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Dyrefaren omfatter bl.a. faren i luften ved kollision mellem fly og flyvende fugle, der kan true sikkerheden for passagerer og gods om bord på flyet.
Airlines decide on which routes to operate and their corresponding frequencies based on a range of criteria.
Denne opgave kan f.eks. omfatte opstilling og vedligeholdelse af afspærringer, som adskiller de offentligt tilgængelige områder fra det område, der er forbeholdt passagerer, eller indførelse af et videoovervågningssystem ved indgangene til det område, der er forbeholdt passagerer.
These criteria not only include the potential customers that they can expect on these routes, but also the characteristics of the airports situated at either end of these routes.
Denne opgave omfatter bl.a. støjmålinger, evt. i forhold til flyenes flyvebaner, samt kontrol af luft- og vandkvaliteten omkring lufthavnen.
Airlines particularly look at criteria such as type of airport services provided, population or economic activity around the airport, congestion, whether there is access by land, or even the level of charges and overall commercial conditions for use of airport infrastructure and services.
Opgaver, der kan finansieres af lufthavnsafgiften, er beskrevet ovenfor.
The charge level is a key factor, since public funding granted to an airport could be used to maintain airport charges at an artificially low level in order to attract airlines and may thus significantly distort competition.
Kapacitetsomkostningerne er primært knyttet til stabsfunktioner som personale, finansiering, finanstilsyn, indkøb, generelle IT-systemer, jura, generelle tjenester, overordnet ledelse, regnskab og ledelseskontrol.
Consequently, airlines allocate their resources, particularly aircraft and crew, to the various routes by looking at the services offered by airport operators and the prices charged for those services, among other criteria.
Artikel 31 i koncessionskontrakten fra 1965.
It is clear from the above that the various measures granted to the CCI-Airport and VTAN and covered by this assessment were likely, in so far as they conferred an economic advantage on one of these two undertakings, to have reinforced the respective positions of these two undertakings compared with other European airport operators.
Delegationsaftale mellem staten og SMAN af 1. februar 2006, artikel 8.
Consequently, these measures may have distorted competition and affected trade between Member States.
Præambel til delegationsaftalen mellem staten og SMAN af 1. februar 2006.
Conclusion on the existence of State aid
Delegationsaftale mellem staten og SMAN af 1. februar 2006, artikel 27.
The sovereign task subsidies do not constitute State aid.
Delegationsaftale mellem staten og SMAN af 1. februar 2006, artikel 29.
The exceptional operating subsidies and repayable advances received by the CCI-Airport constitute State aid to the latter.
Frankrigs bemærkninger til åbningsafgørelsen, s. 8 og 13.
The flat-rate contribution, as established by the initial version of the CDSP and increased by Amendments Nos 1 and 3, constitutes State aid to VTAN, as does the specific public contribution.
Frankrigs bemærkninger til åbningsafgørelsen, s. 8.
Amendment No 2 and the equipment subsidies are not State aid.
Forretningshemmelighed.
UNLAWFULNESS OF THE AID
De første to beløb er samlet i spalten »kommuner og kommunefællesskaber (communautés de communes)«.
The exceptional operating subsidies, repayable advances, flat-rate contribution and their various amendments, as also the specific public contribution, were implemented without being notified.
Dette beløb er anført i spalten »Øvrige« i ovenstående tabel.
The Commission Decision of 28 November 2005 on the application of Article 106(2) TFEU to State aid in the form of public service compensation granted to certain undertakings entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest (‘the 2005 SGEI Decision’) lays down the conditions under which certain aid granted as public service compensation may be exempt from the requirement of notification laid down in Article 108(3) TFEU.
Som de er anført på passivsiden i CCI-lufthavns balance under »Tilskud mellem foretagender«.
According to France, the measures granted to the CCI-Airport or VTAN after 19 December 2005 meet these conditions.
Ifølge de franske myndigheders skrivelse af 27. februar 2012.
The Commission considers that this is not the case.
Allerede den 8. august 2006 forlangte CCI refusion af udlæg til et beløb på 9 mio. EUR.
Firstly, the overall management of Nîmes airport cannot be regarded as a genuine SGEI, as proven above.
Artikel 46 i koncessionskontrakten fra 1965.
Consequently, as the various aforementioned measures were granted to finance the overall management of the airport, they do not meet the criteria laid down by the 2005 SGEI Decision.
Artikel 1 og 1a i CDSP.
Secondly, as indicated previously, even if the overall management of the airport could be defined as an SGEI, none of the measures in question stemmed from the application of a compensation mechanism for which the parameters were established in advance in an objective and transparent manner.
Frankrigs bemærkninger til åbningsafgørelsen, s. 15.
In fact, as indicated previously, the measures in question do not satisfy the second Altmark condition.
CDSP af 12. december 2006, artikel 25.
Accordingly, these measures do not satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 4(d) and (e) of the 2005 SGEI Decision, according to which the act or acts entrusting the operation of a service of general economic interest must specify the description of the compensation mechanism and the parameters for calculating, controlling and reviewing the compensation as well as the arrangements for avoiding and repaying any overcompensation.
Tillægskontrakt nr. 2 af 20. juli 2010.
This is the second reason why the aforementioned measures could not have been exempted, under the 2005 SGEI Decision, from the requirement of notification laid down by Article 108(3) TFEU.
Brev fra Frankrig af 20. marts 2014.
In the light of the above, the exceptional operating subsidies, repayable advances, flat-rate contribution, as established by the initial version of the CDSP and increased by Amendments Nos 1 and 3, and specific public contribution constitute unlawful aid.
Frankrigs bemærkninger til åbningsafgørelsen, s. 56.
As proven above, France has committed a manifest error of assessment in claiming that the overall management of Nîmes airport was an SGEI.
Breve af 28. november 2001, 11. december og 18. december 2002, 21. og 24. december 2001, 2. og 5. februar 2002 og 15. februar 2002.
In particular, the activity of the Nîmes airport operator consisting in handling commercial passenger transport flights at that airport cannot be regarded as a genuine SGEI.
Breve af 10. marts og 16. marts 2004.
These conclusions apply both to the CCI-Airport operating period and the VTAN operating period.
Brev fra Frankrig af 25. april 2014.
In so far as the various financial support measures covered by this assessment were intended to finance the operation of the airport’s activity as a whole, they cannot be regarded as financial compensation granted with a view to the management of a genuine SGEI.
»… including greater prominence and a stronger brand, alongside network externalities and repeat passenger«.
Moreover, as proven above, even if all or part of the management of Nîmes airport could have been validly defined as an SGEI, none of the financial support measures covered by this assessment stemmed from a financial compensation mechanism for which the parameters were established in advance in an objective and transparent manner, accompanied by parameters for calculating, controlling and reviewing the compensation and arrangements for avoiding and repaying any overcompensation.
Forbindelsen til Liverpool, som også blev drevet på det tidspunkt.
As a result, the measures in question do not satisfy the cumulative conditions established by the European Union framework for State aid in the form of public service compensation, which is applicable to this case ratione temporis.
Frankrig forklarede, at denne rute ikke var ophørt mellem 2005 og 2012, men at der stadig var tale om en sæsonbestemt rute.
Moreover, for the same reasons and as proven in recitals 633 to 635, the measures in question also do not satisfy the cumulative conditions established by the 2005 SGEI Decision.
Frankrig understreger, at denne rute ikke var anført i marketingkontrakten af 27. august 2008, da dens status var usikker (da det på det tidspunkt blev overvejet at ophæve den), men at den fortsat blev drevet fra 2008 til 2011 med en lavere afgangshyppighed.
Consequently, these measures cannot be declared compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 106(2) TFEU.
Således var der ikke i marketingkontrakten af 2008 fastsat køb af ydelsen på Ryanairs websted for denne forbindelse.
The Commission will now analyse the measures covered by this assessment in the light of the various criteria laid down in Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Denne blev varetaget mellem 2008 og 2010 uden modydelse i form af marketing.
All the State aid identified in this assessment is operating aid in so far as it was intended to finance the operation of Nîmes airport, and not specific investments made within that airport.
Se fodnote 42.
All this operating aid was granted unlawfully before 4 April 2014, which was the date of entry into force of the new Guidelines, in which the Commission declared that it would apply the principles set out in those guidelines to all ongoing cases concerning operating aid to airports, even if that aid was granted before 4 April 2014.
Brev fra Frankrig af 26. maj 2014.
According to the new Guidelines, operating aid granted to airports before 4 April 2014 may be declared compatible to the full extent of uncovered operating costs provided that a series of conditions is met.
Retningslinjer for finansiering af lufthavne og statslig startstøtte til luftfartsselskaber, som opererer fra regionale lufthavne (EUT C 312 af 9.12.2005, s. 1.).
These conditions may be summarised as follows:
CE af 21 februar 2011, Société Ophrys mod CA Clermont Communauté, req. no 337349.
the aid contributes to a well-defined objective of common interest (it increases the mobility of Union citizens and the connectivity of the regions, it combats air traffic congestion at major Union hub airports, or it facilitates regional development),
Kommissionens afgørelse 2012/21/EU af 20. december 2011 om anvendelse af bestemmelserne i artikel 106, stk. 2, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde på statsstøtte i form af kompensation for offentlig tjeneste ydet til visse virksomheder, der har fået overdraget at udføre tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse (EUT L 7 af 11.1.2012, s. 3).
state intervention is needed,
Sag T-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, Sml. I, s 4397.
the aid is an appropriate policy instrument,
Sag C-482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2002 I, s. 4397, præmis 52 og 58.
the aid has an incentive effect, in the sense that, in its absence, the level of economic activity of the airport concerned would be significantly reduced,
Conseil d'Etat, avis no 351.654 af 16. juni 1992.
the aid is proportionate, in the sense that it is limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place,
Ryanair anfører, at Nîmes lufthavn gyldigt kan sammenlignes med lufthavnene i […], […], […], […] og […].
The Commission will apply these criteria to the aid in question.
Dette indebærer, at en bestemt lufthavn ville kunne nedbringe risikoen ved konjunktursvingningerne og forbedre sit cashflow og således reducere den forrentningssats, en almindelig privat investor ville kræve.
Contribution to a well-defined objective of common interest
Artikel 3 i kontrakterne af 10. oktober 2005, 1. november 2007 og 27. august 2008.
In so far as this aid financed Nîmes airport’s operating deficit, it allowed the airport to continue operating.
Ryanair anfører den mulighed, at støtten var blevet brugt til at udligne tab som følge af tidligere transaktioner med Air Liberté og Air Littoral, som var blevet insolvente, mens de skyldte lufthavnen store beløb, eller var gået til den tidligere forvalter af lufthavnens parkeringspladser.
As underlined by France, this airport’s activity has a positive impact on the economic development of the Gard department, particularly in the tourism sector.
Kommissionens beslutning 2004/393/EF om de fordele, som regionen Vallonien og Brussels South Charleroi Airport har indrømmet luftfartsselskabet Ryanair ved selskabets etablering i Charleroi (EUT L 137 af 30.4.2004, s. 1).
Local economic development is recognised by the new Guidelines as an objective of common interest that could have justified operating aid being granted to an airport before 4 April 2014, if certain conditions were met.
Oxera, »Are prices set by AMS in line with the market rate?«, udarbejdet til Ryanair, den 20. december 2013.
With regard to the tourism sector, it is undeniable that Nîmes airport serves a tourist region and that the scheduled flights offered by Ryanair to this airport since 2000 have brought significant flows of tourists into the Nîmes region.
Oxera, »How should AMS agreements be treated within the profitability analysis as part of the market economy operator test?«, udarbejdet til Ryanair, den 17. januar 2014.
For example, the aforementioned 2006 study on the economic impact of Nîmes airport states that, for 2006 alone, the tourists carried to Nîmes airport spent EUR 100 million in the local economy, including EUR 21 million on accommodation, EUR 26 million on meals, EUR 20 million on other food purchases, EUR 9 million on transport (excluding air transport), EUR 4 million on visits and EUR 6 million on souvenirs.
Kommissionens afgørelse 2011/60/EU af 27. januar 2010 om statsstøtte C 12/08 (tidligere NN 74/07) — Slovakisk — Aftale mellem Bratislava lufthavn og Ryanair (EUT L 27 af 1.2.2011, s. 24), betragtning 114.
The economic impact indirectly resulting from the airport’s activities (i.e. the effect on the rest of the local economy) is estimated in that study at EUR 2,38 billion, taking account of the investment effect.
Circulaire no 111 du 30 mars 1992 fixant les règles budgétaires, comptables et financières applicables à l’ACFCI, aux CRCI, aux CCI et aux GIC.
Furthermore, this 2006 study indicates that 2200 jobs were directly linked to the airport’s activities.
I denne afgørelse forstås ved »kontrakter« de forskellige relevante aftaler uanset deres juridiske form (herunder tillægskontrakter, »side letters« osv.).
Accordingly, until the closure of the airbase in July 2011, this brought numerous families into the Nîmes area (over 800 children of military personnel attended school in the Gard department).
Kommissionen påpeger, at den første af disse kontrakter er dateret den 11. april 2000 (første kontrakt mellem Ryanair og CCI), mens Kommissionens undersøgelse begyndte med brevet af 16. marts 2010, som bl.a. vedrørte denne foranstaltning.
The presence of both the airbase and civilian aviation activity also allowed an aviation-related industrial hub to develop at the airport site.
Heraf følger, at forældelsesfristen i henhold til artikel 15 i forordning 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af artikel 108 i traktaten om den Europæiske unions funktionsmåde (EFT L 83 af 27.3.1999, s. 1) blev afbrudt før sit udløb.
This hub encompasses activities such as:
Svar på anmodningen om oplysninger af 23. december 2013.
GHSC (Groupement d’Hélicoptères de la Sécurité Civile), which is simultaneously the command centre for the 22 permanent and operational civil security bases spread throughout the mainland and the overseas departments, a maintenance centre for the Ministry of the Interior’s helicopter fleet, and a staff training and continuous pilot training centre (number of staff at the site: 140),
F.eks. sag C-303/88, Italien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1988 I, s. 1433, præmis 11 og sag T-358/94 Compagnie nationale Air France mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1994 II, s. 2109, præmis 58-61.
Sabena Technics (TAT group): a civil and military aviation maintenance services company (number of staff at the site: 336),
Se i den forbindelse Kommissionens beslutning af 14. juli 2004 om at indlede en formel undersøgelsesprocedure i statsstøttesag C 25/2004 mod Tyskland — Indførelse af DVB-T i Berlin-Brandenburg, betragtning 20.
AVDEF: Aviation Défense Service (EADS group), which is active in on-demand public transport and medical evacuation services, aerial work for the armed forces and forest firefighting (number of staff at the site: 51),
Dom i Stardust Marine-sagen, præmis 52.
Airways Formation: pilot school, with an air transport arm that covers all the training needed to join an airline, and an instructors arm preparing for all the instructor qualifications laid down by law (number of staff at the site: 11).
Kommissionens direktiv 2000/52/EF af 26. juli 2000 om ændring af direktiv 80/723/EØF om gennemskueligheden af de økonomiske forbindelser mellem medlemsstaterne og de offentlige virksomheder (EFT L 193 af 29.7.2000, s. 75).
In total, according to France, the industrial hub generated 680 civilian jobs in 2012, to which over 3000 indirect jobs generated by the airport’s activity can be added.
Se Kommissionens beslutning af 22. juni 2006 om at indlede en formel undersøgelsesprocedure i statsstøttesag N 563/2005 mod Frankrig — Støtte til Ryanair for flyforbindelsen mellem Toulon og London, punkt 16.
France also indicates that, in order to compensate for the closure of the airbase, it was decided to create a business zone of over 140 ha right next to Nîmes airport, at the heart of an economic area of over 500 ha.
Forvalternes bemærkninger til åbningsafgørelsen, s. 5.
Apparently, 85 ha were made available for a business cluster focusing on risk management and ecoconstruction, to complement the existing aviation maintenance and service activities.
Oven i købet understreger Kommissionen, at der ikke er grund til at sondre mellem CCI og dets særlige afdeling, som har til opgave at forvalte lufthavnen, med henblik på anvendelsen af statsstøttereglerne, idet den afdeling, som forvalter Nîmes lufthavn, ikke selv er en juridisk person, som kan adskilles fra CCI, men blot en intern afdeling under CCI uden andre selvstændige beslutningsbeføjelser end dem, der angår den daglige drift af lufthavnen.
This business cluster, adjacent to Nîmes airport’s industrial hub, was seemingly the first one in Languedoc-Roussillon’s second largest town and forms one of its main regional hubs.
Således er kontrakten af 11. april 2000, kontrakterne om lufthavnstjenester og kontrakterne om marketingydelser af 10. oktober 2005 samt ændringen af 30. januar 2006 alle blevet undertegnet af formanden for CCI.
It apparently plays host to 100 undertakings providing 2000 jobs.
Brevvekslingen fra slutningen af 2001 til begyndelsen af 2002 og fra 2004 om ændringerne af kontrakten af 11. april 2000 bærer ikke CCI-formandens underskrift.
The aid in question therefore made a significant contribution to local economic development.
Alligevel skrev Frankrig »Vi kan derfor konkludere, at kontrakter og tillægskontrakter med selskabet Ryanair henhører under de beføjelser til forvaltning af industrielle og handelsmæssige tjenester, der er overdraget formanden …« (Svar på anmodningen om oplysninger af 20. marts 2014).
However, according to the new Guidelines, where an airport is located in the same catchment area as another airport with spare capacity, the business plan, based on sound passenger and freight traffic forecasts, must identify the likely effect on the traffic of the other airport located in that catchment area.
I øvrigt har hverken Frankrig eller tredjeparterne hævdet, at de omhandlede foranstaltninger udelukkende skal tilregnes denne afdeling.
It is clear from the comments made by France in this regard that the CCI-Airport and VTAN expected that the Nîmes traffic would not have a significant impact on the traffic observed at Marseille, Avignon and Montpellier airports.
Artikel 1 i CDSP.
In particular, the CCI took the view that these three airports were not located in the Nîmes catchment area.
Frankrigs bemærkninger af 27. juli 2012 til åbningsafgørelsen, s. 27-28.
It can therefore be concluded that the likely effect of the Nîmes traffic on the neighbouring airports was taken into account.
Forvalternes bemærkninger af 24. september 2012 til åbningsafgørelsen, punkt 39-40.
Although the Commission does not agree with the Operators about the presence of different catchment areas, it considers that the impact of the aid in question on the neighbouring airports was not such as to offset the contribution of the aid to the objective of common interest in question, or to substantially compromise the operating conditions of the neighbouring airports.
Bilag 6.2 til brev fra Frankrig af 27. juli 2012.
Need for state intervention and appropriateness of the aid as a policy instrument
Bilag 8 til CDSP, side 15, hvor den sigende overskrift (»løbende bestræbelser på forøgelse af belægningen«) skal understreges i forbindelse med denne vurdering.
The aid paid in the form of repayable advances and operating subsidies was necessary to ensure the economic equilibrium of Nîmes airport’s operation, and consequently its continued operation.
Brev fra Frankrig af 19. februar 2014 (selve brevteksten og bilag 2014-1-3, 2014-1-4 a og b).
Furthermore, according to the new Guidelines, ‘Therefore, under present market conditions, smaller airports may have difficulties in ensuring the financing of their operation without public funding’.
Bilag 2014-1-1 til brev fra Frankrig af 19. februar 2013 s. 9.
The new Guidelines also indicate that airports with up to 700000 passengers per annum may not be able to cover their operating costs to a large extent.
Bilag 2014-1-1 til brev fra Frankrig af 19. februar 2014 s. 15.
Nîmes airport is indeed a small airport as its traffic did not exceed 320000 passengers during the 1999-2011 period.
Bilag 2014-1-4 b til brev fra Frankrig af 19. februar 2014 s. 13.
As a result, state intervention to ensure the economic equilibrium of Nîmes airport, and consequently its continued operation, was necessary during the 2000-2011 period.
Bilag 2014-1-4 b til brev fra Frankrig af 19. februar 2014 s. 16.
According to the new Guidelines, it should be examined whether other policy instruments or aid instruments could have been used and would have been less distortive of competition.
Brev fra Frankrig af 19. februar 2014.
As already indicated, the airport recorded a very large operating deficit every year during the 2002-2011 period.
Se dom i sag C-342/96, Spanien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1999 I, s. 2459, præmis 41.
In order to keep it operating, it was therefore difficult, in this context, to envisage any instruments other than non-repayable operating subsidies, such as the exceptional operating subsidies, flat-rate contribution and specific public contribution, and interest-free repayable advances without a specific repayment deadline.
Sag C-196/04, Ryanair Ltd. mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2008 II, s. 3643, præmis 88 og 57-60.
Incentive effect and proportionality of the aid
Sidstnævnte er den første kontrakt om marketingydelser indgået med Ryanair eller AMS blandt dem, som er omfattet af denne undersøgelse.
According to the new Guidelines, it should be ascertained whether, in the absence of the operating aid, the level of economic activity of the airport would have been significantly reduced and whether, in addition, the aid was limited to the minimum necessary for the aided activity to take place.
Det bør bemærkes, at det kan være vanskeligt at knytte tillægskontrakten af 18. august 2010 til en implicit eller eksplicit kontrakt om lufthavnstjenester.
As explained previously, the arrival of the TGV as well as the departure of Air France in 2001, followed two years later by the withdrawal of Air Littoral, caused the number of flights to Nîmes airport to fall dramatically.
Den vil blive omfattet af en særlig analyse.
Combined with the conditions of the agreements signed with Ryanair/AMS from 2002, these factors also seriously eroded the airport’s financial situation.