlemmer af Hidroelectricas bestyrelse, ii) i 2007-2008 — vides ikke, iii) i 2009: statssekretæren i ministeriet for økonomi og handel var også formand for Hidroelectricas bestyrelse (2009), og en anden statssekretær i finansministeriet og to generaldirektører i ministeriet for økonomi og handel var også medlemmer af Hidroelectricas bestyrelse, og iv) i 2010: tre personlige rådgivere i ministeriet for økonomi og handel, en statssekretær i finansministeriet og en generaldirektør i ministeriet for økonomi og handel var medlemmer af Hidroelectricas bestyrelse.
Conclusion on the recovery
Afgørelse fra domstolen i Bukarest nr. 22456/3/2012 af 26. juni 2012.
The amount of aid (without interest) to be recovered should be, in principle, RON 3656675 for Electrocentrale Deva and RON 22619821 for Termoelectrica.
Afgørelse fra domstolen i Bukarest nr. 6482 af 26. juni 2013.
In light of the legal and economic continuity established between Electrocentrale Deva, Termoelectrica and CEH, the obligation to recover from both beneficiaries should be extended to CEH.
Den rumænske energitilsynsmyndighed, Annual Report 2009, s. 15.
CONCLUSION
Den rumænske energitilsynsmyndighed, Annual Report 2011, s. 15.
The Contracts concluded by Hidroelectrica with Termoelectrica and Electrocentrale Deva contained in years 2010 and 2011 preferential electricity tariffs in favour of latter undertakings.
F.eks. var kulminer, der leverede kul til Termoelectrica, såsom Paroseni-minen, omfattet af planen til støtte for endelig lukning af kulminer i Rumænien, der ikke er konkurrencedygtige, som Kommissionen godkendte ved afgørelse af 22. februar 2012 i sag SA.33033 — National Hard Coal Company.
They constituted State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Den rumænske energitilsynsmyndighed, Annual Report 2010, s. 12.
Romania unlawfully implemented that aid, in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty.
Den rumænske energitilsynsmyndighed, Annual Report 2011, s. 22.
The aid is incompatible with the internal market.
Leveringerne startede i 2009.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Kontrakten med Termoelectrica blev opsagt den 29. august 2012, og kontrakten med Electrocentrale Deva blev opsagt den 30. august 2012.
Article 1
Den 1. august 2013 blev Societatea Națională a Huilei, et spin-off fra Compania Nationala a Huileis angiveligt konkurrencedygtige miner, også fusioneret med Complexul Energetic Hunedoara.
The State aid amounting, in principle, to RON 3656675 for Electrocentrale Deva and RON 22619821 for Termoelectrica in the form of preferential electricity tariffs in favour of those undertakings, unlawfully granted by Romania in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty, is incompatible with the internal market.
Artikel 25 i kontrakten med Electrocentrale Deva.
Article 2
Produktionsanlæg 4 CET Paroseni — den anslåede kontraktlige mængde i hele kontraktens gyldighedsperiode er 940 GWh pr. år.
Romania shall recover the incompatible aid referred to in Article 1 from the beneficiaries.
I tillæg 1 af 22.3.2009 fastsættes prisen til 225 RON/MWh for 2009, i tillæg 2 af ukendt dato fastsættes prisen til 225 RON/MWh for 2009, og det anføres, at prisen fra 2010 og frem i hele kontraktens gyldighedsperiode skal fastsættes af ANRE, i tillæg 3 af 7.8.2009 fastsættes prisen til 230 RON/MWh for 2009, i tillæg 4 af 19.2.2010 fastsættes prisen til 230 RON/MWh for perioden 1.1-31.3.2010, i tillæg 5 af 30.3.2010 fastsættes prisen til 230 RON/MWh for perioden 1.4-31.12.2010, i tillæg 6 af 31.12.2010 fastsættes den samme pris som i tillæg 5 (230 RON/MWh indtil 31.1.2011), i tillæg 7 af 1.2.2011 fastsættes prisen til 235 RON/MWh for perioden 1.2-31.12.2011, og i tillæg 8 af 22.9.2011 erstattes den oprindelige leverandør Termoelectrica i den oprindelige kontrakt med SC de Producere a Energieie Electrice si Termice Electrocentrale Paroseni SA.
The obligation to recover the aid is extended to CE Hunedoara.
Artikel 14 i kontrakten med Electrocentrale Deva.
The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiaries until their actual recovery.
Den oprindelige pris i kontrakten er 220,56 RON/MWh.
The interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 [51].Article 3
I tillæg 1 af 1.8.2009 fastsættes prisen til 234 RON/MWh for 2009, i tillæg 2 af 2.1.2010 fastsættes prisen til 225,7 RON/MWh for perioden 1.1-30.6.2010, i tillæg 3 af 11.2.2010 fastsættes prisen til 234 RON/MWh for perioden 1.1-31.3.2010, i tillæg 4 af 1.4.2010 fastsættes prisen til 234 RON/MWh for perioden 1.4-31.12.2010, og i tillæg 5 af 1.2.2011 fastsættes prisen til 234 RON/MWh for perioden 1.2-31.12.2011.
Recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 shall be immediate and effective.
For Termoelectrica: I tillæg 1 af 20.3.2009 anføres prisen for 2009 fastsat i ANRE's afgørelse, i tillæg 2 af 1.6.2009 fastsættes prisen for 2009, og det præciseres, at kontraktprisen fra 2010 og frem fastsættes af ANRE for Paroseni-kraftværket.For Electrocentrale Deva: I tillæg 2 af 7.1.2009 blev prisen justeret på grundlag af ANRE's afgørelse.
Romania shall ensure that this Decision is implemented within four months following the date of its notification.
For Termoelectrica: I tillæg 3 af 1.8.2009 vedrørende notat nr. II/11096/31.7.2009 godkendt af statssekretæren i økonomi- og handelsministeriet fastsættes prisen for 2009, i tillæg 4 af 11.2.2010 vedrørende notat nr. II/11672/11.2.2010 godkendt af økonomi- og handelsministeren fastsættes prisen for perioden 1.1-31.3.2010, i tillæg 5 af 1.4.2010 vedrørende notat nr. II/11877/29.3.2010 godkendt af økonomi- og handelsministeriet fastsættes prisen for perioden 1.4-31.12.2010, i tillæg 6 af 1.1.2011 vedrørende det samme notat nr. II/11877/29.3.2010 godkendt af økonomi- og handelsministeriet fastholdes prisen for perioden 1.1-31.12.2011, i tillæg 7 af 1.2.2011 vedrørende notat nr. 6547/21.1.2011 godkendt af økonomi- og handelsministeriet fastsættes prisen for perioden 1.2.-31.12.2011.For Electrocentrale Deva: I tillæg 1 af 1.8.2009 vedrørende notat nr. II/11096/31.7.2009 godkendt af statssekretæren i ministeriet for økonomi og handel fastsættes prisen for 2009, i tillæg 3 af 11.2.2010 vedrørende notat nr. II/11674/11.2.2010 godkendt af økonomi- og handelsministeren fastsættes prisen for perioden 1.1-31.3.2010, i tillæg 4 af 1.4.2010 vedrørende notat nr. II/11878/29.3.2010 godkendt af ministeriet for økonomi og handel fastsættes prisen for perioden 1.4-31.12.2010, og i tillæg 5 af 1.2.2011 vedrørende notat nr. 6547/21.1.2011 godkendt af ministeriet for økonomi og handel fastsættes prisen for perioden 1.2.-31.12.2011.
Article 4
Først siden juli 2011 forvaltet af OPCOM.
Within two months following notification of this Decision, Romania shall submit the following information:
Kommissionens afgørelse af 5. marts 2014 i henhold til traktatens artikel 102 om bødepålæg efter artikel 7 i Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 1/2003 af 16. december 2002 om gennemførelse af konkurrencereglerne i traktatens artikel 81 og 82 (EFT L 1 af 4.1.2003, s. 1) i sag AT.39984, »Romanian Power Exchange/OPCOM«.
the total amount (principal and recovery interests) to be recovered from each beneficiary,
Datasættet indeholdt følgende oplysninger: sælgerens og køberens identitet, kontrakttypen, ikrafttrædelsesdato, udløbsdato, mængde, forsyningsprofil og den vægtede gennemsnitspris for hvert år i perioden 2009-2011.
a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision, including the proof that it registered the recovery order at an appropriate ranking in the liquidation process of Termoelectrica,
Kommissionens afgørelser af 25. april 2012: C(2012) 2516 final i sag SA.33623 (EUT C 189 af 29.6.2012, s. 3), C(2012) 2517 final i sag SA.33624, (EUT C 268 af 5.9.2012, s. 21), C(2012) 2542 final i sag SA.33451, (EUT C 395 af 20.12.2012, s. 5) og C(2012) 2556 final i sag SA.33581 (EUT C 395 af 20.12.2012, s. 34).
if it is impossible for by Termoelectrica to fulfil the recovery order, the order made against Termoelectrica to dissolve the company and proof that Termoelectrica definitively exits the market,
Rumæniens indsendelse af oplysninger af 3. september 2014.
documents demonstrating that the beneficiaries have been ordered to repay the aid.
Rumæniens indsendelse af oplysninger af 20. februar 2015.
Romania shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the national measures taken to implement this Decision until recovery of the aid referred to in Article 1 has been completed.
Offentliggjort i Rumæniens statstidende nr. 700 af 4. oktober 2011.
It shall immediately submit, on simple request by the Commission, information on the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision.
Likvidation godkendt på generalforsamlingen den 12. marts 2012.
It shall also provide detailed information concerning the amounts of aid and recovery interest already recovered from the beneficiary.
Fodnote 27.
Article 5
Findes kun på rumænsk: http://www.euroinsol.eu/uploads/Raport%2059%20Hidro%20v11.pdf, s. 213.
This Decision is addressed to Romania.
Rumæniens indsendelse af oplysninger af 11. september 2013.
Done at Brussels, 20 April 2015.
Se bilag 1 til Rumæniens indsendelse af oplysninger af 11. september 2013.
For the Commission
For kontrakten med Termoelectrica.
Member of the Commission
For kontrakten med Electrocentrale Deva.
Commission Decision C (2012) 2552 final of 25 April 2012 concerning the case SA.33475, p. 46
Se f.eks. sag C-305/89, Italien mod Kommissionen (»Alfa Romeo«), Sml. 1991 I, s. 1603, præmis 18 og 19, sag T-16/96, Cityflyer Express mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1998 II, s. 757, præmis 51, forenede sager T-129/95, T-2/96 og T-97/96, Neue Maxhütte Stahlwerke og Lech-Stahlwerke mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1999 II, s. 17, præmis 104, forenede sager T-268/08 og T-281/08, Land Burgenland og Østrig mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2012 II, s. 0000, præmis 48.
OJ C 395, 20.12.2012, p. 46.
Rapport udarbejdet af Hidroelectricas kurator — http://www.euroinsol.eu/uploads/Raport%2059%20Hidro%20v11.pdf — kun på rumænsk — s. 212.
Regulation No 1 of 15 April 1958 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community (OJ 17, 6.10.1958, p.
Sag C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen (»Stardust Marine«), Sml. 2002 I, s. 4397.
385/58).
Alzetta, præmis 141-147, Altmark Trans.
All members of Hidroelectrica's Board of Directors except the General Director of Hidroelectrica and the representative of Fondul Proprietatea (2010), cumulated other functions in various Ministries and were appointed through Orders issued by the Ministry of Economy and Trade, as follows: (i) in 2005-2006: the personal adviser in the Cabinet of Minister of Economy and Trade; the director of cabinet of the Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises; the pe For Electrocentrale Deva: Addendum No 1 dated rsonal adviser in the cabinet of the Minister in the Ministry of Public Finance and the personal adviser in the General Secretariat of the Government were members of Hidroelectrica's Board of Directors; (ii) in 2007-2008 — situation unknown; (iii) in 2009: the State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy and Trade was also the President of Hidroelectrica's Board of Directors (2009), while another State Secretary in the Ministry of Public Finance and two general directors in the Ministry of Economy and Trade were also members of Hidroelectrica's Board of Directors; (iv) in 2010: three personal advisers of the Ministry of Economy and Trade, a State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and a General Director in the Ministry of Economy and Trade were members of Hidroelectrica's Board of Directors.