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Kommissionen har lagt til grund, at lufthavnen i dette kontrafaktuelle scenarie uden støtte sandsynligvis fortsat ville blive drevet, men i meget mindre omfang i betragtning af nødvendigheden af de investeringer, der var planlagt i 2002-aftalerne for at muliggøre en betydelig stigning i trafikken i lufthavnen.
However, according to Belgium, although the Region was itself the beneficiary of the 2000 decisions, these created a commitment on the part of the Walloon Government.
Udgifter og indtægter medtaget i beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen
Furthermore, as indicated in the 2012 extension decision, this investment programme contained uncertainties about the financing mechanism and amounts.
Med henblik på at beregne nettonutidsværdien af 2002-aftalerne for regionen-SOWAER har Kommissionen bestemt de af regionen-SOWAER's udgifter og indtægter, som kunne forventes som følge af aftalerne, ved at inddrage:
The latter could have been altered in line with changing needs.
i perioden 2002-2015:
Accordingly, the new North terminal needed to be modular and its construction ‘had to be gradual and tailored to the development of the airport's actual activities and resulting operational needs’.
de forventede investeringsomkostninger (jf. tabel 13) og tjenesteydelserne af økonomisk art, som skal leveres af SOWAER, samt den del af det tilskud, som regionen betaler for visse tjenester knyttet til lufthavnsaktiviteten, som går til tjenesteydelser af økonomisk karakter
In addition, the financing mechanism envisaged at the time — i.e. involving the Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport — was ultimately abandoned in favour of financing through SOWAER, a new instrument that received its financial resources only when it was created on 1 July 2001 and in the amount of EUR 75000000 only.
de forventede indtægter fra koncessionsafgiften, som BSCA skal betale til SOWAER
On the other hand, given that the investment programme was included in the 2002 SOWAER/BSCA agreement, SOWAER was under an obligation towards BSCA: it had to place the land and infrastructure at BSCA's disposal, including the infrastructure to be constructed in accordance with the investment programme, and to provide certain services, in return for a concession fee, otherwise it would fail to comply with its contractual obligations.
i perioden 2016-2040:
The Commission also takes the view that SOWAER's commitment to implement an investment programme and to provide certain services must be examined together with BSCA's commitment to pay a concession fee.
Disse oplysninger bygger på de prognoser, som regionen og SOWAER havde til rådighed i 2002, især for trafikken og omkostningerne.
It is impossible to determine whether the Region's plans to place the infrastructure at BSCA's disposal, including new infrastructure constructed in accordance with the investment programme, and to provide certain services constitute aid until the amount of the fee to be paid by BSCA in return is known.
Kommissionen har således ikke taget hensyn til de afvigelser i omkostningerne ved investeringsprogrammet, som ikke kunne forudses på tidspunktet for beslutningen om at igangsætte programmet i april 2002 (f.eks. stigningen i priserne på byggeriet og omkostningsafvigelserne i forbindelse med problemerne med stabiliteten i undergrunden, som ikke var kendt på tidspunktet for udarbejdelsen af investeringsprogrammet).
The Commission concludes that the measure consisting in placing the infrastructure at BSCA's disposal, including new infrastructure which SOWAER undertook to construct, and in providing certain services in return for a fee was granted by the 2002 SOWAER/BSCA agreement.
Kommissionen har heller ikke taget hensyn til værdien af jord og infrastrukturer i beregningen af nettonutidsværdien i den tilsvarende beregning af det scenarie, hvor 2002-aftalerne er vedtaget, eller det kontrafaktuelle scenarie.
It therefore postdates the ADP judgment.
Beregningen af nettonutidsværdien er nemlig baseret på de fremtidige pengestrømme, man kunne forvente i 2002.
Moreover, it should be recalled that the investment programme included in the 2002 SOWAER/BSCA agreement was significantly amended by the decision of the Walloon Government of 3 April 2003.
Endelig har den ikke taget hensyn til en eventuel værditilvækst i kapital og udbytte, som SOWAER måtte oppebære i kraft af sin deltagelse i BSCA's kapital.
In this decision of 3 April 2003, the Walloon Government officially noted a revision to the investment programme [131], whereby the amount of the investment increased from EUR 93 million to almost EUR 151 million, i.e. an increase of EUR 57,8 million, including EUR 33 million for the new terminal.
Som Domstolen [157] da også har præciseret, må det med »henblik på at vurdere, om en statslig foranstaltning udgør en støtte, (…) afgøres, om den virksomhed, foranstaltningen er rettet til, opnår en økonomisk fordel, som denne ikke ville have opnået under sædvanlige markedsvilkår.
The Commission takes the view that this revision of the investment programme constitutes a substantial change and therefore a new measure potentially constituting new State aid granted to BSCA, in addition to the potential aid already granted through the 2002 SOWAER/BSCA agreement.
I forbindelse med denne undersøgelse skal den nationale ret fastlægge, hvad der er sædvanligt vederlag for de omhandlede ydelser«.
Given that it stems from a decision of 3 April 2003, this measure constitutes a new measure, adopted after the ADP judgment and therefore subject to the applicable rules on State aid.
Kommissionen vurderer, at tilrådighedsstillelsen af infrastruktur i det foreliggende tilfælde til en lavere pris end markedsprisen giver BSCA en fordel, selv i det hypotetiske tilfælde at SOWAER håber at indhente sit tab gennem en stigning i værdien af den kapital, det ejer, eller det udbytte, det vil modtage.
Investments and services provided by SOWAER that must be excluded from the analysis due to being non-economic in nature
Kommissionen påpeger i øvrigt virkningerne for konkurrencen af en tilgang, hvor man tog hensyn til en eventuel værditilvækst i kapital og udbytte.
As highlighted by points 34 and 35 of the aviation guidelines, not all the activities of an airport operator are necessarily economic in nature.
Sat på spidsen indebærer dette scenarie, at man må medgive, at en offentlig myndighed kan kræve en koncessionsafgift på nul for en lufthavn, som den er aktionær i (såfremt denne myndighed kunne regne med udbytte og/eller en stigning i værdien af sine aktier), uden at det udgør støtte.
The Court of Justice has therefore confirmed that activities that normally fall under State responsibility in the exercise of its official powers as a public authority are not economic in nature [132].
Det ville gøre det muligt for den pågældende lufthavn at tilbyde luftfartsselskaberne meget lave afgiftssatser og således medføre en konkurrenceforvridning, især over for private lufthavne.
Such activities include, in particular, security, air traffic control, police and customs [133].
Følgende tabel viser omkostningen ved investeringer af økonomisk art, som Kommissionen har medtaget ved beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen.
The Commission takes the view that investments and major repairs involving assets associated with air navigation (relating to the control tower, for example), aircraft firefighting, security (defined as combating acts of unlawful interference), police and customs may be non-economic in nature.
For at identificere de investeringer, der mangler at blive gennemført pr. 15. april 2002, har Kommissionen flyttet investeringerne, der var planlagt til 2001 og 2002 [158], frem til 2002 og fratrukket denne sum de investeringer, der allerede var foretaget den 15. april 2002 [159].
Given that, in the present case, air navigation, aircraft firefighting, security, police and customs services are not organised according to a market logic, the Commission considers that the investments and major repairs involving assets associated with these services are not economic in nature.
Tabel 13
In particular, the fencing of the part of the airport site that is accessed through police checkpoints and the part of the site where the aircraft are located may be regarded as a non-economic activity insofar as it concerns security.
Omkostninger til investeringer, der mangler at blive effektueret pr. 15. april 2002
The Commission also considers as non-economic those costs associated with investments in and maintenance of buildings and equipment used for both economic activities and non-economic activities, in a proportion corresponding to their use for a non-economic activity.
(mio. EUR)
In particular, 7 % of the cost of investments made in the new terminal may be regarded as non-economic in nature, because 7 % of the terminal surface area is occupied by police and customs services, passenger and baggage search officials, and officials from the Walloon Public Service responsible for site safety.
2002 + 2003 + 2004
However, the Commission regards as economic those investments and major repairs involving the Category III ILS [134] and runway lighting.
Ekspropriering (resten af første fase)
These costs are not associated with a public policy remit, but are inherent in the commercial operation of the infrastructure, which involves placing this infrastructure at the disposal of airlines under satisfactory safety conditions.
Erhvervelse af nye grunde
In particular, ensuring ground traffic safety (including during landings and take-offs) forms an integral part of the airport's commercial operation and is therefore economic in nature.
Rest nye grunde
In the recent Commission decision on Marseille airport [135], operational safety was also excluded from the scope of ‘non-economic activities’.
Renovering SABCA
The Commission also takes the view that investments in fire detection in passenger car parks are economic in nature.
Opgørelse, regulering og diverse
These costs are not associated with a public policy remit, but are inherent in the commercial operation of the passenger car park.
Subtotal
Moreover, as highlighted by point 36 of the aviation guidelines, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities is strictly limited to compensating the costs to which they give rise and may not be used for economic activities [136].
Renovering af tekniske og administrative lokaler
Otherwise their funding cannot escape the State aid rules.
Indhegning af lufthavnsområdet
SOWAER is directly responsible for the investments and major repairs.
Indflyvnings- og taximarkering
These costs are not therefore financed through aid paid to BSCA, which the latter could use for economic activities.
Istandsættelse af kanaler
Lastly, as highlighted by point 37 of the aviation guidelines, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities does not lead to undue discrimination between airports.
Udvidelse af flybrændstofstationer
As clarified by Belgium, SOWAER carries out the investments and major repairs without discriminating between the airports for which it is responsible, namely the airports in the Walloon region.
Bortskaffelse af affald
As highlighted by recital 26 of this decision, the Belgian regions have been given the necessary powers to equip and operate public airports situated within their territory, except for Brussels National Airport.
Istandsættelse af rullevej syd
Given this legal framework, the Commission takes the view that the relevant level for assessing the existence of discrimination in terms of the financing of the investments and services provided by SOWAER is the region, and not the Federal State.
Brandalarmer i p-kælderen til passagerernes biler
As SOWAER carries out the investments and major repairs without discriminating between the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi), the Commission concludes that there is no undue discrimination between the airports.
Spildevandsafledning og -rensning
The financing of the non-economic activities described in recital 365 cannot therefore be qualified as State aid and is consequently excluded from the subsequent analysis.
Energi- og telekomudstyr
Subsidy paid by the Region for certain services associated with the airport activities
Teknisk tunnel
As indicated in Section 5.1.1.1(c)(i), Belgium considers that the tasks for which the Region pays a subsidy fall within the public policy remit and do not therefore constitute an economic activity.
Servicevej
In order to determine whether the subsidy relates to non-economic activities and cannot therefore be qualified as State aid, the same examination as described in Section 6.1.1.1(b) must be made.
Afgravninger på stedet
Fire protection and security
Forlængelse af banen
As indicated in recital 365, the Commission takes the view that, in the present case, the activities associated with aircraft fire protection and security [137] do not constitute economic activities.
Rullevej nord og afkørsel fra banen
Application of point 36 of the aviation guidelines
Parkeringsplads til fly og fornyelse af belægning
As highlighted by point 36 of the aviation guidelines, even where an activity is regarded as non-economic, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities is strictly limited to compensating the costs to which they give rise and may not be used for economic activities [138].
Navigationsstøtte
Fire protection
Flybrændstof hangar assistance
As regards fire protection, the Commission indicates that, under Article 25 of the schedule of conditions annexed to the 1991 Region/BSCA agreement, in order for the Region to fund the fire and maintenance services, BSCA must keep a separate operating account that may at any time be analysed and checked by the concession authority.
Kontroltårn
Moreover, under Article 3.2.3 of the Region/BSCA agreement, as amended by Amendment No 3 of 29 March 2002, the costs inherent in the fire and maintenance services are reimbursed in 12 instalments.
Kontor- og fragtbygninger
The twelfth instalment is paid after the Minister receives and approves a report, based on BSCA's annual accounts, providing justification for the costs incurred and presented in the same format as required for the provisional budget, i.e. based on the headings defined by Article 25 of the schedule of conditions.
Ny terminal
Lastly, for the period after 10 March 2006, Article 25.7 of the schedule of conditions, introduced by Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006, provides that the amount of the compensation for the fire protection and ground traffic and airport site safety services may not exceed the actual costs incurred by BSCA and that any overcompensation of the costs will result in budgetary compensation through the budget entry for the following year.
I ALT
The Commission takes the view that these provisions are sufficient to conclude that, since Amendment No 3 of 2002 to the Region/BSCA agreement, the compensation paid by the Region for the fire protection costs has been proportionate and has not been used to subsidise economic activities.
Dernæst beholdt Kommissionen kun den del af disse investeringer, som den vurderede som værende knyttet til økonomiske aktiviteter.
Security was added to the activities for which BSCA receives compensation through Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008.
Således var følgende udeladt:
The security tasks are defined as ‘the combination of measures and human and natural resources intended to safeguard civil aviation against acts of unlawful interference’ [139].
indhegningen af den del af lufthavnsområdet, som man kommer ind i efter politikontrollen, og af det område, hvor flyene befinder sig (se forklaringer i betragtning 365)
The security services include ‘screening, remote surveillance, security rounds and patrols, access control and issue of visitor badges’ [140].
kontroltårnet (se forklaringer i betragtning 365)
Article 25.7 of the schedule of conditions, as amended by Amendment No 6 of 15 January 2008, provides that ‘the amount of the compensation intended to cover the costs incurred in providing the services may not exceed the actual costs incurred by the concession-holder in this context, after deducting any fees collected from users to cover these services.
7 % af de investeringsomkostninger, der er knyttet til den nye terminal (se forklaringer i betragtning 366).
Any overcompensation of these costs will result in budgetary compensation through the budget entry for the following year’.
Kommissionen når frem til følgende investeringsplan:
The Commission takes the view that these provisions are sufficient to conclude that the compensation paid for the security costs has been proportionate and has not been used to subsidise economic activities.
Tabel 14
Application of point 37 of the aviation guidelines
Omkostninger til investeringer i aktiviteter af økonomisk art, som Kommissionen har medtaget ved beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen
As highlighted by point 37 of the aviation guidelines, the Commission must check that the funding of non-economic activities does not lead to undue discrimination between airports.
Økonomisk del (%)
As clarified by Belgium, the non-economic activities of the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi) are funded in a non-discriminatory manner by the Region.
Ifølge Kommissionens beregninger repræsenterede de oprindeligt planlagte investeringer i aktiviteter af økonomisk art 89690000 EUR eller 97 % af de oprindeligt planlagte investeringer.
Given this legal framework, the Commission takes the view that the relevant level for assessing the existence of discrimination in terms of the financing of certain non-economic services associated with the airport activities is the region, and not the Federal State.
Til disse investeringer skal lægges SOWAER's omkostninger ved vedligeholdelse og udgifter til drift, som kan tilskrives de økonomiske aktiviteter i Charleroi lufthavn som planlagt af regionen/SOWAER [160].
As the non-economic activities of the two main Walloon airports (Liège and Charleroi) are funded in a non-discriminatory manner by the Region, the Commission concludes that there is no undue discrimination between the airports.
Tabel 15
The compensation paid for BSCA's activities associated with fire protection and security cannot therefore be qualified as State aid and is consequently excluded from the subsequent analysis.
Summen af SOWAER's vedligeholdelsesomkostninger (A) og driftsudgifter (B), som kan tilskrives de økonomiske aktiviteter i Charleroi lufthavn
Maintenance/ground traffic safety
A + B
In this section, the Commission examines whether the following services may escape the applicable State aid rules due to their non-economic nature:
Tabel 16
the ‘maintenance services’, as defined by Articles 12 and 19 of the schedule of conditions annexed to the Region/BSCA agreement;
Den del af tilskuddet til »brandvæsen og vedligeholdelse«, der tilskrives økonomiske aktiviteter
the ‘ground traffic safety services’, as defined by Article 25 of the schedule of conditions amended by Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006.
For at bestemme det udgående cashflow, der skal tages i betragtning ved beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen, har Kommissionen derfor beregnet summen af nederste række i tabel 14, tabel 15 og tabel 16.
As indicated in recital 71, the maintenance service is defined by Articles 12 and 19 of the schedule of conditions as ‘technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas, vehicle fleet, etc.’ [141], and as ‘maintenance of land, buildings and building facilities, and equipment forming part of the concession or placed at the disposal of the concession, such that they are always fit for their intended purpose’ [142].
Tabel 17
As indicated in recitals 73 and 74, Amendment No 5 of 10 March 2006 amended Article 3.2.2 of the Region/BSCA agreement and Article 25 of the schedule of conditions.
Udgående cashflow indtil 2015, som Kommissionen har medtaget ved beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen
As a result of these amendments, the Region pays compensation to BSCA for the costs of the fire protection and ground traffic and airport site safety services.
For at beregne nettonutidsværdien af projektet skal de forudbetalte indtægter bestemmes.
Article 25 of the schedule of conditions, as amended, provides that ‘the ground traffic and airport site safety services include routine maintenance of the airport site, technical maintenance services for buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance and any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, except for commercial areas of the airport zone’.
Disse forudbetalte indtægter udgøres af den variable del af koncessionsafgiften fra BSCA som fastsat i artikel 11.1 i aftalen mellem SOWAER og BSCA af 2002, dvs. 35 % af BSCA's indtægter fra luftfart med et loft, som udvikler sig med tiden.
The Commission points out that the definition of ‘ground traffic and airport site safety services’, for which BSCA receives compensation from 10 March 2006, substantially overlaps with the definition of ‘maintenance services’, for which BSCA received compensation before 10 March 2006.
Fra 2015 skulle disse beløb ifølge aftalen mellem SOWAER og BSCA fra 2002 revideres.
In order to determine whether these services constitute economic services, it will examine these together.
Kommissionen har opstillet den hypotese, at loftet ville blive ophævet fra 2015 (hvis Kommissionen derimod opstillede den hypotese, at loftet ville blive opretholdt efter 2015, ville den finde en nettonutidsværdi af foranstaltningen, der var mindre end den værdi, den fandt).
The Commission takes the view that these services, whether they involve routine maintenance of the airport site, maintenance of buildings, runways, surrounding areas and vehicle fleet, minor surfacing work, routine maintenance and repair of the runway and accesses, operational maintenance and servicing of the general lighting and runway lighting, mowing services, rubber removal from the runway and its markings, snow clearance or any other services ensuring the safety of ground traffic, airport site and infrastructures, do not fall within the public policy remit.
Tabel 18
These services differ in particular from the security services.
Indgående cashflow indtil 2015, som Kommissionen har medtaget ved beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen
They are inherent in the commercial operation of the airport, which involves ensuring that the airport site, including its runways, is sufficiently well-maintained to enable the landing and take-off of aircraft under satisfactory safety conditions.
Kommissionen har beregnet det nettocashflow (indgående minus udgående), som den har brugt til beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen ved at beregne differencen mellem værdierne af nederste række i tabel 18 og tabel 17.
No public policy remit is associated with this type of service.
Tabel 19
According to Belgium (see recital 237), when the Commission made its decision on 23 July 2008 on Leipzig/Halle airport, it recognised that operational safety services were non-economic activities [143].
Nettocashflow (indgående minus udgående) indtil 2015, som Kommissionen har medtaget ved beregningen af nettonutidsværdien af 2002-foranstaltningen
It is clear from the list of operational safety infrastructures provided by the German authorities that these infrastructures are essential for ground traffic safety, i.e.: uninterruptible power supply for aprons, transformer stations, runway lighting, apron lighting, etc.