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Derfor konkluderer Kommissionen, at der ikke foreligger økonomisk succession mellem ENVC og WestSea.
ENVC's main assets included (i) the concession granted by the Viana do Castelo Port Administration for the land where the shipyard is located and (ii) various equipment and raw materials.
KONKLUSION
All these assets were sold following transparent, non-discriminatory, and unconditional tenders opened to Portuguese and non-Portuguese bidders, the best price being the sole criterion to select the bidders.
Kommissionen mener, at de tidligere foranstaltninger med undtagelse af støtteerklæringerne af 8. januar 2007 og 26. juni 2008 udgør statsstøtte til fordel for ENVC i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF.
As regards the sub-concession for the land where the shipyard is located, following a tender process, it was awarded until March 2031 to WestSea, a joint subsidiary of the Portuguese holding Martifer and the Portuguese shipyard Navalria.
De tidligere foranstaltninger, der udgør statsstøtte, er uforenelige med det indre marked (med undtagelse af de to skibsbygningstilskud, som Kommissionen tillod i sin beslutning i sag C 33/2004), fordi de relevante betingelser i 2004-rammebestemmelserne ikke var opfyldt, og ingen andre forenelighedskriterier identificeret.
WestSea will pay an annual rent fee of EUR 419233,95 and a guarantee of EUR 435500.
Kommissionen mener også, at Portugal ulovligt har iværksat de omhandlede foranstaltninger i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i TEUF.
As regards the various equipment and raw materials, including vehicles and a major lifter/crane, they were sold in the course of 120 small tenders in 884 batches of goods.
Den uforenelige statsstøtte skal tilbagesøges fra støttemodtageren som beskrevet i afsnit 6.6 ovenfor.
As a consequence, out of the total EUR 3358905,13 of goods sold, the buyers acquired on average EUR 55981,75 of merchandise, ranging from EUR 10 up to EUR 1,035 million.
Denne tilbagesøgning gælder ikke WestSea på grund af fraværet af økonomisk succession mellem ENVC og WestSea.
The Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações de Timor was the most important buyer with a share of 31 %.
Endelig bemærker Kommissionen, at Portugal har accepteret, at nærværende afgørelse vedtages og offentliggøres på engelsk —
WestSea acquired less than 20 % of the assets sold.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
Finally, with respect to employees, no employment contract has been transferred to any of the buyers: 596 labour contracts have already been terminated and the remaining 13 employees are in the process of being dismissed.
Artikel 1
The tenders did not include any specific condition to transfer employment contracts or employees from ENVC to any buyer.
Støtteerklæringerne af 8. januar 2007 og 26. juni 2008 udgør ikke statsstøtte i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF.
As a consequence of the above elements, the Commission concludes that the scope of the assets acquired or to be acquired by WestSea will be significantly reduced in comparison to that of ENVC and its previous activity.
Statsstøtten i skibsbygningstilskuddene til kontrakt C224 og C225 (i alt 5350550 EUR) er forenelig med det indre marked.
Sale price
Den statsstøtte, der henvises til i tabellen nedenfor, som Portugal i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i TEUF har iværksat, er uforenelig med det indre marked.
In order to avoid economic continuity between ENVC and WestSea, the Commission has to establish that the assets and other elements of the business transferred were or will be sold at market price.
Skibsbygningstilskud (kontrakt C206, C211, C217, C218, C219, C220, C221 og C222)
The market price is the price, which would be set by a private investor acting under market conditions [55].
Artikel 2
The sub-concession for the land where the shipyards are located and the various equipment and raw materials have been divested through open, transparent, non-discriminatory and unconditional tenders, the best price being the sole criterion to select the bidders.
Portugal skal inddrive den uforenelige støtte, der omtales i artikel 1, stk. 2, hos støttemodtageren (herunder i relevant omfang påløbne renter, som ENVC ikke har betalt) med undtagelse af skibsbygningstilskuddene til kontrakterne C206, C211, C217, C218, C219, C220, C221 og C222 (til den samlede sum af 11279009,01 EUR) på grund af udløbet af forældelsesfristen på 10 år som fastlagt i artikel 15 i forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999.
As a consequence of the above elements, the Commission concludes that the grant of the sub-concession for the land where the shipyards are located and the sale of ENVC's various equipment and raw materials to WestSea were carried out via open, transparent, non-discriminatory and unconditional tender processes to the highest bidder and thus led to a market price.
Denne inddrivelse af uforenelig statsstøtte gælder ikke WestSea.
Identity of the buyers
De beløb, der skal inddrives, tilskrives rente fra den dato, hvor de blev stillet til rådighed for modtageren, indtil de er tilbagebetalt.
In order to avoid economic continuity, the Commission has to establish that the buyers of the assets and other elements of the business transferred do not have economic or corporate link with ENVC.
Renten beregnes med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 [56] og Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 271/2008 [57] om ændring af forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004.
As concerns the concession for the land where the shipyard is located, the Portuguese authorities confirm that WestSea does not have any economic or corporate links with ENVC or the Portuguese State.
Portugal indstiller alle eventuelle udestående udbetalinger af støtte med virkning fra datoen for vedtagelsen af denne afgørelse.
As concerns the various equipment and raw materials already divested, the Portuguese authorities confirm that none of the main buyers have economic or corporate links with ENVC or its shareholder.
Artikel 3
As a consequence of the above elements, the Commission concludes that WestSea is an entity independent from ENVC and from its shareholder.
Tilbagesøgningen af den i artikel 1, stk. 2, omhandlede støtte iværksættes omgående og effektivt.
Moment of the sale
Portugal efterkommer denne afgørelse senest fire måneder efter meddelelsen deraf.
In order to avoid economic continuity, the Commission has to establish that the moment of the sale of the assets and other elements of the business transferred does not lead to a circumvention of a decision by the Commission to recover incompatible State aid.
Artikel 4
The Commission notes that the tender processes for the sub-concession of the land where the shipyards are located as well as for the acquisition of the assets and equipment have been launched and concluded before the adoption by the Commission of the present final decision.
Senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse sender Portugal følgende oplysninger:
Moreover, as mentioned in recital 1 above, it was Portugal that first approached the Commission in order to properly organise ENVC's privatisation in accordance with EU State aid rules.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og renter), der skal tilbagesøges fra hver støttemodtager
Thus, the series of events indicate that the privatisation was not construed as a mechanism to circumvent existing negative decisions or pending investigations by the Commission.
en detaljeret beskrivelse af allerede trufne og planlagte foranstaltninger med henblik på at efterkomme denne afgørelse
As a consequence of the above elements, the Commission concludes that the fact that the granting of the sub-concession of the land where the shipyards are located as well as the acquisition of ENVC's various equipment and raw materials occurred before the adoption by the Commission of the present final decision does not indicate that there is circumvention of a potential recovery decision by the Commission.
dokumentation for, at støttemodtageren har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
Economic logic of the operation
Portugal holder Kommissionen underrettet om fremskridt med de trufne nationale foranstaltninger til gennemførelse af denne afgørelse, indtil tilbagebetalingen af den støtte, der henvises til i artikel 1, stk. 2, er tilendebragt.
In order to avoid economic continuity, the Commission has to establish that the buyers of the assets and others elements of the business transferred will not employ these assets in the same way as the previous owner but will use them to set up a different activity or strategy.
Portugal indsender på Kommissionens anmodning straks oplysninger om, hvilke foranstaltninger der allerede er truffet eller planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen.
Some of ENVC's assets acquired by WestSea may be used for the same general activity (shipbuilding), in particular the land where the shipyard is located.
Portugal giver tillige detaljerede oplysninger om de støttebeløb og renter, støttemodtagerne allerede har tilbagebetalt.
However, the mere fact that the buyer would be active in the same economic sector as the previous entity does not necessarily imply that there is economic continuity.
Artikel 5
WestSea has no obligation to take over any of ENVC employees or employment contracts.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Portugal.
In addition, WestSea will integrate the shipyard in its business strategy in order to guarantee synergies with other shipyard sites.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 7. maj 2015.
WestSea will have the possibility to manage its activities under different operating conditions than ENVC and will have the freedom to apply its own business model.
På Kommissionens vegne
As a consequence of the above elements, the Commission concludes that WestSea will integrate these elements into its company strategy and will use them in order to pursue its own economic logic.
Medlem af Kommissionen
Conclusion on the economic continuity between ENVC and WestSea
Statsstøtte — Portugal — Statsstøttesag nr SA.35546 (2013/C) (ex 2012/NN) — Tidligere foranstaltninger til fordel for Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo S.A. — Opfordring til at fremsætte bemærkninger efter artikel 108, stk. 2, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (EUT C 95 af 3.4.2013, s. 118).
First, the scope of the assets acquired by WestSea is significantly reduced in comparison to that of ENVC and its previous activity.
Se fodnote 1.
Second, the granting of the sub-concession for the land where the shipyard is located and the acquisition of the various equipment and raw materials were carried out via open, transparent, non-discriminatory and unconditional tenders.
Forordning nr. 1 om den ordning, der skal gælde for Det Europæiske Økonomiske Fællesskab på det sproglige område (EFT 17 af 6.10.1958, s. 385/58).
Third, WestSea is an entity independent from ENVC and its shareholder.
Af Portugals oplysninger fremgår det, at bygningen af orlogsfartøjer i 2005 nåede op på at optage 33 % af ENVC's samlede medarbejderkapacitet til alle aktiviteter (nybygninger, reparationer osv.).
Fourth, the moment of the grant of the sub-concession of the land where the shipyards are located as well as the acquisition of various equipment and raw materials does not indicate that there is circumvention of a potential recovery decision by the Commission.
Fra 2006 til 2011 havde orlogsbygningerne i gennemsnit optaget ca. 11 % af den samlede medarbejderkapacitet, men i 2012 faldt andelen til nul, fordi det portugisiske søværn annullerede en ordre på orlogsfartøjer.
Fifth, WestSea will integrate ENVC's assets into its company strategy and will use them in order to pursue its own economic logic.
Koncessionsaftalen blev også ændret i 2005 og 2007 for at gøre det muligt for ENVC i henhold til en underkoncessionsaftale at udleje jord til fremstilling af vindmøller.
Consequently, the Commission concludes that there is no economic continuity between ENVC and WestSea.
Denne proces var ikke omfattet af aftalememorandummet om specifikke økonomipolitiske betingelser, der blev undertegnet af Portugal og Kommissionen, Den Internationale Valutafond og Den Europæiske Centralbank.
CONCLUSION
Lei Quadro das Privatizações, vedtaget ved lov nr. 11/90 af 5.4.1990 og på ny bekendtgjort ved lov nr. 50/2011 af 13.9.2011.
The Commission finds that the past measures, with the exception of the comfort letters dated 8 January 2007 and 26 June 2008, constitute State aid in favour of ENVC within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Henholdsvis Diário da República no 156 af 13.8.2012, s. 4364, og Diário da República no 167 af 29.8.2012, s. 4838.
The past measures constituting State aid are incompatible with the internal market (with the exception of the two shipbuilding subsidies authorised by Commission Decision in case C 33/2004), because the relevant conditions of the 2004 R&R Guidelines were not met and no other compatibility grounds were identified.
Selv om Volstad Maritime fremsendte et bindende tilbud den 5. november 2012, blev selskabet diskvalificeret for at fremsende det efter fristens udløb kl. 10.00.
The Commission also finds that Portugal has unlawfully implemented the measures referred to above in breach of Article 108(3) TFEU.
Denne foranstaltning omfatter EMPORDEF's overtagelse af ENVC's gæld til Parvalorem på 5111910,08 EUR samt den akkumulerede, ubetalte rente på 5281882,02 EUR.
The incompatible State aid must be recovered from the beneficiary, as outlined in section 6.6 above.
Portugal bemærkede, at ENVC betalte renter på DGTF-lånene fra 2006 og 2008 ved fem lejligheder i perioden 2006-2010 for i alt 3291293,50 EUR.
Such recovery will not concern WestSea, due to the absence of economic continuity between ENVC and WestSea.
Indledningsafgørelsen omhandlede foruden de øvrige foranstaltninger også en støtteerklæring (comfort letter) fra EMPORDEF vedrørende remburser udstedt af CGD for 12890000 EUR.
Finally, the Commission notes that Portugal agreed to have the present decision adopted and notified in English.
Under den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure præciserede Portugal, at denne foranstaltning er den, der er beskrevet i betragtning 24.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Under den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure præciserede Portugal, at det beløb, som standby-remburserne gjaldt, var 12890000 EUR, dvs. 10 % af omkostningerne ved bygning af to asfaltskibe (128900000 EUR).
Article 1
Desuden præciserede Portugal, at aftalen om udstedelse af standby-remburserne blev indgået i 2010 og ikke i 2012 som anført i indledningsafgørelsen.
The comfort letters dated 8 January 2007 and 26 June 2008 do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU.
Ifølge Portugals oplysninger blev støtten til skibsbyggeri ydet i form af tilskud til 14 kontrakter i perioden 2000-2005 og ikke 2000-2007 som anført i indledningsafgørelsen.
The State aid contained in the shipbuilding subsidies corresponding to contracts C224 and C225 (amounting to EUR 5350550) is compatible with the internal market.
Portugal har præciseret, at støtten til faglig uddannelse blev ydet i 2005 og 2006 og ikke i perioden 2000-2007 som anført i indledningsafgørelsen.
The State aid referred to in the table below, unlawfully put into effect by Portugal in breach of Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is incompatible with the internal market.
EUT C 244 af 1.10.2004, s. 2.
Article 2
Den 1. august 2014 trådte Rammebestemmelserne for statsstøtte til redning og omstrukturering af ikke-finansielle kriseramte virksomheder i kraft (»2014-rammebestemmelserne«) ( EUT C 249 af 31.7.2014, s. 1).
Portugal shall recover the incompatible aid referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 1 from the beneficiary (including, where applicable, the interests accrued and not paid by ENVC), with the exception of the shipbuilding subsidies linked to contracts C206, C211, C217, C218, C219, C220, C221 and C222 (for an overall amount of EUR 11279009,01) for them being subject to the 10-year limitation period laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999.
Hvad angår EMPORDEF, bemærkede Kommissionen i betragtning 46-48 i indledningsafgørelsen, at selskabets beslutninger forekom at måtte tilregnes den portugisiske stat ifølge retspraksis fra Stardust Marine-dommen (sag C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, EU:C:2002:294).
Such recovery of incompatible State aid shall not concern WestSea.
EUT C 364 af 14.12.2011, s. 9.
The sums to be recovered shall bear interest from the date on which they were put at the disposal of the beneficiary until their actual recovery.
Rammebestemmelserne for statsstøtte til skibsbygning fra 2004 (EUT C 317 af 30.12.2003, s. 11) og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 1540/98 af 29. juni 1998 om nye regler for støtte til skibsbygningsindustrien (EFT L 202 af 18.7.1998, s. 1).
The interest shall be calculated on a compound basis in accordance with Chapter V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 [56], and to Commission Regulation (EC) No 271/2008 [57] amending Regulation (EC) No 794/2004.
Se fodnote 18 ovenfor.
Portugal shall cancel all outstanding payments of aid, if any, with effect from the date of adoption of this decision.
Kilde: EMPORDEF's årsregnskab for 2012.
Article 3
Dom i sag C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, EU:C:2002:29.
Recovery of the aid referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 1 shall be immediate and effective.
Kilde: http://www.empordef.pt/main.html
Portugal shall ensure that this Decision is implemented within four months following the date of notification of this Decision.
Kilde: http://www.empordef.pt/uk/main.html
Article 4
Se også EMPORDEF's webside ( http://www.empordef.pt/main.html) og flere pressemeddelelser, f.eks.: http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1768612 og http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?content_id=1950754.
the total amount (principal and recovery interests) to be recovered from each beneficiary;
Pressemeddelelsens oprindelige portugisiske ordlyd: »[…] no passado dia 2 de julho de 2011 o Ministério da Defesa Nacional decidiu suspender o desmantelamento dos Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo.
a detailed description of the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision;
Em agosto, o Ministério da Defesa Nacional mandatou a nova administração da Empordef para que fosse encontrada uma solução que evitasse esse desmantelamento e encerramento dos ENVC«.
documents demonstrating that the beneficiary has been ordered to repay the aid.
Se: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-da-defesa-nacional/mantenha-se-atualizado/20120104-mdn-envc.aspx.
Portugal shall keep the Commission informed of the progress of the national measures taken to implement this Decision until recovery of the aid referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 1 has been completed.
Se f.eks.: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-da-defesa-nacional/mantenha-se-atualizado/20120319-mdn-modelo-reprivatizacao.aspx, http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-da-defesa-nacional/mantenha-se-atualizado/20120502-mdn-envc.aspx and http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-da-defesa-nacional/mantenha-se-atualizado/20120713-seamdn-envc.aspx.
It shall immediately submit, on simple request by the Commission, information on the measures already taken and planned to comply with this Decision.
Statens involvering i EMPORDEF's tiltag bevises yderligere af følgende pressemeddelelse udsendt af den portugisiske regering: http://www.portugal.gov.pt/pt/os-ministerios/ministerio-da-defesa-nacional/mantenha-se-atualizado/20140205-mdn-comunicado-estaleiros.aspx.
Article 5
I den forbindelse bemærker Kommissionen ud fra den efterfølgende dokumentation, at det i 2009-rapporten fra IGF (se betragtning 49) understregedes, at ENVC i 2005-2007 leverede 11 skibe, hvis bygningsomkostninger oversteg de aftalte kontraktfastsatte omkostninger med 15,4 % (og hertil kommer, at ENVC's budgetterede omkostninger allerede lå 4,1 % højere end de kontraktfastsatte omkostninger, hvilket betød, at selskabet under alle omstændigheder ville bygge skibene med tab).
This Decision is addressed to Portugal.
Kilde: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/policies/sme/business-environment/files/annexes_accounting_report_2011/portugal_en.pdf.
Done at Brussels, 7 May 2015.
For aftalen, der blev underskrevet den 27. april 2011, gjaldt mid-asset-swap-spread for portugisisk statsgæld med tilsvarende løbetid (oplyst af Portugal).
For the Commission
Pr. 2010 blev renten justeret ind efter renten på lånet af 11. december 2008.
Member of the Commission
EFT C 273 af 9.9.1997, s. 3.
State aid — Portugal — State aid SA.35546 (2013/C) (ex 2012/NN) — Past measures in favour of Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo S.A. — Invitation to submit comments pursuant to Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ C 95, 3.4.2013, p.
Kilde: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/reference_rates_eu25_en.pdf.
118).
EUT C 14 af 19.1.2008, s. 6.
See footnote 1.
Kilde: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/base_rates_eu27_en.pdf.
Regulation No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community (OJ 17, 6.10.1958, p.
EUT C 155 af 20.6.2008, s. 10.
385/58).
Se også meddelelsen fra 2000 fra Kommissionen om anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88 angående statsstøtte i form af garantier (EFT C 71 af 11.3.2000, s. 14).
On the basis of the information provided by Portugal, it appears that the capacity in terms of workforce devoted to the construction of vessels for military purposes peaked in 2005 at 33 % of the total activity of ENVC (including construction, repairing, etc.).
Se f.eks. betragtning 249 og 250 i Kommissionens beslutning 2008/948/EF af 23. juli 2008 om Tysklands foranstaltninger til fordel for DHL og Leipzig/Halle Lufthavn C 48/06 (ex N 227/06) (EUT L 346 af 23.12.2008, s. 1).
From 2006 to 2011, the average capacity devoted to military construction had been approximately 11 %, but in 2012 it fell to zero due to the cancellation of an order of the Portuguese Army to build military vessels.
Dom i sag C-364/90, Italien mod Kommissionen, EU:C:1993:157.
The concession agreement was also modified in 2005 and 2007 to allow ENVC to sub-concession part of the land for the manufacturing of wind generators.
Kommissionens beslutning 2006/946/EF af 6. september 2005 om STATSSTØTTE Portugal — om forlængelse af fristen for levering af to tankskibe til transport af kemiske produkter bygget af Estaleiros Navais de Viana do Castelo S.A.
This process was not covered by the Memorandum of Understanding on specific economic policy conditionality signed between Portugal and the Commission, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank.
(EUT L 383 af 28.12.2006, s. 16).
Lei Quadro das Privatizações, approved by Law No 11/90 of 5 April 1990 and re-published by Law No 50/2011 of 13 September 2011.
Hvad angår tilskuddene til faglig uddannelse, bemærker Kommissionen, at Retningslinjer for statsstøtte med regionalt sigte for 2000-2006 (EFT C 74 af 10.3.1998, s. 9), der fandt anvendelse dengang, udelukker ydelse af regional støtte til kriseramte virksomheder.
Diário da República no 156, 13.8.2012, p.
Dom i sag C-70/72, Kommissionen mod Tyskland, EU:C:1973:87, præmis 13.
4364 and Diário da República no 167, 29.8.2012, p.
Dom i forenede sager C-278/92, C-279/92 og C-280/92, Spanien mod Kommissionen, EU:C:1994:325, præmis 75.
4838, respectively.
Dom i sag C-75/97, Belgien mod Kommission, EU:C:1999:311, præmis 64 og 65.
Although Volstad Maritime submitted a binding offer on 5 November 2012, it was disqualified for submitting it after the deadline of 10 o'clock am.
Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 93 (EFT L 83 af 27.3.1999, s. 1).
In its submission of 28 December 2012, Portugal referred to a capital increase apparently carried out in 2009.
De forfaldne renter, som ENVC ikke har betalt, skal i relevant omfang også omfattes af tilbagesøgningsforpligtelsen.
However, in the course of the formal investigation procedure Portugal confirmed that no capital increase had taken place in 2009.