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Som nævnt ovenfor er disse tre kategorier udtrykkeligt nævnt i de nye retningslinjer som eksempler på ikkeøkonomiske aktiviteter.
It is therefore those amounts that have been identified by the Commission as the cost of the marketing services.
Denne kategori omfatter forebyggelse af dyrerisici.
As with the traffic forecasts, the projected marketing payments do not necessarily represent the amounts actually paid, because certain events occurring after the agreements were concluded could lead to amounts different from those originally planned.
Denne kategori omfatter miljøkontrolforanstaltninger.
This is the case, for example, where the agreement has been terminated early.
Generelt repræsenterer et handels- og industrikammer de overordnede interesser for handelen, industrien og servicesektoren i dets område.
For the purpose of estimating the profitability of the 2008 agreements any market economy operator would refer to the amounts provided for when the agreement was signed.
Handels- og industrikamrenes opgaver og beføjelser er fastsat ved lov, og de er underlagt statens administrative og finansielle tilsyn udøvet af ministeren for finans og infrastruktur samt af ministeren for overordnet og fysisk planlægning, hver inden for deres kompetenceområde.
As regards the incremental investment costs, none have been accepted, since there is nothing in the case file to show that a market economy operator would have expected to carry out certain investments mainly because of the agreements which are the subject of the formal investigation procedure.
Tilsynet med de regionale og lokale handels- og industrikamre udøves af regionens præfekt bistået af den regionale finansansvarlige (§ R 712-2 i handelsloven).
In order to estimate the incremental operating costs foreseeable when the 2008 agreements were concluded, the Commission must rely on the analysis of the airport manager, since it was not able to estimate itself how a given agreement may affect the different cost items of the airport.
Tilsynsmyndigheden har ret til information.
The Commission notes that the estimate was carried out by CCI-airport and SMAC prior to the signing of the 2008 agreements and was therefore available at the time the agreements in question were concluded.
Den skal have tilsendt bestemte dokumenttyper.
Presentation of the results regarding the agreements concluded with Ryanair and AMS
Dokumenterne kan først bringes til udførelse, når de er blevet sendt til tilsynsmyndigheden.
Having thus established for the agreement all the incremental revenues and incremental costs that a market economy operator would have foreseen, the Commission is able to determine, for the 2008 agreements and year-by-year throughout their term, the expected incremental flows (revenues minus costs).
Handels- og industrikamrene ledes af en forsamling valgt blandt virksomhedsrepræsentanterne i deres respektive områder.
These results are set out below.
Rettens dom af 12.5.2011, i sagerne T-267/08 og T-279/08, Région Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Sml. 2011 II, s. 01999, præmis 108.
Table 12
Jf. bl.a. Domstolens dom af 16.5.2002, i sag 482/99, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2002 I, s. 4397, præmis 52-56.
The expected incremental flows from the 2008 agreements
Det hedder i § L 710-1 i handelsloven, at:
Load factor
»Organerne og de departementale handels- og industrikamre i nettet af handels- og industrikamre har alle som statens mellemled til opgave at repræsentere industriens, handelens og servicesektorens interesser over for de offentlige myndigheder eller udenlandske myndigheder. (…) Dette net og dets forskellige organer og departementale kamre bidrager til at forbedre den økonomiske udvikling i området, områdets tiltrækningskraft og fysiske planlægning samt til at støtte virksomhederne og deres foreninger ved at påtage sig alle offentlige tjenester og alle tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse, der er nødvendige, for at disse tjenester kan udføres, på vilkår, som er fastsat ved dekret.«
Passengers per flight
Ovennævnte § L 710-1: »I denne forbindelse kan det enkelte organ eller departementale kammer i nettet, evt. under overholdelse af de sektorspecifikke planer, der finder anvendelse, varetage:
Passengers per turnaround
(…) 5. en tjeneste til oprettelse og forvaltning af infrastruktur, navnlig i havne og lufthavne«.
Turnarounds from April to October
Kommissionen understreger, at der ikke skal skelnes mellem CCI i Angoulême og den specifikke afdeling CCI-aéroport, som står for lufthavnens forvaltning, med henblik på statsstøttereglernes anvendelse, eftersom den afdeling, der forvalter Angoulême lufthavn, ikke selv er en anden juridisk person end CCI i Angoulême og blot er en af de interne afdelinger i CCI i Angoulême, som ikke har nogen selvstændig beslutningsmagt ud over den, der vedrører lufthavnens daglige forvaltning.
Total passengers
Hverken Frankrig eller tredjeparterne har i øvrigt påstået, at de foranstaltninger, der er omfattet af den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure, udelukkende skulle henføres til denne afdeling.
Fee per passenger
Jf. bl.a. Domstolens dom af 2.2.1988, i sagerne C-67/85, C-68/85 og C-70/85, Van der Kooy mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1988, s. 219, præmis 37.
Landing charges per turnaround
Jf. Kommissionens beslutning om statsstøtte, N563/05, Frankrig — Støtte til Ryanair for flyforbindelsen mellem Toulon og London (EUT C 204 af 26.8.2006, s. 4).
Handling fee per turnaround
Jf. bl.a. Domstolens dom af 14.2.1990, i sag C-301/87, Frankrig mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1990 I, s. 307, præmis 41.
Income from the passenger fee
Kommissionens meddelelse af 20. december 2011 om anvendelsen af Den Europæiske Unions statsstøtteregler for kompensation for levering af tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse (EUT C 8 af 11.1.2012, s. 4).
Income from the landing charge
Rettens dom af 12.2.2008, i sag T-289/03, BUPA mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2008 II, s. 81, præmis 171 og 224.
Income from the handling fee
Jf. bl.a. Domstolens dom af 21.3.1974, i sag nr. 127/73, BRT mod SABAM, Sml. 1974, s. 313.
Non-aeronautical revenues
Jf. SGEI-meddelelsen fra 2011, punkt 46-47.
Handling and reception
Jf. ovennævnte SGEI-meddelelse, punkt 47.
Of which: Staff
Jf. ovennævnte SGEI-meddelelse, punkt 46.
Of which: Other
Jf. punkt 69-73 i de nye retningslinjer.
Marketing
Domstolens dom af 10.12.1991, i sag C-179/90, Merci convenzionali porto di Genova, Sml. 1991 I, s. 5889, præmis 27, Domstolens dom af 17.7.1997, i sag C-242/95, GT-Link, Sml. 1997 I, s. 4449, præmis 53, og Domstolens dom af 18.6.1998, i sag C-266/96, Corsica Ferries, Sml. 1998 I, s. 3949, præmis 45.
Revenues
Jf. bl.a. Domstolens dom i ovennævnte sag, BRT mod SABAM.
Expenditures
Jf. betragtning 14 i denne afgørelse, tabel 1.
Result
Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2408/92 af 23. juli 1992 om EF-luftfartsselskabers adgang til luftruter inden for Fællesskabet (EFT L 240 af 24.8.1992, s. 8), siden erstattet af Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 1008/2008 af 24. september 2008 om fælles regler for driften af lufttrafiktjenester i Fællesskabet (EUT L 293 af 31.10.2008, s. 3).
The Commission notes that in the 2008 agreements, all the annual incremental flows are negative, as shown in Table 12, despite the assumptions favourable to Ryanair that the Commission made, particularly as regards the incremental traffic and incremental costs.
Artikel 4, stk. 1, litra a), i ovenstående forordning (EØF) nr. 2408/92.
The Commission also notes that this conclusion would remain valid even if the incremental operating costs are totally excluded and if the only incremental costs used are the purchase costs of the marketing services.
Jf. tabel 2 ovenfor.
Consequently, the Commission considers that the 2008 agreements concluded by SMAC with Ryanair and AMS confer an economic advantage on these two companies.
Disse forpligtelser er nævnt under punkt 20 og 21 i driftsbetingelserne for overdragelsen fra 2002.
As this advantage stems from specific contractual provisions with the airline concerned, it is selective.
Jf. afsnit 9 i nærværende afgørelse.
Effect on trade and competition
Jf. ovennævnte SGEI-meddelelse, punkt 52.
When financial aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of undertakings compared with other undertakings competing in intra-Community trade, that trade must be regarded as affected by that aid.
Jf. betragtning 18 i denne afgørelse.
In accordance with settled case-law, for a measure to distort competition it is sufficient that the recipient of the aid competes with other undertakings in markets open to competition.
Denne procedure kan beskrives som følger:
Since the entry into force of the third air transport liberalisation package on 1 January 1993, air carriers are free to operate flights on intra-Community routes and benefit from unlimited cabotage authorisation.
Hvert år opstiller CCI i Angoulême budgetretningslinjer, og de enkelte afdelinger udarbejder deres budgetter ud fra denne ramme.
According to the Court of Justice, ‘where an undertaking operates in a sector in which there is effective competition from producers from different Member States, any aid granted by the public authorities is liable to affect trade between the Member States and impair competition, inasmuch as its continuing on the market prevents competitors from increasing their market share and reduces their chances of increasing their exports’.
Lufthavnens hovedafdeling forelægger hvert efterår et budgetforslag for årene n, n+1 og n+2.
In the present case, it must be considered that the measures at issue were likely to reduce the operating costs of an airline and encourage operators to transfer a route from one airport to another airport.
Derefter undersøger de valgte medlemmer af CCI-direktionen disse budgetter og foretager eventuelle ændringer.
Consequently, the Commission considers that the measures in question distort competition and affect trade within the European Union.
Endelig rapporteres der med jævne mellemrum for at kontrollere, at det vedtagne budget gennemføres korrekt.
In the light of the foregoing, the Commission considers that Ryanair and AMS benefited from State aid by virtue of the 2008 agreements.
I løbet af året n+1 forelægges budgettet for år n for generalforsamlingen med eventuelle bemærkninger om de konstaterede afvigelser.
The aid in question constitutes operating aid.
Generalforsamlingen afholder en ny afstemning for at godkende de gennemførte budgetter.
Such aid may be declared compatible only in exceptional and duly justified circumstances.
Punkt 17 i SMAC's vedtægter.
It is also apparent from the case-law of the Court of Justice that it fell to France to indicate the legal basis on which the aid at issue could be considered compatible with the internal market and to demonstrate that the conditions for such compatibility were met.
Jf. fodnote 150.
In the decision opening the procedure, the Commission therefore requested France to indicate potential legal bases for compatibility and to demonstrate that the applicable conditions for compatibility were met, in particular in the event that the aid in question should be considered as start-up aid for the opening of new routes.
SNC-Lavalins kontraktskrivelse af 19.7.2011, accepteret af SMAC den 8.8.2011 i henhold til en beslutning af 23.6.2011.
France, however, has never argued that the measures under assessment constitute start-up aid compatible with the internal market and did not put forward other grounds of compatibility or reasoning on the basis of which a declaration of compatibility could be based.
Jf. betragtning 23 i denne afgørelse.
Furthermore, no interested party has adduced sufficient evidence to demonstrate the compatibility of these measures with the internal market.
Anordning om overdragelse af Angoulême Brie-Champniers lufthavn til handels- og industrikammeret i Angoulême.
The Commission nevertheless considers it useful to examine whether such aid could be declared compatible on the basis of their contribution to the opening of new routes.
Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv nr. 2004/18/EF af 31. marts 2004 om samordning af fremgangsmåderne ved indgåelse af offentlige vareindkøbskontrakter, offentlige tjenesteydelseskontrakter og offentlige bygge- og anlægskontrakter (EUT L 134 af 30.4.2004, s. 114).
In this connection, the new guidelines state:
Et af tildelingskriterierne var kriteriet om »det økonomisk mest fordelagtige tilbud vurderet ud fra kriterierne i udbudsbetingelserne, i opfordringen til at afgive bud eller til at forhandle eller i det beskrivende dokument«.
‘As regards start-up aid to airlines, the Commission will apply the principles set out in these guidelines to all notified start-up aid measures in respect of which it is called upon to take a decision from 4 April 2014, even where the measures were notified prior to that date.
Jf. ovennævnte SGEI-meddelelse, punkt 66.
In accordance with the Commission notice on the determination of the applicable rules for the assessment of unlawful State aid, the Commission will apply to unlawful start-up aid to airlines the rules in force at the time when the aid was granted.
APCO blev oprettet i januar 2011 og er et 100 % ejet datterselskab af CCI i Limoges og Haute-Vienne.
Accordingly, it will not apply the principles set out in these guidelines in the case of unlawful start-up aid to airlines granted before 4 April 2014’.
APCO tilbyder rådgivning om lufthavnsforvaltning, uddannelse af lufthavnspersonale, forvaltning, ledelse og udvikling af lufthavne, groundhandling og lufthavnssikkerhed.
The 2005 Guidelines provide that ‘the Commission will assess the compatibility of all aid to finance airport infrastructure, or start-up aid granted without its authorisation and therefore in breach of Article 88(3) of the Treaty, on the basis of these guidelines if payment of the aid started after their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Jf. betragtning 20 i denne afgørelse.
In other cases, the Commission will carry out an assessment based on the rules applicable when the aid started to be paid’.
Jf. betragtning 225 i denne afgørelse.
Since the 2008 agreements were concluded after the entry into force of the 2005 Guidelines, these guidelines constitute the applicable legal basis.
Domstolens dom af 30.4.1998, i sag T-214/95, Het Vlaamse Gewest mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1998 II, s. 717.
In this regard, point 27 of the 2005 Guidelines states that operating aid granted to airlines (such as start-up aid) can only be declared compatible with the internal market under exceptional circumstances and under strict conditions in underprivileged regions, i.e. regions covered by the derogation set out in Article 1077(3)(a) TFEU, the most remote regions and sparsely populated areas.
Jf. punkt 43 i de nye retningslinjer.
Since Angoulême airport is not located in a region of this type, this derogation does not apply to it.
Punkt 14-1 i driftsbetingelserne og de tekniske bestemmelser.
The Commission notes that neither France nor any interested party has demonstrated the compatibility of these measures with the internal market, on the basis of the 2005 Guidelines or on any other basis.
Kommissionen understreger desuden, at de støtteforanstaltninger, der er omfattet af SGEI-beslutningen fra 2005, ligeledes ville være forenelige med det indre marked i henhold til denne afgørelse og med den samme begrundelse.
Since the criteria laid down in point 79 of the 2005 Guidelines for start-up aid are cumulative, the Commission considers it appropriate to examine the criteria laid down in point 5.2(i) and (k) of the guidelines.
Betingelserne for forenelighed i SGEI-beslutningen fra 2005 er nemlig ikke væsentligt forskellige fra dem i SGEI-afgørelsen fra 2011, for så vidt angår den analyse, der skal foretages i nærværende sag.
As regards criterion (i) (business plan demonstrating the viability and an analysis of the impact of the new route on competing routes), the Commission asked France to explain whether such business plans had been prepared, and if so to provide copies.
Jf. afsnit 8.1.2.2 i nærværende afgørelse.
Neither France nor any interested party has reported the existence of such business plans.
Jf. navnlig Domstolens dom af 29.4.1999, i sag C-342/96, Spanien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1999 I, s. 2459, præmis 41.
Furthermore, it is clear from the statements of Ryanair/AMS that no business plan has been prepared showing, over a substantial period, the viability of the route after the aid has been granted.
Rettens dom af 17.12.2008, i sag T-196/04, Ryanair mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2008 II, s. 3643.
There was no ex ante analysis, based on the information available to the airline at the time of the conclusion of the 2008 agreements, establishing the viability of the air service between Angoulême and London-Stansted.
Undersøgelse af 14.6.2006 foretaget af Alliance ELSA, som opstiller fremtidsudsigterne for lufthavnene Angoulême Brie-Champnier og Cognac-Chateaubernard efter den 1.1.2007.
Consequently, the criterion referred to in point (i) is not fulfilled.
Belægningsgraden (eller belægningsfaktoren) defineres som andelen af besatte sæder på de fly, der benyttes på den pågældende luftrute.
Criterion (k) (Appeals) provides that appeal procedures must be provided for at Member State level to ensure that there is no discrimination in the granting of aid.
Undersøgelse af 31.1.2014, fodnote 17.
The Commission notes that no appeal procedure was provided for at the time the 2008 agreements were concluded to remedy discrimination in the granting of start-up aid.
Jf. punkt 53 i de nye retningslinjer.
The criterion in point (k) is therefore not fulfilled either.
Jf. punkt 66 i de nye retningslinjer.
Conclusion
Jf. punkt 59 og 61 i de nye retningslinjer.
The 2008 agreements concluded by SMAC with Ryanair and AMS, which are the subject-matter of this procedure, therefore constitute State aid incompatible with the internal market.
Jf. Kommissionens førnævnte beslutning (fodnote 69), betragtning 88 og 89.
GENERAL CONCLUSION
Ryanair baserer sin analyse på en undersøgelse af 25.6.2012 foretaget af firmaet Oxera.
Under Article 108(3) TFEU, Member States must notify any plans to grant or alter aid.
Et af de valgte sammenligningskriterier tager udgangspunkt i, at lufthavnen tilhører den kategori af lufthavne, hvor trafikken er på under 1 mio. passagerer om året.
The Member State concerned may not put its proposed measures into effect until the procedure has resulted in a final decision.
Når de lufthavnsafgifter, som Angoulême lufthavn opkræver, sammenlignes med dem, der opkræves i lufthavne, hvor den årlige trafik er på flere hundrede tusinde passagerer, bliver den komparative analyse udarbejdet på et grundlag, der ikke er tilstrækkeligt nøjagtigt til at være acceptabelt.
In the present case, the French authorities have not notified the compensation received by the managers of Angoulême airport nor the 2008 agreements.
Jf. punkt 60 i de nye retningslinjer.
In addition, the aid has been paid before the Commission has taken a final decision on it.
Jf. f.eks. Rettens dom af 19.10.2005, i sag T-318/00, Freistaat Thüringen mod Kommissionen, Sml. 2005 II, s. 4179, præmis 125.
In the light of the above, the Commission considers that the compensation received by Angoulême airport constitutes illegal State aid, which is none the less compatible with the internal market under Article 106(2) TFEU.
Denne analyse blev foretaget af Alliance ELSA.
However, the amounts paid under the 2008 agreements in respect of the activity of Ryanair and AMS constitute State aid that is illegal and incompatible with the internal market.
Jf. http://corporate.ryanair.com/investors/traffic-figures/
According to settled case-law, when the Commission finds that aid is incompatible with the internal market, the Commission is competent to decide that the Member State concerned must abolish or alter the aid.
Rettens dom af 30.4.1998, i sag T-214/95, Het Vlaamse Gewest mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1998 II, s. 717.
According to Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999, ‘[w]here negative decisions are taken in cases of unlawful aid, the Commission shall decide that the Member State concerned shall take all necessary measures to recover the aid from the beneficiary (hereinafter referred to as a “recovery decision”).
Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2407/92 af 23. juli 1992 om udstedelse af licenser til luftfartsselskaber (EFT L 240 af 24.8.1992, s. 1), Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2408/92 af 23. juli 1992 om EF-luftfartsselskabers adgang til luftruter inden for Fællesskabet (EFT L 240 af 24.8.1992, s. 8) og Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 2409/92 af 23. juli 1992 om billetpriser og rater inden for luftfart (EFT L 240 af 24.8.1992, s. 15).
The Commission shall not require recovery of the aid if this would be contrary to a general principle of Community law’.
Jf. bl.a. Domstolens dom af 21.3.1991, i sag C-305/89, Italien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1991 I, s. 1603.
The Commission’s objective in requiring the Member State concerned to recover the aid incompatible with the internal market is to restore the previously existing situation.
Se Domstolens dom af 28.4.1993, i sag C-364/90, Italien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1993 I, s. 02097, præmis 20.
In this context, the Court has established that that objective is attained once the recipient has repaid the amounts granted by way of unlawful aid, thus forfeiting the advantage it enjoyed over its competitors.
Jf. punkt 174 i de nye retningslinjer.
In this way, the situation prior to payment of the aid is restored.
Jf. punkt 85 i retningslinjerne fra 2005.
In the present case, it appears that no general principle of EU law would run counter to the recovery of the unlawful aid found to exist.
Domstolens dom af 12.7.1973, i sag C-70/72, Kommissionen mod Tyskland, [1973] ECR 813, præmis 13.
In particular, neither France nor the interested parties presented any arguments to that effect.
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).
Consequently, France must take all necessary measures to recover from Ryanair and AMS the aid granted illegally through the 2008 agreements.
Domstolens dom af 14.9.1994, i sagerne C-278/92, C-279/92 og C-280/92, Spanien mod Kommissionen, [1994] ECR I-4103, præmis 75.
The amounts of aid to be recovered must be calculated as follows.
Domstolens dom af 17.6.1999, i sag C-75/97, Belgien mod Kommissionen, [1999] ECR I-3671, præmis 64-65.
The 2008 agreements must be regarded as giving rise to an annual amount of aid for each year during which the agreements were applied.
I forbindelse med renteberegningen anses støtten for at være ydet den 31. december i det pågældende år.
Each of these amounts must be calculated from the negative part of the estimated incremental flows (revenues minus costs) at the time of the conclusion of the 2008 agreements, appearing in Table 12.
Jf. artikel 14, stk. 2, i ovennævnte forordning (EF) nr. 659/99.
Those amounts correspond to the sums that would have had to be deducted each year from the amount of marketing services (or that would have had to be added to the airport charges and ground handling charges invoiced to airlines) to ensure that the net discounted value of the agreement is positive, in other words that it is in line with the market economy operator principle.
Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr 794/2004 af 21. april 2004 om gennemførelse af Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 93 (EUT L 140 af 30.4.2004, s. 1).
In order to take account of the actual advantage received by Ryanair and AMS under the 2008 agreements, the amounts mentioned in the previous recital may be adjusted, in accordance with the supporting evidence provided by France, depending on (i) the difference between the actual payments as established ex post which were made by Ryanair in respect of the landing charge, the passenger charge and ground handling services under the airport services agreement, and the forecast flows (ex ante) corresponding to these items of revenues and listed in Table 12, and (ii) the difference between the actual marketing payments as established ex post which were made to Ryanair and AMS under the marketing services agreement and the corresponding forecast marketing costs (ex ante), as indicated in Table 12.