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Eftersom den forhøjede likviditetsstøtte klart udgør en yderligere fordel sammenlignet med de godkendte støtteforanstaltninger, repræsenterer den på grundlag af betragtning 106 og 107 derfor yderligere støtte (eftersom alle de øvrige kriterier fastlagt ved traktatens artikel 107, stk. 1, stadig gør sig gældende).
In those circumstances, the Commission cannot accept that Citadele could, in circumstances which correspond to normal market conditions, obtain the same advantage as that which has been made available to it through State resources in the form of the Second Measure.
Retsgrundlag for foreneligheden af ny yderligere støtte
Latvia has implemented the Second Measure for Citadele which is and will be active on markets open to international competition.
Traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra b), giver Kommissionen beføjelse til at afgøre, at støtten er forenelig med det indre marked, hvis den har til formål at »afhjælpe en alvorlig forstyrrelse i en medlemsstats økonomi«.
Therefore any advantage from State resources would affect competition in the banking sector and have an impact on intra-Union trade.
I betragtning af den systemiske betydning af Parex banka — det var en førende bank i Letland — og betydningen af dens udlånsaktiviteter for den lettiske økonomi, da støtteforanstaltningerne blev godkendt, accepterede Kommissionen, at det ville have haft alvorlige følger for Letlands økonomi, hvis banken ikke havde efterlevet de skærpede kapitalkrav.
Furthermore, that measure is selective as it solely benefits Citadele.
I redningsbeslutningerne og den endelige afgørelse om Parex blev de støtteforanstaltninger, der var godkendt for Parex banka, derfor vurderet i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra b), og på grundlag af de meddelelser [30], der blev vedtaget i forbindelse med finanskrisen, der gjorde sig gældende, da støtten blev ydet.
It is financed through State resources.
Kommissionen mener, at det samme retsgrundlag finder anvendelse på den yderligere støtte ydet gennem den første og anden foranstaltning på grundlag af tidspunkterne for deres gennemførelse og deres karakteristika, som svarer til de godkendte støtteforanstaltninger.
In June 2013 as explained by Latvia in recital 45 a third-party market economy operator would not have granted a measure similar to the Second Measure on comparable terms.
Enhver støtte, der ydes helt eller delvist uden Kommissionens godkendelse (og dermed i strid med traktatens artikel 108, stk. 3) efter offentliggørelsen af bankmeddelelsen fra 2013 i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende, skal undersøges på grundlag af denne meddelelse.
The Commission therefore confirms its previously provisional assessment from the Opening Decision that the Second Measure represents additional State aid.
Eftersom den tredje foranstaltning er blevet anvendt kontinuerligt fra 2011 til i dag, må det konkluderes, at støtten delvist blev ydet efter den 1. august 2013, datoen for offentliggørelsen af bankmeddelelsen fra 2013 i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende.
The Third Measure
Støttens forenelighed med det indre marked
With regard to the liquidity support granted to Reverta, it was initially approved as part of the compatible State aid measures approved in the first rescue Decision, in the form of State deposits.
Vedrørende den første foranstaltning
At that time, the Commission noted that Parex banka lacked liquid collateral and that Latvia had deposited the funds, taking into account the bank's liquidity needs, when no market investor was willing to provide liquidity in view of the fragile situation of Parex banka [29].
De efterstillede lån, som Letland ydede til Parex banka, havde fra udstedelsesdatoen (22. maj 2009) en løbetid på syv år (dvs. indtil den 21. maj 2016) og oversteg dermed den maksimale løbetid på fem år, der er fastsat i den første redningsbeslutning, og som senere blev bekræftet i den endelige afgørelse om Parex.
Following the Parex Final Decision (and the split into a good and a bad bank) the liquidity aid was subsequently transferred to Citadele and Reverta.
Denne foranstaltning blev ikke anmeldt til Kommissionen.
The former has already repaid in full its share of the liquidity support.
Med hensyn til den yderligere støtteforanstaltning, der udgøres af en løbetid for de efterstillede lån, som går ud over betingelserne i afgørelserne, betvivlede Kommissionen, at den var inden for det nødvendige minimum, og kunne derfor ikke konkludere, at alle kriterierne for forenelighed var opfyldt.
Reverta was required to limit the amounts of liquidity support it received, as set out in recital 19(c).
I indledningsafgørelsen mindede Kommissionen derfor om, at de efterstillede lån, der var godkendt for Parex banka med en løbetid på fem år, ifølge redningsbeslutningerne var begrænset til det nødvendige minimum med hensyn til beløb og løbetid.
However, the amount of liquidity support actually granted to Reverta exceeds even the levels foreseen for the worst case scenario which was approved in the Parex Final Decision.
På grundlag af denne konklusion blev de efterstillede lån med en løbetid på fem år derfor anset for at være forenelige i henhold til redningsbeslutningerne og den endelige afgørelse om Parex.
That additional liquidity support provides a supplementary advantage for Reverta compared to the aid approved by the Rescue Decisions and Parex Final Decision.
I lyset af de nye argumenter, som Letland har fremsat efter indledningsafgørelsen, og som er anført i afsnit 5.1, kan Kommissionen igen vurdere, om de efterstillede lån med en løbetid på syv år, som Letland har ydet til Parex banka, opfylder kravet om, at statsstøtte skal være begrænset til det nødvendige minimum, for at være forenelig.
None of the other features of the liquidity support apart from its quantity have been altered and so the Commission concludes that the measure constitutes State aid.
Ifølge bankmeddelelsen fra 2008 skal støtteforanstaltningen både med hensyn til beløb og form være nødvendig for at nå målet.
On the basis of recitals 106 and 107, as the increased liquidity support clearly represents an additional advantage compared to the approved aid measures, it therefore represents additional aid (as all of the other criteria under Article 107(1) of the Treaty are still in place).
Det betyder, at kapitaltilførslen skal være det nødvendige minimum for at nå dette mål.
Legal basis for the compatibility of the new additional aid
Målet med at yde efterstillede lån, som repræsenterede supplerende kapital, til Parex banka var at sætte sidstnævnte i stand til at opfylde kapitalkravet og sikre, at banken havde tilstrækkelig kapital til bedre at kunne modstå alvorlige tab og dermed undgå alvorlig forstyrrelse af den lettiske økonomi.
Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty empowers the Commission to find that aid is compatible with the internal market if it serves ‘to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State’.
I den første redningsbeslutning vurderede Kommissionen de minimumskrav, der skulle opfyldes, for at de efterstillede lån til Parex banka kunne betegnes som supplerende kapital, på grundlag af den gældende lettiske lovgivning som anmeldt af Letland [32].
Given the systemic importance of Parex banka (which was a leading bank in Latvia) and the significance of its lending activities for the Latvian economy at the time of the approval of the aid measures, the Commission accepted that the failure to address the bank's difficulties would have entailed serious consequences for the Latvian economy.
Det blev således fastlagt, at minimumsløbetiden for efterstillede lån var fem år, hvis de skulle betegnes som supplerende kapital.
In the Rescue Decisions and the Parex Final Decision, the aid measures approved for Parex banka were therefore assessed under Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty, as well as on the basis of the Communications [30] adopted in the context of the financial crisis that were in force at the time the aid was granted.
Denne vurdering blev ikke ændret ved de efterfølgende afgørelser.
The Commission considers that the same legal basis applies to the additional aid granted thought the First and Second Measures, based on the timing of their implementation and their similar characteristics to the approved aid measures.
Efter at have gennemgået de yderligere oplysninger, som Letland har fremlagt, og som fremgår af betragtning 30-39, anerkender Kommissionen, at yderligere begrænsninger ændrede karakteristikaene for, at efterstillede lån kunne kvalificeres som supplerende kapital indtil 2010.
As regards the Third Measure, the Commission's compatibility assessment has to be conducted on the basis of the updated criteria set out in the 20 13 Banking Communication [31].
Kommissionen bemærker navnlig, at indvirkningen af kriterierne i Basel II-rammen, for så vidt angår størrelsen af de efterstillede lån, som Parex banka modtog i 2009, og som var kvalificeret som supplerende kapital, var et grundlæggende element for fastlæggelsen af den oprindelige minimumsløbetid for de efterstillede lån.
Indeed, any aid wholly or partially granted without the Commission's authorisation (and therefore in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty) after the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the 2013 Banking Communication has to be examined on the basis of that Communication.
Indregning af Basel II-amortisationssatsen var nødvendig for at opfylde støtteforanstaltningens endelige mål, nemlig at sikre tilstrækkelig kapitalisering af Parex banka og undgå alvorlig forstyrrelse af den lettiske økonomi på det tidspunkt, hvor det første efterstillede lån blev ydet.
Since the Third Measure has been applied continuously starting 2011 and until the present time, it can be concluded that the aid was partially granted after 1 August 2013, the publication date in the Official Journal of the European Union of the 2013 Banking Communication.
Hvis de forudsætninger og prognoser, som Letland fremlagde i forbindelse med redningsbeslutningerne, tilstrækkeligt og fuldstændigt havde afspejlet amortiseringen af de efterstillede lån i henhold til Basel II-reglerne, jf. betragtning 37, ville de efter Kommissionens opfattelse have resulteret i en anden vurdering af løbetiden for de efterstillede lån med syv år som det nødvendige minimum i stedet for fem år.
Compatibility of the aid with the internal market
Kommissionen minder også om, at forenelighedsvurderingen af støtten i forbindelse med den tredje redningsbeslutning bl.a. var baseret på de lettiske myndigheders tilsagn om, at de ville sælge statens aktier i Parex banka så hurtigt som muligt, men senest tre år efter indrømmelsen af de første støtteforanstaltninger til Parex banka [33], dvs. senest i 2011.
Regarding the First Measure
På denne baggrund mener Kommissionen, at en oprindelig løbetid på syv år kan betragtes som det nødvendige minimum med henblik på at sikre, at efterstillede lån ydet af Letland kunne kvalificeres som supplerende kapital, at Parex banka kunne opfylde kapitalkravet af hensyn til stabiliteten af det lettiske banksystem, og at tilsagnet om at sælge banken blev efterlevet.
The subordinated loan granted by Latvia to Parex banka had since its issuance date (22 May 2009) a maturity of seven years (i.e. until 21 May 2016) and so exceeded the maximum five-year maturity which was set forth in first rescue Decision and later confirmed in the Parex Final Decision.
Vedrørende den ikke-anmeldte forlængelse af løbetiden for efterstillede lån (den anden foranstaltning)
The measure was not notified to the Commission.
I indledningsafgørelsen udtrykte Kommissionen tvivl om, at den yderligere støtte, som forlængelsen af løbetiden for de efterstillede lån med 18 måneder udgjorde, kunne betragtes som forenelig, fordi det på daværende tidspunkt blev vurderet, at en løbetid på fem år for de efterstillede lån repræsenterede det nødvendige minimum, og fordi der ikke var fremlagt nye argumenter til begrundelse af foreneligheden.
In respect to that additional aid measure, represented by a maturity of the subordinated loans in excess of the terms of the Decisions, the Commission had doubts that it was kept at minimum necessary, and therefore could not conclude that all the criteria for compatibility were met.
På baggrund af de oplysninger, som Letland fremlagde efter indledningsafgørelsen, bemærker Kommissionen, at lovgivningen vedrørende minimumskapitalkrav blev ændret i 2013 [34].
In the Opening Decision, the Commission thus recalled that the subordinated loan approved for Parex banka with a five-year maturity had been assessed in the Rescue Decisions as being limited to the minimum necessary in amount and maturity.
I den henseende har Kommissionen fået forelagt brev af 1. marts 2013 fra FCMC til Citadele.
Based on that conclusion, the five-year subordinated loan had been therefore qualified as compatible by the Rescue Decisions and the Parex Final Decision.
Brevet er finanstilsynets reaktion på en intern kapitalkravsrapport, som Citadele havde indgivet til FCMC, og som vedrørte bankens finansielle situation pr. 30. juni 2012.
On the basis of the arguments presented in the Rescue Decisions and the Parex Final Decision, and in absence of new arguments, the Commission expressed doubts on the compatibility of the extended maturity of subordinated loans issued with a maturity of seven years instead of five years as initially approved.
Brevet af 1. marts 2013 henleder først opmærksomheden på det forhold, at alle banker i henhold til FCMC's politikdokumenter skal have et kapitalgrundlag på mindst 10 %.
In light of the new arguments brought forward by Latvia following the Opening Decision, and reported in section 5.1, the Commission is in a position to re-assess if the subordinated loans with a seven-year maturity granted by Latvia to Parex banka meet the compatibility requirement of State aid being limited to the minimum necessary.
Det anføres derefter klart, at banken og den konsoliderede koncern betragtes som utilstrækkeligt kapitaliseret, og at FCMC kan pålægge korrigerende foranstaltninger, f.eks. begrænse bankens aktiviteter, hvis bankens og den konsoliderede koncerns kapitalgrundlag er lavere end 10 %.
According to the 2008 Banking Communication, an aid measure must, in its amount and form, be necessary to achieve the objective pursued.
I brevet til Citadele og dens konsoliderede koncern anføres det videre, at koncernens kapitalgrundlag skal nå op på […] % inden udgangen af 2013 for at dække eksisterende og potentielle risici.
It means that the capital injection must be of the minimum amount necessary to achieve the objective.
På baggrund af det brev accepterer Kommissionen, at Citadele var nødt til at hæve sit kapitalgrundlag til mere end 10 % ved udgangen af 2013 for at kunne fortsætte alle sine aktiviteter.
The objective of granting a subordinated loan qualifying as Tier 2 capital to Parex banka was to enable the latter to continue to satisfy the capital adequacy ratio and to ensure that it is sufficiently capitalised so as to better withstand potential losses, in order to avoid a serious disturbance in the Latvian economy.
Kommissionen minder om, at det endelige formål med at yde statsstøtte i form af efterstillede lån, som defineret i redningsbeslutningerne og den endelige afgørelse om Parex, var at sikre tilstrækkelig kapitalisering af Parex banka (Citadele efter 2010) med henblik på at undgå alvorlig forstyrrelse af Letlands økonomi.
In the first recue Decision, the minimum requirements for the subordinated loans to be eligible as Tier 2 capital of Parex banka taken into account by the Commission were based on the applicable Latvian legislation as communicated by Latvia [32].
Kommissionen er derfor enig i, at Letland i juni 2013 Letland var nødt til at iværksætte korrigerende foranstaltninger for at undgå de risici, der ville være opstået, hvis Citadele ikke kunne efterleve de strengere krav fra finanstilsynet.
It was thus established that the minimum maturity for the subordinated loan to qualify as Tier 2 capital was of five years.
For at imødegå den potentielle mangel på kapital i forhold til de nye krav ville de eneste muligheder have været at:
That assessment was not altered by the subsequent decisions.
indskyde yderligere midler — enten som kernekapital eller som supplerende kapital (f.eks. yde nye efterstillede lån)
Having reviewed the additional information provided by Latvia and reflected in recitals 30 to 39, the Commission acknowledges that additional constraints modified the characteristics of the subordinated loans required for them to fully qualify as Tier 2 until 2010.
forlænge løbetiden for eksisterende efterstillede lån og derved ændre deres amortiseringssats, således at en højere procentdel af lånene kunne bidrage til bankens kapital.
In particular, the Commission notes that the impact of the criteria of the Basel II framework on the amount of subordinated loans received by Parex banka in 2009 being eligible as Tier 2 capital represented a fundamental element for defining the minimum initial maturity of the subordinated loans.
Tabel 2 viser en sammenligning mellem situationer, hvor løbetiden for de efterstillede lån — alt andet lige — forlænges i 2013 (som det skete via den anden foranstaltninger) eller forbliver uændret i forhold til de betingelser, der var gældende, da lånene oprindeligt blev udstedt.
The proper consideration of the Basel II amortization factor was necessary to achieve the ultimate objective of the aid measure, namely to ensure sufficient capitalisation of Parex banka and avoiding a serious disturbance in the Latvian economy at the time when the initial subordinated loan was granted.
På grundlag af beregningen finder Kommissionen, at en fastholdelse af løbetiden for de efterstillede lån — alt andet lige — ville have betydet, at Citadele ikke var nået op på et kapitalgrundlag på 10 % ved udgangen af 2013.
The Commission considers that, if the assumptions and projections presented by Latvia at the time of the Rescue Decisions had adequately and completely reflected the subordinated debt amortization under Basel II rules as reflected in recital 37, they would have led to a different assessment of the maturity of the subordinated loans, concluding seven years was the minimum necessary and not five years.
Tabel 2
The Commission also recalls that the compatibility assessment of the aid in third rescue Decision relied, inter alia, on the Latvian authorities' commitment that they would sell their shares in Parex banka as soon as possible, but not later than a period of three years after the first rescue measures were provided to Parex banka [33], i.e. not later than 2011.
Sammenligning af kapitalgrundlag med og uden forlænget løbetid:
In light of these circumstances, the Commission considers that setting the initial maturity at seven years can be considered the minimum necessary to allow the subordinated loans provided by Latvia to fully qualify as Tier 2 capital and ensure that Parex banka achieved the target capital adequacy ratio, for reasons of preserving the stability within the Latvian banking system, as well as of complying with the commitment to sell the bank.
Kapitalgrundlag i %
Regarding the un-notified maturity extension of the subordinated loans (the Second Measure)
31. december 2013
In the Opening Decision, the Commission expressed doubts that the additional aid represented by the 18-month extension of maturity of the subordinated loans could be considered compatible, because the existing assessment was that a five-year maturity of the subordinated debt was what ensured limitation to the minimum necessary and no new arguments had been presented for justification of compatibility.
Finansielle prognoser inden forlængelsen af løbetiden med 18 måneder (fastlagt i juni 2013)
In view of the information presented by Latvia after the Opening Decision, the Commission notes that regulatory changes occurred in 2013 [34] with respect to the minimum capital requirements.
Faktiske tal pr. 31. december 2013 med forlængelsen af løbetiden
In that regard, the Commission has been presented with the letter of 1 March 2013 of the FCMC to Citadele.
Proforma af faktisk situation uden forlængelsen af løbetiden med 18 måneder
The letter represents a reaction of the banking regulator to an internal capital adequacy assessment report that Citadele had submitted to the FCMC in respect to its financial situation of 30 June 2012.
Eftersom:
The letter of 1 March 2013 first draws attention to the fact that according to the FCMC's policy documents, all banks have to maintain their capital adequacy ratio above 10 %.
det nye kapitalkrav skulle opfyldes inden den 31. december 2013
It then clearly states that ‘if the capital adequacy ratio of a bank and consolidation group falls below 10 %, the bank and consolidation group are considered an insufficiently capitalised and the FCMC may impose corrective measures, e.g. restrict the operations of the bank’.
formueforvaltningsaktiviteten skulle frasælges inden den 31. december 2013, og
In the case of Citadele and its consolidation group, the letter adds that in order to cover existing and potential risks arising from Citadele's operations, by the end of 2013 the group's capital adequacy ratio had to reach […] %.
amortiseringen af de efterstillede lån påvirker kapitalgrundlaget direkte
Based on that letter, the Commission accepts that Citadele had to have its capital adequacy ratio at least above 10 % at the end of 2013 in order for its operations to continue in full.
er Kommissionen enig i, at den anden foranstaltning repræsenterede en effektiv løsning med henblik på at opfylde de nye kapitalkrav for Citadele, og at den indrømmede forlængelse var det nødvendige minimum for at opfylde dette mål.
The Commission recalls that the ultimate objective of granting State aid in the form of subordinated loans, as defined in the Rescue Decisions and the Parex Final Decision, was to ensure sufficient capitalisation of Parex banka (Citadele after 2010) in order to avoid a serious disturbance in the Latvian economy.
Denne løsning krævede ikke overførsel af nye midler (selv om den krævede, at Letland undlod at inddrive midler, der ellers ville være forfaldne til betaling), og den imødekom finanstilsynets krav baseret på behovet for at sikre den finansielle stabilitet.
Therefore, the Commission agrees that in June 2013 Latvia had to take corrective actions in order to avoid the risks which would have stemmed from a failure of Citadele to comply with the unexpected increase of the supervisory requirements.
Kommissionen glæder sig over, at Citadeles kapitalgrundlag pr. 31. december 2013 var lidt over minimumskravet på 10 % [36], hvilket bekræfter, at forlængelsen på 18 måneder var begrænset til det nødvendige minimum.
To address the potential capital shortfall compared to the new requirements, the only possible options would have been to:
Siden 2011 har Letland forsynet Reverta med likviditetsstøtte, der overstiger den maksimumsgrænse, Kommissionen godkendte i den endelige afgørelse om Parex under både basisscenariet og det værst tænkelige scenarie.
inject additional funds — either as Tier 1 capital or Tier 2 capital (e.g. grant new subordinated loans)
Disse grænser er anført i tabel 3 [37].
extend the maturity of existing subordinated loans in order to modify their amortization rate and allow for a higher percentage of the loans to contribute to the capital of the bank.
Den faktiske likviditetsstøtte, som Reverta har modtaget (som meddelt af Letland i den reviderede omstruktureringsplan indgivet i januar 2014), jf. tabel 4, har konstant oversteget de bel øb, der er fastsat i den endelige afgørelse om Parex:
Table 2 reflects a comparative scenario between situations where, all other parameters being equal, the subordinated maturity is extended in 2013 (as was done through the Second Measure) or is maintained on the same conditions under which the loans were originally issued.
Tabel 3
Based on the calculation, the Commission finds that maintaining the maturity of the subordinated loans would have led, considering all other factors as equal, to a failure of Citadele to reach a capital adequacy ratio of 10 % at the end of 2013.
Likviditetslofter for Reverta i henhold til den endelige afgørelse om Parex:
Table 2
mio. LVL
Comparison of capital adequacy ratio level with or without the maturity extension:
Basisscenariet
Capital adequacy ratio in %