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= støttebeløb, der skal tilbagebetales for 2014 (ekskl. renter) + støttebeløb, der skal tilbagebetales for 2015 (ekskl. renter)
The Commission considers that airports with between 1 and 3 million passengers per year ‘should, on average, be able to cover the majority of their operating costs’ and that airports with more than 3 million passengers per year ‘are usually profitable at operating level and should be able to cover their operating costs’.
= ((antal fra den 4. april til den 31. december 2014)/365) × støttebeløbet for 2014 + (N'/365) × støttebeløbet for 2015
However, the Commission notes that point 119 of the aviation guidelines, according to which ‘Therefore, the Commission considers that in order to be eligible for operating aid, the annual traffic of the airport must not exceed 3 million passengers [227]’, does not apply to aid granted before 4 April 2014.
= (272/365) × 12228234 + (N'/365) × 12472799
At the time when the measures were decided in 2002 and 2003, traffic at Charleroi airport was between 1 and 2 million passengers.
= 9112547 + N' × 34172 EUR
BSCA's 2002 business plan forecast that traffic would exceed 3 million passengers in 2011.
De belgiske myndigheder skal tilbagesøge det beløb, der er beregnet i overensstemmelse med formlerne i betragtning 692 og 693, inden for en frist på fire måneder at regne fra datoen for nærværende afgørelses meddelelse.
BSCA's 2002 business plan forecast that, even with the aid, BSCA would not become profitable until 2005 (BSCA in fact became profitable in 2004).
De belgiske myndigheder skal tillægge det støttebeløb, der tilbagesøges, tilbagesøgningsrenter beregnet fra den dato, den omtvistede støtte blev stillet til rådighed for virksomhederne, nemlig hver faktisk dato for udbetaling af støtten, og indtil den er tilbagebetalt [245], efter bestemmelserne i kapitel V i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 [246].
Accordingly, if the concession fee had been set at market price, the Region and SOWAER could have expected BSCA to accumulate operating losses, at least during the initial years, and to find itself in financial difficulty, which would have threatened the operation and development of Charleroi airport, and therefore the achievement of the economic development objective of the aid.
Nærværende afgørelse berører ikke den eventuelle tilbagesøgning af andre støttebeløb tildelt BSCA, som ikke er omfattet af denne afgørelse.
Moreover, in the absence of aid, BSCA would have had to demand much higher airport charges from Ryanair and other airlines, in order to ensure its own financial balance.
Belgien accepterede, at alene den franske udgave af afgørelsen ville være autentisk, og at afgørelsen skulle træde i kraft ved bekendtgørelsen heraf på fransk —
In this scenario, it is possible that Ryanair, BSCA's main customer, would have decided to transfer its base from Charleroi to another airport, or to significantly reduce its activities at Charleroi, which would also have compromised the airport's development and the benefits expected by the Region in terms of economic development.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
Based on the 2002 business plan, the Commission takes the view that the 2002 and 2003 aid was necessary.
Artikel 1
Appropriateness of State aid as a policy instrument
Foranstaltningerne til fordel for Ryanair Ltd (herefter »Ryanair«), nemlig den vallonske regerings forpligtelse af 6. november 2001 over for Ryanair, kontrakten mellem BSCA og Ryanair af 2. december 2001, Promocy-aftalen af 12. december 2001, kontrakten mellem Promocy og Leading Verge af 31. januar 2002, den ministerielle bekendtgørelse af 11. juni 2004, brevet fra BSCA til Ryanair af 24. juni 2004, forretningsaftalen mellem BSCA og Ryanair af 9. december 2005, tillægget af 6. december 2010 til kontrakten mellem BSCA og Ryanair og afhændelsen af BSCA's andele i Promocy den 31. marts 2010, udgør ikke statsstøtte til fordel for Ryanair efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Point 120 of the aviation guidelines states that ‘The Member States must demonstrate that the aid is appropriate to achieve the intended objective or resolve the problems intended to be addressed by the aid.
Foranstaltningerne til fordel for Brussels South Charleroi Airport (herefter »BSCA«), nemlig aftalen mellem Société wallonne des aéroports (herefter »SOWAER«) og BSCA af 4. april 2006, tillæg nr. 5 til aftalen mellem regionen Vallonien og BSCA af 10. marts 2006 og tillæg nr. 6 til aftalen mellem regionen Vallonien og BSCA af 15. januar 2008, udgør ikke statsstøtte til fordel for BSCA efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
An aid measure will not be considered compatible with the internal market if other less distortive policy instruments or aid instruments allow the same objective to be reached’.
Artikel 2
In the spirit of points 121 to 123 of the aviation guidelines — and although those points do not formally apply to the present case — we can examine whether there would be a policy instrument allowing the same objective to be achieved, which would better encourage efficient management of the airport.
De foranstaltninger, som Belgien ulovligt har gennemført under tilsidesættelse af artikel 108, stk. 3, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde, og som er til fordel for BSCA i henhold til underkoncessionsaftalen af 15. april 2002 mellem SOWAER og BSCA og tillæg nr. 3 af 29. marts 2002 til aftalen mellem regionen Vallonien og BSCA og i henhold til regionen Valloniens investeringsafgørelse af 3. april 2003, har indtil den 3. april 2014 udgjort statsstøtte, der er forenelig med det indre marked efter artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Instruments that establish ex ante the aid amount covering the expected funding gap are examples of instruments encouraging efficient management of an airport.
Kapitalforhøjelsen i BSCA, som den 3. december 2002 blev tegnet af SOWAER, er — forudsat at den udgør statsstøtte efter artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde — støtte, der er forenelig med det indre marked efter artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
The concession fee paid by BSCA is established ex ante and therefore encourages BSCA to manage the airport efficiently.
Artikel 3
While it is true, however, that the subsidy paid by the Region for services depends on the costs incurred and is not a fixed sum established ex ante, the part of this subsidy for economic services is relatively small.
De foranstaltninger, som Belgien ulovligt har gennemført under tilsidesættelse af artikel 108, stk. 3, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde, og som er til fordel for BSCA i henhold til underkoncessionsaftalen af 15. april 2002 mellem SOWAER og BSCA og tillæg nr. 3 af 29. marts 2002 til aftalen mellem regionen Vallonien og BSCA og i henhold til regionen Valloniens investeringsafgørelse af 3. april 2003, har siden den 4. april 2014 udgjort statsstøtte, der er uforenelig med det indre marked ifølge den nævnte traktats artikel 107, stk. 1.
Likewise, the 2002 capital increase is a one-off intervention, which is not therefore a fixed sum established ex ante.
Artikel 4
However, it does involve a relatively limited amount compared to the aid amounts resulting from the 2002 agreements and the 2003 investment decision.
Belgien skal indstille udbetalingen af den i artikel 3 nævnte støtte ved at hæve den koncessionsafgift, som BSCA skal betale, til mindst samme niveau som markedsprisen for koncessionsafgiften og ved hos støttemodtageren at tilbagesøge de støttebeløb, som denne har modtaget i medfør af de i artikel 3 nævnte foranstaltninger fra den 4. april 2014.
The Commission therefore concludes that the aid granted to BSCA encourages the latter to manage the airport efficiently and constitutes an appropriate policy instrument.
Den støtte, der skal tilbagebetales, pålægges renter fra det tidspunkt, hvor den blev udbetalt til støttemodtageren, og indtil den er tilbagebetalt.
Existence of incentive effect
Beløbet beregnes med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004.
Point 124 of the aviation guidelines states that ‘Operating aid has an incentive effect if it is likely that, in the absence of the operating aid, and taking into account the possible presence of investment aid and the level of traffic, the level of economic activity of the airport concerned would be significantly reduced’.
Belgien indstiller alle resterende udbetalinger af den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtte med virkning fra datoen for vedtagelsen af denne afgørelse.
The aid granted to BSCA has enabled Charleroi airport to be modernised and its capacity to be increased, while maintaining BSCA's operating costs at a level allowing it to offer and maintain conditions attractive to the airlines using the airport, particularly Ryanair, without experiencing any major financial difficulties.
Artikel 5
As indicated in recital 611, in the absence of aid, BSCA would have had to demand much higher airport charges from Ryanair and other airlines.
Tilbagesøgningen af den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtte iværksættes øjeblikkeligt og effektivt.
In this scenario, it is possible that Ryanair, BSCA's main customer, would have decided to transfer its base from Charleroi to another airport, or to significantly reduce its activities at Charleroi.
Belgien efterkommer denne afgørelse senest fire måneder efter meddelelsen heraf.
The Commission therefore concludes that, in the absence of aid, the level of economic activity of Charleroi airport would probably have been significantly reduced.
Artikel 6
The Commission therefore takes the view that the aid has had an incentive effect.
Belgien forelægger senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse Kommissionen følgende oplysninger:
Proportionality of the aid amount (aid limited to the minimum necessary)
datoerne for BSCA's betaling af koncessionsafgiften for 2014 og beregningen af tilbagesøgningsrenterne
Point 125 of the aviation guidelines states that ‘In order to be proportionate, operating aid to airports must be limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place’.
en detaljeret beskrivelse af, hvilke foranstaltninger der allerede er truffet eller er planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen
In order to determine whether the aid is proportionate, it must be examined whether BSCA's business plan (incorporating the aid) allowed BSCA to expect a profit not exceeding a reasonable profit.
dokumentation for, at støttemodtageren har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
BSCA's 2002 business plan forecast a return on equity over the period 2002-2015 of 8,3 % and a return on capital employed of 9,6 %.
Belgien holder løbende Kommissionen orienteret om de nationale foranstaltninger, der træffes for at efterkomme denne afgørelse, indtil den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtte er fuldt tilbagebetalt.
Given that, in order to apply the market economy operator test, the Commission estimated that a rate of return on equity of 9 % could have been expected in 2002 [228], it concludes that the profit expected ex ante did not exceed a reasonable level.
Belgien indsender på Kommissionens anmodning straks oplysninger om de foranstaltninger, der allerede er truffet eller er planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen.
Insofar as the aid was intended to allow BSCA to cover these costs and achieve a profit not exceeding a reasonable level, the 2002 and 2003 aid may be regarded as proportionate.
Belgien sender tillige detaljerede oplysninger om, hvor store støttebeløb og renter støttemodtageren allerede har tilbagebetalt.
Avoidance of undue negative effects on competition and trade
Artikel 7
Point 137 of the aviation guidelines underlines the importance of assessing the effects of the aid in terms of distortions of competition for aid granted before 4 April 2014.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Kongeriget Belgien.
It states that ‘In particular, when assessing the compatibility of operating aid granted before 4 April 2014, the Commission will take account of the distortions of competition’.
Næstformand
Identification of the catchment area and competing airports
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 (»TEUF«).
According to Belgium, the catchment area of Charleroi airport is two hours by road from the airport and contains 15 million people who could be customers of low-cost airlines.
De to sæt bestemmelser er i det væsentlige identiske.
This area includes Belgium, northern France, southern Netherlands, northern Luxembourg and the far west of Germany.
I nærværende afgørelse skal henvisninger til artikel 107 og 108 i TEUF efter omstændighederne forstås som henvisninger til EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88.
There are several airports close to Charleroi with catchment areas that overlap with Charleroi's: Liege (49 minutes by road and 78 km away, although it should be noted that Liège airport focuses on cargo), Lille (1 hour 12 minutes, 121 km) and particularly Brussels (46 minutes, 69 km [229]) [230].
Med TEUF er der også indført visse terminologiske ændringer, f.eks. er »Fællesskab« erstattet med »Union«, »fællesmarkedet« med »det indre marked« og »Retten i Første Instans« med »Retten«.
The catchment area of Charleroi airport substantially overlaps with the catchment area of Brussels airport.
Det er TEUF-terminologien, der anvendes i denne afgørelse.
The area of overlap notably includes the Brussels-Capital Region, which is the most densely populated area within the area of overlap, with 1.2 million inhabitants.
EUT C 248 af 17.8.2012, s. 1.
Although Charleroi airport is further away from Brussels than Brussels airport, the journey time by road from the centre of Brussels to Charleroi is only around 30 minutes longer than the journey time to Brussels airport.
SG (2002) D/233141.
Table 28
EFT C 18 af 25.1.2003, s. 3.
Distances and journey times between the centre of Brussels and the airports of Charleroi and Brussels
Kommissionens beslutning 2004/393/EF af 12. februar 2004 om de fordele, som regionen Vallonien og Brussels South Charleroi Airport har indrømmet luftfartsselskabet Ryanair ved selskabets etablering i Charleroi (EUT L 137 af 30.4.2004, s. 1).
Source: Commission decision on Ryanair/Aer Lingus of 27 February 2013
Dom af 17. december 2008 i sag T-196/04, Ryanair mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2008 II, s. 3646, ECLI:EU:T:2008:585.
From the centre of Brussels to …
Se fodnote 2.
Distance
EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3.
46 km
Notat fra Belgien af 24. februar 2014.
12 km
Artikel 3.2 i aftalen mellem regionen og BSCA.
Car
I medfør af artikel 12 i specifikationerne defineres brandvæsen ved henvisning til ICAO's (Organisationen for International Civil Luftfart) standarder.
45 min.
I medfør af artikel 12 og 19 i specifikationerne defineres vedligeholdelse som »den tekniske vedligeholdelse af bygningerne, start- og landingsbanerne, de nære omgivelser, det rullende materiel osv.« samt »vedligeholdelse af grundene, bygningerne, udstyret i bygningerne og materiel omfattet af koncessionen eller stillet til rådighed for koncessionen således, at det altid egner sig til den tiltænkte brug«.
16 min.
Artikel 10.1 i aftalen mellem regionen og BSCA.
Bus
I medfør af artikel 13.2 i aftalen mellem regionen og BSCA forbliver BSCA ansvarlig for renholdelse og vedligeholdelse af koncessionsområdet.
18 min.
BSCA skal ligeledes varetage alle nødvendige større og mindre reparationer.
Train
Ikke desto mindre har tillæg nr. 1 til aftalen begrænset BSCA's ansvar til alene større reparationer forårsaget af mangel på akut vedligeholdelse.
50 min. (via Charleroi Sud)
Artikel 22 i specifikationerne til aftalen mellem regionen og BSCA.
17 min.
Artikel 18 i aftalen mellem regionen og BSCA.
Analysis of the distortions of competition caused by the aid
I medfør af dekret af 16. december 1999 om det generelle udgiftsbudget for regionen Vallonien for budgetåret 2000 og den vallonske regerings bekendtgørelse af 27. september 2000 om ydelse af et driftstilskud til BSCA til dækning af udgifter ved brandvæsen og vedligeholdelse af Charleroi lufthavn i 2000.
The distortions of competition caused by the aid may stem from the fact that:
I medfør af dekret af 14. december 2000 om det generelle udgiftsbudget for regionen Vallonien for budgetåret 2001 og den vallonske regerings bekendtgørelse af 4. oktober 2001 om ydelse af et driftstilskud til BSCA til dækning af udgifter ved brandvæsen og vedligeholdelse af Charleroi lufthavn i 2001.
BSCA attracts to Charleroi airlines that this airport would not have been able to attract without the aid and that would have been likely to base their resources (aircraft, crew) at other airports, particularly the closest ones such as Brussels airport,
Denne undersøgelse gjaldt udviklingen af lufthavnen Charleroi Bruxelles Sud på mellemlang (fem år) og lang sigt (20 år).
the aid may influence the behaviour of certain passengers who, given their origin and destination requirements, are able to choose between a service from or to Charleroi and a service from or to Brussels.
I undersøgelsen blev der henvist til forslaget om en ny nordlig terminal, og der blev givet en præcis beskrivelse af de foreslåede investeringer.
These passengers may in fact be attracted by the low fares offered by the airlines operating from Charleroi (fares which may have been higher in the absence of aid being granted to BSCA) to the detriment of airlines operating from Brussels.
Undersøgelsen afdækkede de potentielle nicher for Charleroi lufthavn og især muligheden for at være en lavprisbase, dvs. for Ryanair.
Examination of the substitutability of the service offers of Charleroi and Brussels airports
Undersøgelsen kvantificerede de investeringer, der skulle realiseres for at udvikle lufthavnen, nemlig start- og landingsbanerne, eksproprieringerne, rensning af grunden og diverse ledningsnet, afgravning og påfyldning, den nye terminal, parkeringsplads og privat adgang til lufthavnen, adgang ad offentlig vej og andet (brændstof, kontroltårn, rullende materiel osv.).
According to Belgium, as regards the absence or avoidance of negative effects on competition, the Commission must refer back to the time when the public financing was granted in order to assess whether this condition is met.
Undersøgelsen bekræftede udviklingssegmentet for Charleroi lufthavn, nemlig lavprisselskaberne, de regionale selskaber og charterselskaberne.
Still according to Belgium, the development of Charleroi airport stems from the creation of a new market in a specific segment that was not being developed at all or only to a very limited extent at Brussels airport at the time when the aid was granted, i.e. the low-cost segment.
Undersøgelsen bekræftede, at Ryanair med fem fly i sin base udgjorde en mulighed for hurtig udvikling af trafikken på kort sigt.
Moreover, two studies carried out by independent experts, Roland Berger International Management Consultant and GTM, revealed the imminent saturation of Brussels airport and the lack of any overlap in terms of customers between the two airports.
Disse tekniske vilkår omhandlede nødvendigheden af at råde over et ILS-system (Instrument Landing System) i kategori III for at muliggøre landinger i dårlig sigtbarhed, hvilket var uundværligt for at kunne være base for luftfartsselskaber og modtage rutefly.
As a result, according to Belgium, it could not have been considered at the time that Charleroi airport was in a position to compete with Brussels airport.
I den periode strakte projektet for erhvervsbydelen »Aéropôle« i sin oprindelige version sig meget længere mod syd og ville derfor have umuliggjort udviklingen af lufthavnsinfrastrukturerne.
With regard to these observations by Belgium, the Commission would make the following comments:
Det var planlagt, at Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport (SRWT) skulle bidrage finansielt, men det blev i sidste ende opgivet.
Even if, for the purposes of the compatibility analysis, the aid's effects in terms of distortions of competition must be examined in relation to the time when the aid was granted, the aid's effects in the short and long term should, however, be taken into account, such as they could have been predicted at the time when the aid was granted.
I ovennævnte notat anføres også, at »de eksisterende tekster (koncessionsaftalen, specifikationerne og tilhørende protokoller) derfor bør tilpasses efter den nye plan, der bliver vedtaget for finansieringen af investeringerne«.
At that time, it could have been predicted that the aid would enable BSCA to offer very favourable rates for the services that it would be in a position to provide, in particular as a result of the investments made by SOWAER, with these investments having the effect of considerably increasing the capacity of Charleroi airport.
Fremsendt som bilag 19 til Belgiens brev af 26. august 2003.
In this respect, it may be recalled that the 2002 business plan forecast a significant increase in traffic at Charleroi airport, from 1,2 million passengers in 2002 to nearly 3 million passengers in 2010.
Fremsendt som bilag 2 til Belgiens brev af 24. februar 2014.
It was therefore clear at the time when the aid was granted to BSCA that this aid would enable BSCA to grow strongly and that it could not be ruled out that this growth would partly occur to the detriment of competing airports, particularly Brussels airport.
Artikel 3.2.2 i tillæg nr. 3 til aftalen mellem regionen og BSCA af 29. marts 2002.
Belgium indicates that, at the time when the Roland Berger International Management Consultant and GTM studies were carried out, Brussels airport was close to saturation.
Denne opgave dækker i) indsamling af alle oplysninger om luftfartøjsoperationer, ii) indsamling af forskellige dokumenter vedrørende luftfartøjerne og iii) planlægning og styring af parkering af fly.
However, the Commission notes that, at the time when the measures were granted, i.e. in April 2002 and April 2003, the airline Sabena had gone bankrupt and traffic at Brussels airport was already being significantly affected by this bankruptcy, falling from 19,7 million passengers in 2001 to 14,4 million passengers in 2002.
Dirigering af fly til parkering.
At the time when the measures were granted, Brussels airport was therefore not close to saturation.
Tjenester i forbindelse med sikkerhed omfatter »screening, fjernovervågning, patruljering og overvågning på stedet, adgangskontrol og udlevering af gæstekort til besøgende«.
As regards the question of the substitutability of the service offers of Charleroi and Brussels airports, the Commission recognises that the two airports are not entirely substitutable:
Sikkerhedsopgaverne blev uddelegeret til BSCA Security, et selskab, der er 51 % ejet af regionen Vallonien og 49 % af BSCA.
Due to Charleroi's relative distance from the heart of the Brussels conurbation and its low-cost profile (given both its infrastructure and also the airlines using it and the services that it offers), Charleroi airport does not constitute an alternative to Brussels airport for certain categories of passengers (particularly time-sensitive business travellers).
Sikkerhedsopgaverne i Charleroi lufthavn blev overdraget til BSCA i medfør af dekret af 19. december 2007 om ændring af dekret af 23. juni 1994 om oprettelse og drift af lufthavne og flyvepladser i regionen Vallonien.
Charleroi airport has a ‘point-to-point’ profile limited to short-haul flights, which prevents it from being a viable alternative to Brussels airport for airlines such as Brussels Airlines, which operates long-haul flights and/or relies on a ‘hub-and-spoke’ model, whereby a ‘hub’ airport feeds a long-haul network with transit passengers carried to the hub via a short- and medium-haul network.
Ligeledes i medfør af dette dekret blev sikkerhedsopgaverne delegeret videre af BSCA til BSCA Security, et offentligretligt aktieselskab stiftet til formålet, hvis kapital ejes af BSCA med en andel på 49 % og regionen med en andel på 51 %.*
Brussels airport is unlikely to constitute a credible alternative to Charleroi airport for certain categories of price-sensitive passengers.
Omfattet af tavshedspligt.
Nonetheless, the offers of the two airports partly overlap.