natgillin/translations-raw huggingface dataset:
AFPA har fremført lignende argumenter [81].
The conversion of the Drax unit will create 2,4 million tonnes of additional wood pellet demand.
Indlægget fra Forest2Market [83] konkluderede desuden, at flere faktorer har bidraget til den observerede prisstigning.
However, annual consumption in the Union increased almost 25 %, or by 3,7 million tonnes, from 2012 to 2014.
Forest2Market har især nævnt et fald i produktionen af restprodukter fra savværker, vejrrelaterede begivenheder og ændringer i ejendomsretten til jord som faktorer, der har bidraget til prisstigningen.
In addition, the wood pellet production capacity in the south-east of the US increased rapidly and is envisaged to increase also in the future [71].
Forest2Market konkluderede, at »det er sandsynligt, at priserne på træfiber ville være steget uden en gradvis øget efterspørgsel fra eksport af træpillemarkeder …« [84].
No indication has emerged from the formal investigation procedure to suggest that the wood pellet market will not be able to expand at similar rates in the coming years to accommodate an increase in demand from the Drax project.
De stigende priser på rod over en periode synes således at være resultatet af adskillige markedstendenser.
Negative effects in the raw material market
For så vidt angår påstandene om støttemodtagerens evne til at betale for fibre [85], bemærker Kommissionen, at de reviderede og reducerede brændselsudgifter [86] resulterer i en træpillepris på 181 USD pr. ton, CIF.
The Commission noted in the recitals 81 to 84 of the Opening Decision that increased demand for wood pellets can lead to further distortions in the raw material market, which is the wood fibre market.
Dette svarer til den af RISI rapporterede [87] træpillepris, CIF.
For economic reasons, manufacturing plants of semi-finished pulpwood products source their wood supply from within an average distance of approximately 100 km to 150 km, referred to as the catchment radius of the plant.
Hvad angår placeringen af træpillefabrikkerne bemærker Kommissionen sig konstateringen af, at træpillefabrikker med eksport, der på nuværende tidspunkt er i drift i det sydøstlige USA, generelt er placeret inden for en radius af 65 miles fra hinanden og de fleste inden for en radius af mellem 30 og 65 miles [88].
For this reason wood fibres are a local product while pellets are transported over long distances and have a global market.
Oplandsområdet for disse træpillefabrikker vil således overlappe konkurrerende branchers område.
As a result, in order to assess the notified measure's impact on competition and trade, it is necessary to determine from which local market the wood pellets will or are likely to be sourced.
Kommissionen bemærker imidlertid, at langt størstedelen af disse eksporterende træpillefabrikker er placeret inden for 65 miles af en nedlagt træbehandlingsfabrik.
As explained in recital 10, compared to the Opening Decision, the Drax unit has clarified its fuel supply and will source 60 % of its total wood fibre requirements from the US; approximately 13 % of its fuel requirements will be sourced from Brazil; 7 % of its fuel requirements will be purchased on the spot market; approximately 4 % of its fuel requirements will be sourced from the Baltic States in Europe; approximately 15 % of its fuel requirements will be purchased from merchants, located in the south-east of the US.
Det er desuden blevet præciseret, at flere forhold er taget i begtragtning med henblik på at fastlægge en træpillefabriks placering.
The remainder of the fuel requirements will be sourced from Canada and potentially from other Member States.
Ifølge rapporten, som Det Forenede Kongerige [89] citerer, blev de fleste nedlagte papirmasse- og papirfabrikker i det sydøstlige USA lukket før 2010, hvilket angiver en begrænset relation til væksten inden for træpillebranchen [90].
This implies that approximately 100000 dry tonnes per annum will be sourced from other Member States through long term contracts.
Endelig så Poyry-rapporten [91] på risikoen for uretfærdig konkurrence for træfibre mellem træpillebranchen og traditionelle brancher, der anvender træfibre.
This would amount to approximately 0,7 % of the 2014 Union wood pellet production which had been estimated at 13,5 million tonnes [72].
Rapporten konkluderede, at den nuværende og planlagte kapacitet for træpillepressere i det sydøstlige USA vil være tilstrækkelig til at imødekomme den øgede efterspørgsel efter træpiller, og at risikoen for IWUC vil være begrænset.
The effects of increased wood pellets demand on the raw material markets will thus take place to a great extent outside the European Union.
Konklusionen bør således være, at den anmeldte foranstaltning ikke forventes at medføre en urimelig fordrejning af råvaremarkedet.
It is therefore unlikely that the notified project will affect raw material market prices in the Union.
Kommissionen bemærker navnlig, at lokale fordrejninger af markedet, i det omfang de vil forekomme, vil finde sted i det sydøstlige USA, og at de derfor vil have en begrænset virkning, hvis de har nogen virkning overhovedet, på samhandlen mellem medlemsstater.
As the majority of the wood pellet supply for the project will be imported from the south-east of the US, the focus of potential market distortions in the raw material wood fibre market is in that region [73].
Kommissionen mindede i denne forbindelse om, at den anmeldte støtte bliver tildelt produktion af el fra fast biomasse, og at alle virkninger fra støtten på råvaremarkedet vil være indirekte.
The majority of the submissions received during formal investigation procedure support the view that industrial wood pellets from the south-east of the US will be mainly composed of wood fibre derived from forestry practices.
Afvejningstest
The Commission notes that up to 2019 the estimated growth of the wood pellet industry (of approximately 14 % per annum [74]) is much higher than that of the traditional forestry industry which is estimated at approximately 1,4 % per annum [75].
For statsstøtteforanstaltninger, der målrettes effektivt mod det markedssvigt, som de skal afhjælpe, er risikoen for, at støtten medfører unødvendig konkurrenceforvridning, i henhold til punkt 97 i miljø- og energiretningslinjerne mere begrænset.
However, due to the low share of wood pellet manufactures in the wood fibre market [76], the total removal would increase at a compound rate of less than 1,8 % per annum until 2019.
Kommissionen bemærker, at det anmeldte projekt direkte er fokuseret på at opfylde Unionens klima- og energimål for 2020 på en forholdsmæssig og passende måde.
On the basis of estimates submitted by Westrock, the total wood fibre supply is projected to increase by 2,0 % annually and therefore less than the estimated growth.
Risikoen for uberettiget fordrejning af konkurrencen på elmarkedet er også mindre, end hvad der fremgår af afsnit 5.2.4.1.
The impact resulting from the support to the Drax unit is therefore expected to be limited.
Som anført i afsnit 5.2.4.2 mener Kommissionen ikke, at der er uberettigede fordrejninger af det berørte træpillemarked og heller ikke af råvaremarkedet, der leverer råvarerne.
According to the data submitted by the United Kingdom [77] the amount of raw material required by the Drax unit, namely 2,4 million tonnes per annum, will be less than 1 % of the total removals from forests in the south of the US in 2014 which was approximately 250 million tonnes.
Kommissionen minder om, at eventuelle fordrejninger af råvaremarkedet ikke direkte skyldes driftsstøtten, men den øgede efterspørgsel efter træpiller som brændsel til elproduktion.
In turn, this is only a small fraction of the total forestry inventory.
Virkningerne på råvaremarkedet er desuden indirekte i forhold til fordrejningerne på træpillemarkedet.
Even taking into account the additional requirements from other biomass projects, such as the Lynemouth project, these low percentages do not give strong indications of undue distortions in the raw material market.
Kommissionen skal desuden vurdere, om foranstaltningen fordrejer eller truer med at fordreje konkurrencen, i det omfang den påvirker samhandlen mellem medlemsstater.
Fern et al. and GPII submitted market modelling studies showing an increase in stumpage price caused by an increase in wood pellet production.
Virkningerne på råvaremarkedet er lokale og finder primært sted uden for Unionen, fordi de fleste træpiller til Drax-enheden bliver importeret fra lande uden for Europa (jf. betragtning 10).
For example, according to the FORISK study, an increase in global industrial wood pellet demand from 10,6 million tonnes per annum in 2014 to 25 million tonnes in 2019, ignoring the effect of saw mill residues, could increase stumpage prices in the south-east of the US by 30 % to 40 % [78].
Kommissionen bemærker derfor, at alle påvirkninger af samhandlen mellem medlemsstater, der skyldes en højere pris på rod i det sydøstlige USA, under alle omstændigheder vil være begrænset.
According to the USDA report submitted by GPII, increasing production of biomass for bioenergy to 16,9 million tonnes by 2016 could more than double the prices of some types of wood, namely pine non-sawtimber [79].
På baggrund af ovenstående finder Kommissionen, at de negative virkninger ved den anmeldte støtte på den elektricitet, der produceres på Drax-biomassekonverteringsprojektet, for så vidt angår fordrejninger af konkurrencen og påvirkning af samhandlen mellem medlemsstater, er begrænset og bliver kompenseret af de positive virkninger for så vidt angår bidrag til at opfylde målet af fælles interesse, dvs. produktion af energi fra vedvarende kilder og nedbringelse af CO2-emissioner i elproduktionen, således at den samlede balance er positiv.
However, as submitted by the United Kingdom [80], the demand for wood pellets used as an input for these studies does not reflect the demand from the Drax biomass conversion project, but rather overall estimates and overall demand.
Andre forhold — overholdelse af artikel 30 og 110 i traktaten
In addition, the overall demand as estimated in the USDA study is lower than in more recent studies.
I forbindelse med afgørelsen i sag SA.36196 (2014/N) om CFD om vedvarende energi, afgørelsen i sag SA.38758 (2014/N), SA.38759 (2014/N), SA.38761 (2014/N), SA.38763 (2014/N) og SA.38812 (2014/N) om FIDeR-støtte til fem havvindmølleprojekter og sag SA.38762(2015/C)(2014/N) samt SA.38796(2014/N) om Lynemouth- og Teesside-biomasseprojekterne har Det Forenede Kongerige forpligtet sig til at justere beregningsmetoden for elforsyningsselskabernes ansvar for CFD-betalinger for at sikre, at berettiget vedvarende energi, der er produceret i Den Europæiske Union uden for Det Forenede Kongerige, og som leveres til kunder i Det Forenede Kongerige, ikke anses for en del af disse leverandørers markedsandele.
For instance, the USDA study estimates that approximately 13 million tonnes of wood would be used for bioenergy in the south-east of the US in 2015 and this is higher than what was reported by RISI, which was less than 8 million tonnes for the same year.
Det Forenede Kongerige sikrer, at der ikke foretages nogen CFD-betalinger, før denne justering er gennemført, eller hvis det ikke er muligt, at Det Forenede Kongerige indfører en mekanisme til at kompensere elforsyningsselskaberne for al importeret støtteberettiget vedvarende energi, der leveres, før undtagelsen træder i kraft, men efter udbetalingen af CFD-betalingerne er påbegyndt.
In addition, the alleged price increase from all estimated demand would also be limited in time according to the USDA report as forestry inventory responses to such demand increase.
Det Forenede Kongeriges forpligtelse, der er omhandlet i betragtning 127 gælder også den anmeldte foranstaltning.
A number of third parties submitted that the increase in wood pellet production has already lead to an increase in stumpage prices in the south-east of the US.
I lyset af denne forpligtelse mener Kommissionen, at finansieringsmekanismen for den anmeldte støtteforanstaltning ikke medfører nogen forskelsbehandling i strid med traktatens artikel 30 eller artikel 110.
For example, GPII cites data from the consultants Forest2Market to support the claim that pine pulpwood stumpage prices in the south of the US increased on average by 11 % in 2013 and by 10 % in 2014.
På baggrund af ovennævnte forhold konkluderer Kommissionen, at støtteforanstaltningen, der støtter Drax-biomassekonverteringsenheden, og som er anmeldt af Det Forenede Kongerige den 15. april 2015, bidrager til et mål af fælles interesse på en nødvendig og forholdsmæssige måde, der er i overensstemmelse med miljø- og energiretningslinjerne, og som derfor er kompatibel med det indre marked i henhold til traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c) —
Fern at al. reported that, from 2011 to 2015, prices in the southern US have increased by 27 % for softwood and by 56 % for hardwood.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
AFPA have also made similar claims [81].
Artikel 1
The Commission notes in that respect that, over a longer term the average stumpage price is not outside the historical range [82].
Den statsstøtte, som Det Forenede Kongerige anmeldte den 2. april 2015, og som denne medlemsstat har planer om at gennemføre til fordel for Drax Power Limited som støtte til konvertering til biomasse i den første enhed i Drax-kraftværket, er forenelig med det indre marked som anført i traktatens artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c).
Moreover, the submission by Forest2Market [83] concluded that several factors have contributed to the observed price increase.
Artikel 2
In particular Forest2Market cited a decline in production of sawmill residues, weather-related events and land ownership changes which it stated are contributing factors.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Det Forenede Kongerige Storbritannien og Nordirland.
Forest2Market concluded that ‘it is likely that wood fibre prices would have increased without incremental demand from export pellet markets…’ [84].
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 19. december 2016.
The fact that stumpage prices increased over time seems therefore to be the result of several market developments.
På Kommissionens vegne
With regard to the claims made as to the beneficiary's ability to pay for fibre [85] the Commission notes that the reviewed and reduced fuel costs [86] result in a wood pellet price of USD 181 per tonne CIF.
Medlem af Kommissionen
This is equivalent to the wood pellet price CIF reported by RISI [87].
EUT C 46 af 5.2.2016, s. 19.
Regarding the location of wood pellet mills, the Commission notes the finding that export wood pellet mills currently in operation in the south-east of the US are generally located within a 65 mile radius of one another and predominantly within a radius of between 30 and 65 miles [88].
Kommissionen har truffet en afgørelse om syv af de otte projekter om vedvarende energi.
Therefore, the catchment area of such wood pellet mills will overlap with that of other competing industries.
Den 23. juli 2014 blev der truffet en afgørelse om ikke at gøre indsigelse (C(2014)5074) mod fem havvindmølleprojekter (statsstøttesag: SA.38758 (2014/N), SA.38759 (2014/N), SA.38761 (2014/N), SA.38763 (2014/N) og SA.38812 (2014/N) — Det Forenede Kongeriges støtte til fem havvindmølleparker: Walney, Dudgeon, Hornsea, BurboBank og Beatrice) (EUT C 393 af 7.11.2014, s. 1); den 22. januar 2015 blev der truffet en afgørelse om ikke at gøre indsigelse (C(2015) 168 cor) i statsstøttesag: SA.38796 (2014/N) — Det Forenede Kongerige Teesside Dedicated CHP Biomass project (EUT C 406 af 4.11.2016, s. 1), og den 1. december 2015 blev der truffet en afgørelse om ikke at gøre indsigelse (C(2015) 8441 final) i statsstøttesag: SA.38762 (2015/C) (2014/N) — Det Forenede Kongerige, Investeringsaftale vedrørende Lynemouth-værkets konvertering til biomasse af 1. december 2015 (afgørelsen er endnu ikke offentliggjort).
However, the Commission notes that the vast majority of such export wood pellets mills are located within 65 miles of a closed wood processing facility.
Kraftværker med samforbrænding af biomasse, der er akkrediteret i henhold til støtteordningen VE-forpligtelse, og som konverteres fuldstændigt til biomasse, er berettigede til at deltage i FIDeR-processen.
In addition, it was clarified that several considerations are taken into account in order to determine the location of a wood pellet mill.
De oplysninger, Det Forenede Kongerige indgav som svar på åbningsafgørelsen, klargør også støttemodtagerens planlagte forsyningsstrategi.
According to the report quoted by the United Kingdom [89], the majority of pulp and paper mills that closed in the region south-east of the US did so before 2010 thereby showing little correlation with the growth of the wood pellet industry [90].
Den gennemsnitlige nettobelastningsfaktor, før den blev ajourført af Det Forenede Kongerige efter indledningen af undersøgelsesproceduren (70,5 %), var resultatet af en gennemsnitlig teknisk disponibilitet på 83,7 % og en gennemsnitlig bruttobelastningsfaktor på 83,7 %.
Finally, the Poyry report [91] looked at the risk of unfair competition for wood fibres between the wood pellet industry and traditional industries using wood fibres.
De oprindelige driftsparametre, der er fastlagt i åbningsafgørelsen er: a) brændelsudgifter på 8,39 ((GBP/GJ); b) termisk virkningsgrad 38,6 %; og c) gennemsnitlig belastningsfaktor 70,5 %.
The report did not only take into account the wood pellet demand stemming from the supported Drax biomass conversion unit but also from other plants, including the plant at Lynemouth.
Det Forenede Kongerige har præciseret, at den ændrede betingelse for fraværet af incitamenter til at generere negative priser, der blev indført for den almindelige CFD-ordning (SA.36196), ikke gælder for det anmeldte projekt.
The report concluded that the existing and planned wood pellet mill capacity in the south-east of the US should be sufficient to address the increase in the wood pellet demand and that the risk of IWUC should be small.
Der er flere oplysninger om CFD-kompenseringsmekanismen i betragtning 17-31 i Kommissionens afgørelse af 23. juli 2014 i statsstøttesag: SA.36196 (2014/N) Det Forenede Kongerige, reform af elektricitetsmarkedet — aftale om differencen for vedvarende energi (C(2014) 5079 final).
It should therefore be concluded that the notified measure is not expected to lead to undue distortions in the raw material market.
(EFT C 393 af 7.11.2014, s. 1).
In particular, the Commission notes that the local distortions in the market, to the extent they would occur, are taking place in the south-east of the US and that therefore they would have a limited effect, if any, on trade between Member States.
Støtteordningen VE-forpligtelse blev oprindeligt godkendt ved Kommissionens afgørelse af 28. februar 2001 i statsstøttesag N 504/2000 — Det Forenede Kongerige — VE-forpligtelse og kapitaltilskud til vedvarende teknologier C(2001) 3267 final (EUT C 30 af 2.2.2002, s. 14), som efterfølgende er blevet ændret flere gange.
In this respect, it is also recalled that the notified aid would be granted for the production of electricity from solid biomass and that any effects of the aid on the raw material market would be indirect.
I sin nuværende form blev støtteordningen VE-forpligtelse godkendt af Kommissionen ved dens afgørelse af 2. april 2013 i statsstøttesag SA.35565 (2013/N) — Det Forenede Kongeriges ændringer til støtteordningen til VE-forpligtelse (RO-ordningen) (EUT C 167 af 13.6.2013, s. 5).
Balancing test
Visse specifikke elementer blev efterfølgende godkendt for Nordirland i statsstøttesag SA.36084 (13/N) VE-forpligtelse i Nordirland) (EUT C 167 af 13.6.2013, s. 1) og Skotland i statsstøttesag SA.37453 (2014/N) ændring til SA.35565 — støtteordningen VE-forpligtelse (RO)) (EUT C 172 af 6.6.2014, s. 1).
As set out in paragraph 97 of the EEAG, for State aid measures that are well targeted to the market failure they aim to address, the risk that the aid will unduly distort competition is more limited.
Det kritiske afkast er defineret som det minimumsafkast, der er nødvendigt for at gennemføre et projekt af denne type.
The Commission notes that the notified aid is directly aimed at achieving the Union climate and energy targets for 2020 in a proportionate and appropriate way.
Alle disse elementer er offentliggjort af de britiske myndigheder i dokumentet »Electricity Generation Costs«, der findes på https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-generation-costs.
Therefore the risk of undue distortions of competition in the electricity market is also more limited as explained in Section 5.2.4.1.
»Electricity Generation Costs December 2013« DECC (2013), www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-generation-costs.
As set out in Section 5.2.4.2, the Commission did not find undue distortions in the affected product wood pellet market, nor in the upstream raw material market.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/electricity-market-reform-delivery-plan.
The Commission recalls that the potential distortions in the raw material market do not arise directly from the operating aid, but from the increased demand for wood pellets as a fuel for electricity generation.
Se fodnote 4 til betragtning 10.
Furthermore, the effects on the raw material market are indirect compared to the distortions in the wood pellet market.
Der findes yderligere oplysninger på: http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ensuring-biomass-affordability-and-value-for-money-under-the-renewables-obligation.
The effects in the raw material market are local and mostly take place outside the Union as the majority of the wood pellets for Drax unit will be imported from outside Europe (see recital 10).
Medmindre andet er angivet, henviser ton altid til ovntørre metriske ton.
Therefore, the Commission notes that any effect on trade between Member States arising from an increased stumpage price in the south-east of the US would, in any case, be limited.
RISI Global Pellet Demand Outlook: www.risiinfo.com/product/2015-global-pellet-demand-outlook-study/.
The Commission concludes from the above that the negative effects of the notified aid to the electricity generated in the Drax biomass conversion project, in terms of distortions of competition and impact on trade between Member States on the electricity market but also on the secondary markets, are limited and are out-weighted by the positive effects in terms of the contribution to the objective of common interest, namely the production of energy from renewable sources and reduction of CO2 emissions in electricity generation, so that the overall balance is positive.
AEBIOM årsberetning 2015.
Other aspects — compliance with Articles 30 and 110 TFEU
AEBIOM statistisk rapport 2015.
In the context of the decision in the case SA.36196 (2014/N) on CfD for renewables, the decision in the cases SA.38758 (2014/N), SA.38759 (2014/N), SA.38761 (2014/N), SA.38763 (2014/N) and SA.38812 (2014/N) regarding FIDeR aid to five offshore wind projects, and the cases SA.38762(2015/C)(2014/N) and SA.38796(2014/N) relating to the Lynemouth and Teesside biomass projects, the United Kingdom has committed to adjusting the way in which the electricity suppliers' liabilities for CfD payments are calculated to ensure that eligible renewable electricity generated in the European Union outside the United Kingdom and supplied to customers within the United Kingdom is not taken into account as part of those suppliers' market shares.
Efter offentliggørelsen af investeringsaftalen sænkede Det Forenede Kongerige den aftalte pris fra 105 GBP/MWh til 100 GBP/MWh.
The United Kingdom will ensure that no CfD payments are made before this adjustment is in place, or if this is not possible, that the United Kingdom will put in place a mechanism to reimburse electricity suppliers for any imported eligible renewable electricity supplied before the exemption comes into effect but after CfD payments have started to be made.
I denne henseende afspejler de investeringsaftaler, der er offentliggjort på internettet, ikke den endelige version af dem.
The commitment by the United Kingdom referred to in recital 127 will also apply to the notified measure.