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In any event, even if it would be assumed that a benchmarking exercise could be carried out with similar arrangements in force at comparable airports, which would lead the Commission to conclude that the ‘prices’ in question are equivalent or even superior to the ‘market price’, the Commission could not conclude on this basis that the arrangements under investigation are market-conform if it would turn out that at the moment the arrangements in question were entered into by the airport manager, the later could have reasonably expected that they would result in incremental costs in excess of incremental revenues.
Forretningsplan for 2000
Indeed, a MEO would not have had any interest in offering its goods or services at ‘market price’ if this was expected to result in incremental losses.
Forretningsplan for 2009
Indeed, as stated in the Charleroi judgment: ‘It is […] necessary, when applying the private investor test, to envisage the commercial transaction as a whole in order to determine whether the public entity and the entity which is controlled by it, taken together, have acted as rational operators in a market economy.
For hver aftale om lufthavnstjenester, der ikke dækkes af de respektive forretningsplaner, er de senest tilgængelige prognoser for ikkeluftfartsrelaterede indtægter pr. afrejsende passager blevet fremført i hvert år indtil aftalens udløb.
The Commission must, when assessing the measures at issue, examine all the relevant features of the measures and their context […]’ [104].
I anden fase blev skønnet over de ekstra driftsomkostninger som følge af Ryanairs aftaler udledt af resultaterne i det første trin kombineret med prognoser over antallet af Ryanair-passagerer.
There can be various reasons for not offering the same conditions to all airlines.
Følgende omkostningskomponenter blev overvejet:
In particular, it can be rational to offer specific financial incentives (including in the form of marketing grants) and specific discounts to the published airport charges to airlines that bring a high number of passengers to the airport.
meromkostninger til personale
Those favourable conditions can be objectively justified by the expected additional traffic, in view of the non-aeronautical revenues brought about by that additional traffic [105] and also because, even if the margin per passenger generated by the airport charges paid by the airline is reduced by the discounts and financial incentives, this margin may be significant in absolute terms in light of the numbers of passengers at stake.
meromkostninger til varer og tjenesteydelser, sikkerhed, lagerbeholdninger og materialer
For the purposes of assessing whether such discounts and financial incentives confer an economic advantage, it must be determined whether, when the airport manager took the decision to offer them, it could reasonably expect this decision to be profitable, or in other words, to lead to a higher profit (or lower losses) than would be achieved in the counterfactual situation.
betalinger til nye ruteincitamenter, markedsføring og/eller resultatbaserede honorarer til Ryanair og AMS
Besides, the Commission notes that the agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL with the airlines operating at the airport were part of the long term strategy of the airport.
koncessionsomkostninger
It is evident from So.Ge.A.AL's business plans (see recitals 59-75) that it relied on low-costs airlines as major growth driver and that it was expected to reverse previous declines and return to viability once it was awarded the comprehensive concession for the management of Alghero airport.
For at beregne skøn over personaleomkostninger, der kan henføres til aftaler med Ryanair efter 2006, blev der foretaget en statistisk analyse på grundlag af data vedrørende lufthavnens samlede personaleomkostninger, for at fastlægge den del af omkostningerne, som varierede med ændringer i antallet af passagerer [111].
Therefore, the condition mentioned at recital 399 is satisfied by all contracts under assessment.
Skønnet over meromkostningerne til personale blev derefter udledt af regressionsresultaterne kombineret med det anslåede antal Ryanair-passagerer.
It results from all that precedes that for each agreement under investigation, if it can be established that at the time when it was concluded, a MEO guided by profitability prospects and acting in lieu of So.Ge.A.AL could have expected the future incremental costs to be generated by the agreement to be offset by future incremental revenues, then this agreement complies with the MEOP and does not constitute State aid.
Forøgede koncessionsomkostninger [114] er baseret på enhedsomkostninger på lufthavnsniveau, multipliceret med trafikprognoserne for Ryanair.
Ryanair did not dispute that the marketing agreements concluded directly between Ryanair and So.Ge.A.AL in 2002 and 2003 should be assessed together with the 2002 and 2003 ASAs.
Ifølge Italien havde So.Ge.A.AL ikke til hensigt at dække omkostningerne til den nye passagerterminal af de afgifter, der betales af Ryanair.
However, Ryanair rejected the preliminary conclusion of the Commission that Ryanair and AMS must be considered as a single entity and a given ASA entered into by So.Ge.A.AL and Ryanair, and a marketing service agreement entered into by So.Ge.A.AL and AMS at the same time should be assessed jointly for the purpose of assessment of the existence of an economic advantage.
Med andre ord kan de investeringsomkostninger, der er forbundet med den nye terminal, ikke tilregnes en af Ryanairs aftaler og indgår derfor ikke i meromkostningerne.
According to Ryanair, the ASAs concluded with Ryanair and the marketing services agreements concluded with AMS would be separate and independent, they would relate to different services and would not be subject to any contractual or other link between them justifying their consideration as a single set of measures.
Samtidig blev der medregnet en »slutværdi« i lufthavnens indtægter for at tage højde for fordelene ved markedsføringsaftalerne og aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester, som efter Italiens opfattelse varer ved selv efter udløbet af aftalen om markedsføringstjenester. »Slutværdien« beregnes efter den samme fremgangsmåde, som Ryanair følger, jf. betragtning 443-446.
That view was supported by AMS.
Tabel 10 viser nettonutidsværdien (NNV) [115] af de pengestrømme, som man kunne have forventet som følge af Ryanairs aftaler baseret på de antagelser, der er beskrevet i betragtning 459-471.
In that sense, the Commission notes that there are several indications clearly pointing towards the fact that the agreements are to be evaluated as one single measure since they were concluded within the framework of a single transaction.
Tabel 10
First, the agreements were concluded by the same parties at the same time:
NNV'er af forventede pengestrømme fra Ryanairs aftaler — MEOP-rapporten for 2014
For the purpose of the application of State aid rules, AMS and Ryanair are considered to be a single undertaking, in the sense that AMS acts in the interest and under the control of Ryanair.
NNV i aftalens løbetid (mio. EUR) [116]
For the present agreements, this can also be inferred from the fact that the respective marketing agreement states in its preamble that ‘AMS has the exclusive license to offer marketing services on the travel website www.ryanair.com, the website of the Irish low fares airline Ryanair.’
22. juni 2000-21. juni 2010
Therefore, if So.Ge.A.AL intended to promote a Ryanair destination and the surrounding regions, then this can only be done via AMS;
[4-8]
The respective agreements in all cases were concluded on the same dates.
1. januar 2002-31. december 2012
Second, the preambles of the 2006 and 2010 marketing agreements with AMS state that the ‘website www.ryanair.com provides a unique opportunity for targeting millions of potential Ryanair passengers and presents extensive information about airports, cities and regions that Ryanair operates to’.
[3-6]
This indicates that the purpose of the marketing agreement is not generally to promote Sardinia, but more specifically to maximise ticket sales for the Ryanair destination Alghero.
[6-9]
Indeed, the preambles state that So.Ge.A.AL is to target Ryanair passengers in order to promote tourism and business opportunities in the region, and in particular Alghero airport as a destination.
1. januar 2010-31. december 2013
Third, the marketing agreements with AMS state in their first section, entitled ‘Purpose of the Agreement’, that they are ‘rooted in the Ryanair's commitment to operate on routes between Alghero and EU destinations’ (the 2006 agreement mentions London-Stansted, Barcelona Gerona, Frankfurt Hahn, Pisa, Liverpool and Rome).
[9-12]
This wording establishes an unambiguous direct link between the airport service agreements and the marketing agreements in the sense that one would not have been concluded without the other.
Kommissionen noterer sig, at Italien med henblik på rentabilitetsanalysen af aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester fra 2006 og 2010 tog udgangspunkt i, at aftalen fra 2006 havde en varighed på ti år og den fra 2010 en varighed på ni år i stedet for de oprindelige gyldighedsperioder, dvs. henholdsvis fem og fire år.
The marketing agreements are based on the conclusion of the airport services agreements and the services provided by Ryanair.
Italien har imidlertid også meddelt Kommissionen resultaterne af rentabilitetsanalysen på grundlag af den oprindelige løbetid, således som det er fastsat i aftalerne fra 2006 og 2010.
Fourth, the marketing agreements state in their preamble that So.Ge.A.AL has decided to ‘actively promote the city of Alghero and the region as a holiday destination for international air travellers and also as an attractive business centre.’
Til støtte for sin holdning anførte Italien, at So.Ge.A.AL ved undertegnelsen af hver af aftalerne med Ryanair havde rimelige forventninger om, at disse ville blive fornyet på lignende vilkår.
This is an indication that the conclusion of the marketing agreements has as its primary and specific purpose to promote specifically Alghero airport and the surrounding region and is therefore linked to the conclusion of the airport services agreement by Ryanair.
Navnlig på grundlag af den udtrykkelige bestemmelse i aftalen om lufthavnstjenester fra 2006 om, at aftalen kunne forlænges med yderligere fem år indtil 1. januar 2016, forventede So.Ge.A.AL, at denne aftale ville blive fornyet på samme vilkår.
Fifth, the marketing agreements can be terminated immediately by So.Ge.A.AL in the event that Ryanair stops operating the abovementioned routes.
Tilsvarende forventedes aftalen om lufthavnstjenester fra 2010 at dække perioden mellem den 1. januar 2010 og den 31. december 2013 med mulighed for at forlænge den pågældende aftale med en yderligere femårsperiode indtil den 31. december 2018.
This demonstrates again that the marketing agreements and the ASAs are inseparably linked.
Kommissionen kan ikke godtage dette argument.
Finally, the Commission notes that it is clear from the analysis of So.Ge.A.AL's 2000 annual report that the marketing support had been asked by Ryanair as a condition for the operation of the London route at the time the 2000 ASA was entered into.
For det første fastsættes det hverken i 2006- eller 2010-aftalen, at den automatisk kan forlænges ved udløbet af den fulde aftaleperiode.
This reading is also confirmed by the fact that the marketing support costs were considered by So.Ge.A.AL an operational cost of the Ryanair route, rather than an investment in brand development as claimed by Ryanair and AMS.
Den ovennævnte bestemmelse forpligter ikke juridisk Ryanair til at indgå en ny aftale med lufthavnsoperatøren og giver heller ikke nogen sikkerhed for, at nogen af parterne overholder de pågældende betingelser, navnlig i betragtning af den betydelige usikkerhed omkring tildelingen af den samlede koncession til lufthavnsoperatøren på dette tidspunkt.
In conclusion, the marketing service agreements concluded by So.Ge.A.AL and AMS are indivisibly linked to the ASAs signed by Ryanair and So.Ge.A.AL.
Det hedder i artikel 2 — »Løbetid«: »aftalen kan forlænges med en yderligere femårsperiode på de betingelser og vilkår, der er fastsat i denne aftale, eller som ændret af parterne, forudsat at der kan opnås forudgående skriftligt samtykke fra begge parter mindst seks måneder før udløbet af første periode. (…) enhver senere fornyelse af denne aftale forhandles mellem parterne mindst seks måneder inden udløbet af den supplerende periode.« Det er derfor indlysende, at enhver forlængelse af aftalen ville have været genstand for forhandlinger mellem parterne og derfor ikke kunne have påhvilet So.Ge.A.AL på tidspunktet, hvor 2010-aftalen blev undertegnet.
For those reasons, the Commission concludes that the ASAs and the marketing services agreements are not severable and therefore finds it necessary to analyse each marketing service agreement together with the ASA that was concluded at the same time, with a view to determining whether such a transaction constitutes State aid.
For det andet bemærker Kommissionen, at der i sagsakterne er belæg for, at spændinger mellem So.Ge.A.AL og Ryanair i 2009 satte det kontraktlige forhold med luftfartsselskabet i fare.
On the benefits that an MEO could have expected to gain from marketing service agreements and the price that it would have been willing to pay for these services
Især:
This assessment should leave aside any positive repercussions on the economy of the region in which the airport is located, since the Court has clarified that the relevant question for applying the MEO test is whether ‘in similar circumstances a private shareholder, having regard to the foreseeability of obtaining a return and leaving aside all social, regional-policy and sectoral considerations, would have subscribed the capital in question’ [106].
Ryanair havde kraftigt anmodet om, at der blev indgået en tillægsaftale, som »uden tvivl vil medføre en forhøjelse af værdien af de fælles markedsføringsbidrag«.
When analysing the measures in question, it is necessary to examine the benefits that this hypothetical MEO, motivated by the prospect of profits, could gain from purchasing marketing services.
På dette grundlag konkluderer Kommissionen, at So.Ge.A.AL på tidspunktet, hvor aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester med Ryanair fra 2006 og 2010 blev indgået, ikke kunne forvente, at disse aftaler blev forlænget, eller i hvert fald ikke kunne forvente, at de blev forlænget på de samme kontraktlige betingelser.
Only the impact of those services on the airport's profitability should be taken into account, as this would be the only concern for a hypothetical MEO.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor med henblik på rentabilitetsanalysen af aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester fra 2006 og 2010, at kun den periode, der er fastsat i disse aftaler, nemlig fem år for 2006-aftalen og fire år for 2010-aftalen, bør tages i betragtning (NNV'erne i tabel 10 blev beregnet på grundlag af den oprindelige løbetid, der var fastsat i disse aftaler).
Marketing services have in principle the potential to stimulate passenger traffic on the air routes covered by marketing service agreements and the ASAs, as the marketing services are designed to promote those air routes.
aftalen om lufthavnstjenester fra 2006 og markedsføringsaftalen blev underskrevet den 3. april 2006, men gjaldt med tilbagevirkende kraft fra den 1. januar 2006
In addition, an increase in passenger traffic may lead to an increase in revenues generated by certain airport charges for the airport manager, as well as an increase in non-aeronautical revenues, in particular from car parks, restaurants and other businesses located at the airport, and whose turnover fully or partly accrue to the airport manager.
aftalen om lufthavnstjenester fra 2010 og markedsføringsaftalen blev underskrevet den 20. oktober 2010, men gjaldt med tilbagevirkende kraft fra den 1. januar 2010.
Therefore, an MEO operating Alghero airport instead of So.Ge.A.AL and RAS would have taken this possible positive effect into account when considering entering into a marketing service agreement and the corresponding ASA.
På dette grundlag og i betragtning af at den enkelte aftale i sin planlagte løbetid er i overensstemmelse med en forhåndstilgang, finder Kommissionen, at den periode, for hvilken kontrakterne var gældende med tilbagevirkende kraft, derfor ikke bør udelukkes i forbindelse med rentabilitetsanalysen af aftalerne fra 2006 og 2010.
The MEO would have taken into account the impact of the air route in question on future revenues and costs by, in this case, estimating the increase in the number of passengers using those routes, which would have reflected the possible positive effect of marketing services in the form of a higher expected load ratio (or load factor) [107] for those air routes.
På dette grundlag mener Kommissionen, at en eventuel »slutværdi«, der skal tage højde for fremtidige fordele ved markedsføringstjenester ud over de pågældende aftalers løbetid, bør udelades fra analysen.
Moreover, this effect would have been evaluated for the entire term of operation of the air routes in question, as set out in the airport service agreement and the marketing service agreement.
Kommissionen bemærker endvidere, at Italien ikke har taget hensyn til en eventuel »slutværdi« ved vurderingen af fordelene efter udløbet af de aftaler, So.Ge.A.AL indgik med Alitalia, Meridiana,Volare og Germanwings (se betragtning 528).
The Commission agrees with Ryanair on this issue, namely that marketing service agreements do not just generate costs for the airport manager, they can also be expected to bring benefits with them.
Selv om Kommissionen mener, at antagelser om trafikprognoser normalt udelukkende bør være baseret på de ruteafgange og passagermål, der er fastsat i aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester, og den belægningsgrad, som So.Ge.A.AL. med rimelighed kunne forvente på tidspunktet for indgåelsen af hver enkelt aftale med Ryanair, eftersom So.Ge.A.AL på tidspunktet for indgåelsen af aftalerne fra 2006 og 2010 forventede, at Ryanair-trafikken ville overskride de mindstemål, der var fastsat i aftalerne, er Kommissionen enig i, at So.Ge.A.AL's forventninger på det tidspunkt, hvor aftalerne blev undertegnet i henhold til forretningsplanerne, udgør den mest nøjagtige kilde til at udlede So.Ge.A.AL's prognoser for Ryanair-trafik på tidspunktet for undertegnelsen af 2006 og 2010-aftalerne.
Ryanair supports this argument, in particular in its study of 17 January 2014.
Kommissionen mener desuden, at So.Ge.A.AL's forventninger til Ryanairs belægningsgrad på tidspunktet for underskrivelsen af hver af aftalerne, er rimelige, eftersom de var baseret på selskabets erfaring og kendskab til luftfartsselskabets forretningsmodel.
The study is based on the theory that marketing services acquired by an airport manager will help to improve the airport's brand image and, as a result, to sustainably increase the number of passengers using this airport and not just the numbers on the air routes covered by the marketing service agreement and the airport service agreement for the term of operation set out in these agreements.
Kommissionen bemærker, at So.Ge.A.AL ifølge Italien ikke havde til hensigt at dække omkostningerne ved den nye passagerterminal gennem afgifter betalt af Ryanair.
In particular, Ryanair argued in its study that these marketing services will have sustainable positive effects on passenger traffic in the airport even after the marketing service agreement has expired.
I denne henseende ser det således ud til, at det var udviklingen af turisme i almindelighed, som krævede en udvidelse af Alghero lufthavns terminalkapacitet for at imødekomme den forventede vækst i trafikken.
This view is shared by Italy and the benefits of the marketing services have been taken into consideration in the reconstructed ex ante profitability analysis of the agreements with Ryanair as summarised in Table 8 below.
Forud for de investeringer, der blev foretaget i Alghero lufthavn, blev udviklingen af turismen — trods et betydeligt potentiale — besværliggjort af mangel på internationale forbindelser.
It should first be noted that there is nothing to suggest that, when the marketing service agreements covered by the formal investigation procedure were entered into, the airport manager or RAS ever considered, still less quantified, the marketing service agreements' possible beneficial effects on air routes additional to those covered by the agreements, or the possibility of such effects continuing after the agreements had expired.
Alghero lufthavn havde nået kapacitetsbegrænsninger i 2003 og 2004, og derfor skulle investeringer gøre det muligt for lufthavnen at håndtere flere passagerer.
In addition, the sustainable nature of those effects cannot be assessed based on the information available.
Der står heller ikke noget i nogen af aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester med Ryanair om, at lufthavnsoperatøren skal foretage investeringer.
It is possible that advertising Alghero airport and the Sardinian region on Ryanair's internet site may have encouraged people visiting this site to buy Ryanair tickets to Alghero airport as long as the advertising was posted or just thereafter.
Ansøgningen til ENAC om den samlede koncession var en del af So.Ge.A.AL's strategi med det formål at styrke turistsektoren ved at tiltrække lavprisflyselskaber.
An advertising campaign is more likely to have a sustainable effect when the promotional activities involve one or more advertising media to which the consumers are regularly exposed over a given period.
Denne strategi krævede en udvidelse af terminalkapaciteten for at imødekomme den forventede trafikstigning, en »samlet« koncession for at sikre effektive og virkningsfulde operationer i lufthavnen og kontrakter med lavprisselskaber.
For example, an advertising campaign involving general TV and radio stations, popular internet sites and/or various advertising posters displayed outside or inside public places could have a sustainable effect if consumers are regularly exposed to these media.
På grundlag heraf accepterer Kommissionen, at de investeringsomkostninger, der er forbundet med den nye terminal, ikke kan tilregnes nogen af Ryanairs aftaler og derfor ikke er en del af meromkostningerne.
However, promotional activities limited to just Ryanair's internet site are highly unlikely to have an effect that lasts much past the end of the promotion.
Kommissionen bemærker endvidere, at de forventede meromkostninger er anslået af Italien efter en bottom-up-tilgang.
In fact, it is very likely that most people do not visit Ryanair's internet site frequently enough for the advertising there alone to leave them with a clear recollection of the region concerned.
Der er foretaget en regressionsanalyse for at afdække, hvordan driftsomkostningerne varierer, i takt med at passagerantallet ændrer sig, med henblik på at vurdere de meromkostninger, som So.Ge.A.AL kunne have forventet på tidspunktet for undertegnelsen af aftalerne om lufthavnstjenester med Ryanair.
This argument is well supported by two factors.
I første omgang blev der foretaget en regressionsanalyse for at fastslå, hvordan en ændring i lufthavnens passagertal påvirkede lufthavnens driftsomkostninger.
Firstly, under the terms of the marketing service agreements, the promotion of Alghero and the Sardinian region on the homepage of the Ryanair internet site was limited to one paragraph of 150 words under ‘Top Five Things To Do’ on the Alghero destination page and the presence of a link on the www.ryanair.com homepage leading to a site made available by So.Ge.A.AL.
I anden fase er der udledt et skøn over de ekstra driftsomkostninger som følge af Ryanairs aftaler på grundlag af resultaterne af det første trin kombineret med prognoserne for antallet af Ryanair-passagerer.
The Commission considers that the type of promotional activities (a simple link with a limited marketing value) severely reduced the effect of these activities after the end of the promotion, in particular as these activities were limited to just the Ryanair internet site and were not supported by any other media.