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Dette fører Kommissionen til den konklusion, at afgiftens størrelse faktisk har en direkte indvirkning på statsstøttens størrelse.
On this basis, the Land authorities authorise the use of resources in the financial year in question by means of an appropriation notice.
Hvis afgifterne er en del af støtteforanstaltningen, skal Kommissionen undersøge, om der finder en forskelsbehandling sted mellem importerede og indenlandske produkter [51] eller eksporterede indenlandske produkter og de på hjemmemarkedet markedsførte indenlandske produkter [52].
The measures in question therefore constitute new aid that should have been notified pursuant to Article 108(3) TFEU.
Mælkeafgiften opkræves ikke ved import.
Because Germany has not at any time notified the aid scheme at issue, it is unlawful (Article 1(f) of Regulation (EC) No 659/1999).
Følgelig diskriminerer støtteforanstaltningerne inden for rammerne af lov om mælk og fedtstoffer ikke importerede produkter.
Compatibility assessment
Desuden kunne mælkeafgiften anses for diskriminerede indenlandsk afgiftsopkrævning, som strider mod artikel 110 i TEUF, hvis mælkeafgiften i det tilfælde, hvor den i forbindelse med indenlandsk producerede og forarbejdede varer opståede mælkeafgiftsgæld kun delvis udlignes af fordele, som er resultatet af anvendelsen af indtægterne herfra, hvilket betyder, at eksporterede indenlandske produkter diskrimineres.
Applicable rules
De tyske myndigheder har oplyst, at der så vidt de er orienteret, ikke opstår ulemper for virksomheder, der eksporterer mælkeprodukter, som følge af afgiftsopkrævningen.
Under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, aid to facilitate the development of certain economic activities or of certain economic areas may be considered compatible with the internal market, where such aid does not adversely affect trading conditions to an extent contrary to the Union interest.
På dette grundlag går Kommissionen ud fra, at en forskelsbehandling er udelukket.
Specific guidelines have applied for the agriculture sector since 1 January 2000.
Kommissionen fastslår derfor, at afgiften ikke er i strid med bestemmelserne i artikel 110, i TEUF [53].
Aid granted during the period between 28 November 2001 and 31 December 2006 (hereinafter: ‘the period 2001-2006’) is to be assessed in the light of the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
Desuden skal det undersøges, om opkrævningen af mælkeafgiften strider mod målene med de respektive fælles markedsordninger for landbrugsprodukter.
Aid granted since 1 January 2007 (hereinafter: ‘the period from 2007’) will be assessed in the light of the 2007-2013 Guidelines.
I denne sammenhæng skal det fastslås, om mælkeafgifterne påvirker priserne på de indenlandske slutprodukter, og om indenlandske produkter således diskrimineres i forhold til importerede produkter [54].
First sub-measure (period 2001-2006):
I denne sammenhæng konstaterer Kommissionen, at prisen på den mælk, der sælges i detailhandelen i Tyskland, åbenbart ikke ligger under 0,45 EUR pr. liter.
‘Role of advisor to state bodies’ and ‘standardisation and harmonisation activities’
Mælkeafgiften udgør ikke mere end 0,0015 EUR pr. kg og dermed kun en lille del af salgsprisen.
For the purposes of examining whether aid promoting the provision of advice to state bodies (see recitals 51 and 52) and VDM's standardisation and harmonisation activities (see recitals 53 to 58) is compatible with the internal market, VDM referred to the provisions concerning technical support (recitals 67 and 68).
Kommissionen når således til den konklusion, at opkrævningen af afgiften ikke er i modstrid med målene med de respektive fælles markedsordninger for landbrugsprodukter.
The provision of technical support is regulated by paragraph 14 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
Konklusion
According to the third indent of point 14.1 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines, consultant's fees are fully compatible with the internal market.
I artikel 15, stk. 1, i forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 hedder det, at Kommissionens beføjelser til at kræve tilbagebetaling af støtte forældes efter ti år.
Dairies are undertakings for the processing and marketing of agricultural products.
I henhold til artikel 15, stk. 2, i forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 »afbryder enhver foranstaltning, der træffes af Kommissionen angående den ulovlige støtte, denne frist«.
Aid to that sector falls, inter alia, within the scope of the 2000-2006 Guidelines (point 2.1 of the Guidelines).
Efter at Tyskland havde fremlagt årsrapporten 2010 om statsstøtte i landbrugssektoren, anmodede Kommissionen ved brev af 28. november 2011 om supplerende oplysninger vedrørende ordningen.
The purpose of the provision of the third indent of point 14.1 is to declare that support whose direct purpose is to improve the processing of agricultural products by disseminating the requisite knowledge is compatible with the internal market.
Som følge af denne foranstaltning fra Kommissionen blev fristen afbrudt.
VDM's advisory services were, however, aimed at state bodies.
Derfor vedrører den foreliggende afgørelse — i overensstemmelse med den i forrige betragtning nævnte forældelsesfrist på ti år — perioden fra og med den 28. november 2001.
VDM's members, which include the dairies in the Länder that collect the milk levy, were, by contrast, beneficiaries only indirectly.
Kommissionen fastslår, at Tyskland ulovligt har iværksat støtte i strid med artikel 107 og 108 i TEUF.
The Commission finds that the aid in question cannot be declared compatible with the internal market under Section 14 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
Denne støtte kom virksomheder i mejerisektoren i hele Tyskland til gode.
Similarly, VDM's standardisation and harmonisation activities relate to advice provided to state (or state-recognised) bodies serving ultimately to represent the interests of VDM's members.
Kommissionen er parat til sammen med Tyskland at drøfte andre metoder for tildeling af de omhandlede midler på støttemodtagerne.
Compatibility with the internal market also cannot be achieved under provisions other than those referred to by the parties (nor has Germany invoked any other compatibility rules).
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
The Commission therefore concludes that the aid granted to businesses operating in the processing and marketing sector in the 2001-2006 period is incompatible with the internal market.
Artikel 1
First sub-measure (period from 2007):
Den finansielle støtte, som Tyskland har ydet via den nationale mejeriforening til forskere, er ikke støtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF.
For the period from 2007, the provisions on the compatibility of technical support with the internal market were amended.
Den finansielle støtte, som Tyskland har ydet via den nationale mejeriforening i forbindelse med forelæsninger afholdt på Fachhochschule Hannover, er ikke støtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF.
The provision of technical support is regulated by Section IV.K of the 2007-2013 Guidelines.
Den finansielle støtte, som Tyskland har ydet i forbindelse med den nationale mejeriforenings aktiviteter som formidler af almene oplysninger og dennes rådgivningsfunktion i forhold til offentlige myndigheder og med hensyn til standardisering, udgør statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF.
The aid benefited dairies in the Länder that collect the milk levy.
Artikel 2
Dairies are undertakings for the processing and marketing of agricultural products (see also recital 175).
Den støtte, som Tyskland ulovligt har ydet i forbindelse med den nationale mejeriforenings aktiviteter som formidler af almene oplysninger i perioden mellem den 28. november 2001 og den 31. december 2006 i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i TEUF, er forenelig med det indre marked.
With regard to the aid granted to marketing and processing businesses, paragraph 105 of the 2007-2013 Guidelines in conjunction with Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 [45] could be considered to constitute a provision establishing compatibility with the internal market.
Artikel 3
For the period from the date of entry into force of Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 [46], paragraph 105 must be read as referring to Articles 26 and 27 of that Regulation.
Den støtte, som Tyskland ulovligt har ydet i forbindelse med den nationale mejeriforenings funktion som formidler af almene oplysninger i perioden fra og med den 1. januar 2007 i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i TEUF, er uforenelig med det indre marked.
From the perspective of the dairies, however, the case at issue is not about consultancy but rather, as stated in recitals 175 to 177, about the representation of interests.
Artikel 4
Moreover, compatibility with the internal market also cannot be achieved under provisions other than those referred to by the parties (nor has Germany invoked any other compatibility requirements).
Tyskland skal fra støttemodtagerne tilbagesøge den uforenelige støtte, der er tildelt i henhold til den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtteordning.
VDM's activities in the areas of ‘role of advisor to state bodies’ and ‘standardisation and harmonisation activities’ in the 2007-2013 period are therefore not compatible with the internal market.
De beløb, der skal inddrives, tilskrives rente fra den dato, hvor de blev stillet til rådighed for modtagerne, indtil de er tilbagebetalt.
The Commission accordingly concludes that the aid granted to businesses operating in the processing and marketing sector in the period from 2007 is incompatible with the internal market.
Renten tilskrives med renters rente i overensstemmelse med kapitel V i forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 og Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 271/2008 [55] om ændring af forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004.
Second sub-measure (period 2001-2006):
Tyskland skal indstille alle udestående betalinger af den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtte i henhold til ordningen med virkning fra datoen for vedtagelsen af denne afgørelse.
Provision of general information
Artikel 5
The aid granted in respect of the provision of general information (recitals 59 and 60) could be considered to be compatible with the internal market under the provisions concerning technical support.
Tilbagesøgningen af støtte, der er tildelt i henhold til den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtteordning, iværksættes omgående og effektivt.
As stated above in recital 175, the provision of technical support is regulated in Section 14 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
Tyskland skal sikre, at denne afgørelse efterkommes senest fire måneder efter datoen for dens meddelelse.
Section 14 of the Guidelines covers aid granted in connection with activities relating to the processing and marketing of agricultural products (see recital 175).
Artikel 6
The Commission is of the view that this measure has contributed to the long-term viability of the sector while its effects on competition are likely to have been very limited (second sentence of paragraph 14.1 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines).
Senest to måneder efter meddelelsen af denne afgørelse sender Tyskland følgende oplysninger til Kommissionen:
The aid was granted to cover the costs of disseminating general information.
listen over de støttemodtagere, der måtte have modtaget støtte i henhold til den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtteordning, og det samlede støttebeløb, som hver enkelt af dem har modtaget i henhold til ordningen
The eligible costs relating to the provision of technical support are exhaustively listed in the five indents of paragraph 14.1 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines.
det samlede beløb (hovedstol og renter), som hver enkelt støttemodtager skal tilbagebetale
The provision of the information in question may be regarded as measure for the dissemination of knowledge relating to new techniques pursuant to the fifth indent.
en detaljeret beskrivelse af de foranstaltninger, der er truffet eller planlagt for at efterkomme denne afgørelse
The wording of the fifth indent allows a broad interpretation of the term ‘dissemination of knowledge relating to new techniques’.
dokumentation for, at støttemodtagerne har fået påbud om at tilbagebetale støtten.
The addition ‘such as reasonable small-scale pilot projects or demonstration projects’ should not be understood restrictively but rather, as the words ‘such as’ make clear, merely as an example.
Tyskland underretter Kommissionen om udviklingen i de foranstaltninger, der på nationalt plan træffes for at efterkomme denne afgørelse, indtil den støtte, der blev tildelt i henhold til den i artikel 3 omhandlede støtteordning, er fuldt tilbagebetalt.
The provision of general information, in particular the publication of scientific findings and generic factual information about milk in a readily understandable form, may therefore be considered to be comparable with the dissemination of knowledge relating to new techniques.
Efter anmodning fra Kommissionen fremsender Tyskland omgående oplysninger om, hvilke foranstaltninger der er truffet eller planlagt for at efterkomme afgørelsen.
The purpose of the provision on compatibility in paragraph 14.1 was indeed to allow the promotion of measures which, like those at issue here, inform beneficiaries of new techniques in various areas relevant to agriculture such as good agricultural practice or animal welfare in dairy farming (see recital 59).
Tyskland fremsender endvidere detaljerede oplysninger om de støttebeløb og de renter, der allerede er tilbagebetalt af støttemodtagerne.
The Commission believes that this aid was in principle available to all ‘eligible’ natural and legal persons in the area concerned based on objectively defined conditions (first sentence of paragraph 14.2 of the 2000-2006 Guidelines), i.e. that such persons were able to benefit without restriction from the information provided.
Artikel 7
Germany has provided an assurance that the total amount of aid granted in the period 2001-2006 did not exceed EUR 100000 per beneficiary over a period of three years.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland.
To the extent that undertakings falling within the scope of the Commission's definition of small and medium-sized enterprises [47] were granted an amount of more than EUR 100000, the maximum permitted aid intensity did not exceed 50 % of eligible costs.
Tyskland opfordres til omgående at videresende en kopi af denne afgørelse til støttemodtagerne.
For the purpose of calculating the amount of aid, the beneficiaries were regarded as being the persons availing themselves of such services, i.e. the dairies in the Länder that collect the milk levy.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 16. december 2015.
The Commission concludes that the aid assessed in that section met the relevant conditions of the 2000-2006 Guidelines and was therefore compatible with the internal market in the period 2001-2006.
På Kommissionens vegne
Second sub-measure (period from 2007):
Medlem af Kommissionen
As with the previous period, aid for the provision of general information is subject to the provisions concerning technical support.
EUT C 7 af 10.1.2014, s. 8.
These are laid down in Section IV.K of the 2007-2013 Guidelines.
Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af artikel 108 i traktaten om den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde (EUT L 83 af 27.3.1999, s. 1).
The aid benefited dairies in the Länder that collect the milk levy.
Jf. fodnote 1.
Firstly, the 2007-2013 Guidelines provide that the Commission will under no circumstances authorise aid in favour of large companies (paragraph 106 of the Guidelines), meaning that any aid granted to such companies will not be declared compatible.
Forinden var der blevet fremsendt en berigtigelse til Tyskland ved brev af 9. december 2013.
It has not yet been examined whether aid granted to small and medium-sized enterprises is compatible with the internal market.
Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 1234/2007 af 22. oktober 2007 om en fælles markedsordning for landbrugsprodukter og om særlige bestemmelser for visse landbrugsprodukter (fusionsmarkedsordningen) (EUT L 299 af 16.11.2007, s. 1).
In the following, therefore, the assessment of the compatibility of the aid granted is restricted to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Domstolens dom af 26. januar 2005, Piau mod Kommissionen, T-193/02, ECLI:EU:T:2005:22, præmis 69;
With regard to the aid granted to dairies, which are businesses operating in the processing and marketing sector, paragraph 105 of the 2007-2013 Guidelines refers to the relevant provisions of Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
Kommissionen, afgørelse af 26. april 2006, N277/2003 — overdragelse af naturbeskyttelsesområder.
For the period from the date of entry into force of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, that provision must be read as referring to Articles 26 and 27 of the Regulation.
VDM henviser for så vidt bl.a. til artikel 5, stk. 3, i Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 178/2002 af 28. januar 2002 om generelle principper og krav i fødevarelovgivningen, om oprettelse af Den Europæiske Fødevaresikkerhedsautoritet og om procedurer vedrørende fødevaresikkerhed (EFT L 31 af 1.2.2002, s. 1).
None of the cited provisions of Regulations (EC) No 70/2001 and (EC) No 800/2008 provided for the dissemination of general information.
VDM henviser med hensyn til standardiseringens ikke-økonomiske karakter til Domstolens dom af 12. december 2006, SELEX mod Kommissionen, ECLI:EU:T:2006:387.
The Commission is also unable to identify any other provisions of EU law that enable such aid granted to businesses operating in the processing and marketing sector to be deemed compatible with the internal market (nor has Germany invoked any other compatibility rules).
EFT C 28 af 1.2.2000, s. 2.
The Commission concludes that the aid granted to processing and marketing businesses, i.e. to dairies, in the period form 2007 was incompatible with the internal market.
EUT C 319 af 27.12.2006, s. 1.
Parafiscal charges
VDM henviser hvad angår formidlingen af rapporter og statistikker til Kommissionens afgørelse af 27. juli 2006, statsstøtte N 425/09, punkt 9 mod slutningen.
Since the State aid in question was financed by a parafiscal charge (see recitals 13 to 17), the Commission must examine both the measures supported, i.e. the aid, and the way in which they were financed.
VDM henviser i denne henseende for Tyskland eksempelvis til statsstøtte N 571/2002 — Absatzfondsgesetz (lov om etablering af en central fond med henblik på fremme af afsætningen i den tyske landbrugs- og fødevareindustri).
Where the method of financing the aid, in particular through compulsory contributions, forms an integral part of the aid measure, the Commission must also take that method of financing into account when examining the aid [48].
Kommissionens afgørelse 2014/416/EU af 9. april 2014 om Frankrigs støtteordning SA.23257 (12/C) (ex NN 8/10, ex CP 157/07) (brancheaftale inden for rammerne af »Association française pour la valorisation des produits et des secteurs professionnels de l'horticulture et du paysage« (Val'Hor)) ( EUT L 192 af 1.7.2014, s. 59).
For a charge or part of a charge to be considered as forming an integral part of an aid measure, it must be hypothecated to the aid measure under the relevant national rules, in the sense that the revenue from the tax must be necessarily allocated for the financing of the aid measure [49], and the amount of the tax should have a direct impact on the amount of State aid [50].
Jf. Domstolens dom af 30. maj 2013, Doux Élevage, C-677/11, ECLI:EU:C:2013:348, præmis 38.
These two criteria have to be applied for the entire period under investigation.
Jf. Domstolens dom af 18. maj 2002, Stardust Marine, C-482/99, ECLI:C:2002:294, præmis 52.
The first criterion seems to be met since, under Section 22(1) of the MFG, the Länder have the option to impose the parafiscal charge at issue.
Domstolens dom af 15. juli 2004, Pearle BV, C-345/02, ECLI:EU:C:2004:448, præmis 36.
At the same time, Section 22(2) and (2a) of the MFG lays down precisely what types of aid can be financed from the levy revenues.
Rettens dom af 27. september 2012, Plans de Campagne, T-139/09, ECLI:EU:T:2012:496, præmis 62.
The Commission therefore finds that the revenues from the levy are earmarked and may be used only for the purposes laid down by law.
Jf. Domstolens dom af 15. juli 2007, Pearle BV, C-345/02, ECLI:EU:C:2004:448, præmis 37;
In the light of the Positive Decision and this Decision, the Commission believes that the vast majority of support measures implemented in this context constitute aid.
Domstolens dom af 30. maj 2013, Doux Élevage, C-677/11, ECLI:EU:C:2013:348, præmis 40;
Moreover, the fact that the revenues from the levy are earmarked means that they cannot be used for other public tasks not referred to in Section 22(2) and (2a) of the MFG.
afgørelse 2014/416/EU.
As regards the question whether the amount of the levy has a direct impact on the amount of State aid, attention is drawn to Section 22(3) of the MFG, according to which levy revenues must be kept separate and may not be used for administrative expenses incurred by the Land authorities.
Domstolens dom af 15. juli 2004, Pearle BV, C-345/02, ECLI:EU:C:2004:448, præmis 37;
According to the information submitted by Germany, no State resources other than milk levy resources are used to finance the measures assessed in this Decision.
Domstolens dom af 30. maj 2013, Doux Élevage, C-677/11, ECLI:EU:C:2013:348, præmis 40.
This leads the Commission to conclude that the amount of the levy does indeed have a direct impact on the amount of State aid.
EUT C 8 af 11.1.2012, s. 4.
Where the levy forms an integral part of the aid measure, the Commission then has to examine whether it discriminates between imported products and national ones [51], or between exported national products and national products marketed on the domestic market [52].
Domstolens dom af 11. september 2007, Kommissionen mod Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland, C-318/05 ECLI:EU:C:2007:495, præmis 68.
The milk levy does not apply to imports.
Se også Kommissionens beslutning af 25. april 2001 i sag N 118/00 om offentlig støtte til professionelle sportsklubber, og EFTA-Tilsynsmyndighedens beslutning i sag 68123 — Norge — Nasjonal digital læringsarena — af 12. oktober 2011, s. 9.
Consequently, aid measures under the MFG do not discriminate against imported products.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen om anvendelsen af Den Europæiske Unions statsstøtteregler på kompensation for levering af tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse, punkt 27 (EUT C 198 af 27.6.2014, s. 1).
Furthermore, the milk levy may be regarded as discriminatory internal taxation prohibited by Article 110 TFEU if, to the extent that the milk levies due on goods produced and processed on the domestic market are only partially offset by advantages deriving from the use made of levy revenues, the milk levy puts exported domestic products at a disadvantage.
Domstolens dom af 20. november 2003, Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie/GEMO, C-126/01, ECLI:EU:C:2003:622, præmis 23.
The German authorities have explained that, to their knowledge, undertakings that export dairy products do not suffer any disadvantages as a result of the collection of the levy.
Domstolens dom af 20. november 2003, Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et de l'Industrie/GEMO, C-126/01, ECLI:EU:C:2003:622, præmis 24.
However, if an undertaking that has exported dairy products were in future to demonstrate that it had been disadvantaged by the collection of the levy, the levy amounts in question would, according to Germany's assurance, be refunded.
F.eks. § 37, stk. 2, tredje punktum, i Baugesetzbuch (den tyske byudviklingslov), §§ 17, stk. 1, 2, 18, stk. 3 og 4, 22, stk. 5, i Bundesnaturschutzgesetz (Tysklands naturbeskyttelseslov), §§ 2, stk. 7, 11, stk. 2 og 3, 12, stk. 7, 14, stk. 4, nr. 2, 26, stk. 3, 35a, stk. 3, i AEG.
On that basis the Commission believes that there is no risk of discrimination.
Jf. den tidligere § 9 i Tysklands naturbeskyttelseslov, forbundsforvaltningsdomstolens dom af 29. april 1993, j.nr.: 7 A 4/93, præmis 22 (»… en afgørelse i »samråd med« kræver i modsætning til en afgørelse i »forståelse med« ingen samstemmende vilje.
The Commission therefore finds that the levy does not constitute an infringement of the provisions of Article 110 TFEU [53].