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Hvis det konkluderes, at investeringen uden støtte ville være blevet placeret i en fattigere region (flere regionale ulemper — højere maksimumsgrænse for regionalstøtteintensiteten) eller i en region, der menes at have samme regionale ulemper som målregionen (samme maksimumsgrænse for regionalstøtteintensiteten), vil det efter punkt 53 i undersøgelseskriterierne i den overordnede afvejningsproces være et negativt element, som næppe kan opvejes af eventuelle positive elementer, da dette ville være i modstrid med selve formålet med regionalstøtte.
On 28 May 2014 and 26 June 2014, the VAI decided to locate the notified investment in Setubal.
For så vidt angår det anmeldte projekt, blev en greenfieldinvestering ikke overvejet, fordi en investeringspakke på [140000-160000] biler på prismarkedssegmentet […] er for lidt til at gøre en greenfieldinvestering rentabel.
As documented by the minutes of the VAI meetings, this decision was adopted explicitly subject to the availability of State aid.
Ved at anvende to kriterier, eksisterende yderligere kapaciteter og faciliteter, der er kompatible med det planlagte projekt, blev de eneste placeringer fra starten begrænset til [placering 1] (ikke-støtteberettiget område [i EØS]), [placering 2] ([uden for EØS]) og [placering 3] (ikke-støtteberettiget område [i EØS]). [placering 2 uden for EØS] og [placering 3 i et ikke-støtteberettiget område i EØS] blev udelukket i en senere fase, fordi de var kendetegnet ved høje omkostninger til henholdsvis logistik og personale.
Works on the project started on 26 June 2014.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at der ikke er noget, der tyder på, at investeringen ville være foretaget i en anden støtteregion med et højere eller sammenligneligt maksimum for støtteintensiteten: Kommissionen finder derfor, at støtten ikke har nogen samhørighedshindrende effekt, som ville være i modstrid med selve formålet med regionalstøtte, og at støtten ikke har nogen urimelige negative virkninger for samhandelen.
The Commission established already above (see recital 85) that in accordance with paragraph 20 of the IDAC the formal incentive effect requirements laid down in paragraph 38 of the RAG 2007-13 were met.
VURDERING
In addition, the Portuguese authorities provided clear evidence that the aid effectively had an impact on the investment's location choice, since VW Group's decision to locate the notified project in Setubal was taken only after signing the investment contract [29] which confirmed that the investment project would be eligible for State aid.
Efter det blev konstateret, at støtten udgør et incitament for gennemførelsen af investeringen i den pågældende region, og at den er proportionel, skal de positive og negative virkninger afvejes i forhold til hinanden.
The Commission considers, in accordance with paragraphs 23 and 25 of the IDAC that the counterfactual scenario presented by Portugal is realistic and supported by genuine and contemporary evidence proving that the aid has a real (substantive) incentive effect: by reducing the viability gap between both locations in favour of Setubal, the aid contributed to changing the location decision of the beneficiary company.
Undersøgelsen har bekræftet, at støtteforanstaltningen har en tilskyndelsesvirkning for en investering, som yder et betragteligt bidrag til udviklingen af en ugunstigt stillet region, der er støtteberettiget i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 3, litra a), i TEUF, uden at en region påvirkes negativt med den samme eller en højere maksimal støtteintensitet (ingen samhørighedshindrende effekt).
Without the aid, the investment would not have taken place in Setubal.
Efter Kommissionens opfattelse er en investering i et mere ugunstigt stillet område mere fordelagtig for samhørigheden i EU end den samme investering i et mindre ugunstigt stillet område.
Proportionality of the aid
I henhold til punkt 53 i undersøgelseskriterierne finder Kommissionen, at »de positive virkninger af regionalstøtte, der blot opvejer forskellene i nettoomkostninger i forhold til en investeringsplacering i en mere udviklet region […], normalt vil veje tungere i afvejningsprocessen end eventuelle negative virkninger på et alternativt placeringssted for en ny investering«.
Paragraph 29 of the IDAC requires that for the aid to be proportional, the amount and intensity of the aid must be limited to the minimum needed for the investment to take place in the assisted region.
På baggrund af ovenstående finder Kommissionen, at da støtten er proportional med nettoomkostningsforskellen i forbindelse med gennemførelse af investeringen i den udvalgte region over for gennemførelse i en anden, mere udviklet region, vil de positive virkninger af støtten med hensyn til målsætning og formålstjenlighed som nævnt ovenfor veje tungere end de negative virkninger på et alternativt placeringssted.
In general, regional aid is considered to be proportional to the seriousness of the problems affecting the assisted regions if it respects the applicable regional aid ceiling, including the automatic, progressive scaling-down of the regional aid ceiling for large investment projects (which is already part of the applicable regional aid map).
I henhold til punkt 68 i RAG 2007-13 og i betragtning af den tilbundsgående undersøgelse, der blev gennemført på grundlag af undersøgelseskriterierne, konkluderer Kommissionen, at støtten er nødvendig som tilskyndelsesvirkning for investeringen, og at fordelene ved støtteforanstaltningen vil opveje de deraf følgende konkurrencefordrejende virkninger og påvirkningerne af samhandelen mellem medlemsstater.
The applied aid intensity in this case is not higher than the regional aid ceilings corrected by the scaling-down mechanism, as was already established in recital 96.
Kommissionen konkluderer, at den planlagte regionale investeringsstøtte til Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda, som er tildelt inden den 30. april 2014 med forbehold af Kommissionens godkendelse, opfylder alle forudsætninger i henhold til RAG 2007-13 og undersøgelseskriterierne og derfor i henhold til artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i TEUF kan betragtes som forenelig med det indre marked —
In addition to the general principle of proportionality contained in the RAG 2007-13, the IDAC requires a more detailed assessment to be carried out.
Kommissionen minder om, at i henhold til betragtning 16 i åbningsafgørelsen forpligtede Portugal sig til, at hverken det anmeldte støttebeløb eller den anmeldte støtteintensitet vil blive overskredet, hvis de afholdte støtteberettigede udgifter afviger fra de planlagte beløb for støtteberettigede udgifter, som er anvendt i anmeldelsen og i beregningen af det maksimale støttebeløb.
Under scenario 2 of the IDAC, the aid is considered proportionate if it equals the difference between the net costs for the beneficiary to invest in the assisted region and the net costs to invest in the alternative location.
Portugal forpligtede sig også til hvert femte år fra tidspunktet for Kommissionens godkendelse af støtten at fremlægge en foreløbig rapport for kommissionen (med oplysninger om udbetalte støttebeløb og om alle andre investeringsprojekter, der er indledt på fabrikken) samt en detaljeret endelig rapport senest seks måneder efter betaling af den sidste støttetranche baseret på den anmeldte betalingsplan —
The documentation submitted by Portugal (see recitals 68, 70 and 71 above) proves that the aid was limited to the amount necessary, because it does not exceed the difference in costs between locating the investment in Setubal and in […].
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
The calculation done at the time of the counterfactual analysis (and based on documents drafted contemporaneously with the investment decision) shows that even with the aid, Setubal was by EUR 14,6 million more expensive in discounted value than [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA].
Artikel 1
The Commission notes that the remaining cost disadvantage was considered as acceptable due to certain qualitative aspects, such as reasons of social responsibility (without the investment Autoeuropa would have had to shut down major parts of the Setubal plant) or the possibility for Setubal to cover production peaks without any support by other plants, while [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] would have to shift some of the production to [location outside EEA].
Den af Portugal påtænkte statsstøtte til Volkswagen Autoeuropa Lda på 36,15 mio. EUR (nutidsværdi) med en maksimal støtteintensitet på 6,03 % i bruttosubventionsækvivalent er forenelig med det indre marked i medfør af artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
If the calculation is done taking into account the notified discounted aid amount of EUR 36,15 million [30], the location disadvantage of Setubal would still be EUR 11,85 million (EUR 48 million-EUR 36,15 million).
Gennemførelsen af støtten på 36,15 mio. EUR (nutidsværdi) med en maksimal støtteintensitet på 6,03 % i bruttosubventionsækvivalent er derfor godkendt.
As the aid is limited to the amount necessary to compensate for the net additional costs of locating the investment project in Setubal, as compared to the alternative location [location 1 in a non-assisted area in the EEA], the Commission considers that the proportionality of the aid at the time of the location decision is demonstrated.
Artikel 2
Paragraph 40 of the IDAC states that ‘if the counterfactual analysis suggests that without the aid the investment would have gone ahead in any case, albeit possibly in another location (scenario 2), and if the aid is proportional, possible indications of distortions such as a high market share and an increase in capacity in an underperforming market would in principle be the same regardless of the aid’.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Den Portugisiske Republik.
Without the notified aid, the investment would have been carried out in another location within the EEA, resulting in the same level of distortion of competition (i.e. scenario 2).
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den 27. november 2015.
Since the aid is limited to the minimum necessary to off-set the additional costs stemming from the regional handicaps of an assisted region, it does not have undue negative effects on competition, such as crowding-out of private investment.
På Kommissionens vegne
According to paragraph 50 of IDAC, due to its geographical specificity, the potential negative location effects of regional aid are already recognised and restricted to a degree by RAG and the regional aid maps, which define exhaustively the areas eligible to grant regional aid, taking account of the equity and cohesion policy objectives, and the eligible aid intensities.
Medlem af Kommissionen
However, in accordance with paragraph 53 of the IDAC, if, without aid, the investment would have been located in a poorer region (more regional handicaps — higher maximum regional aid intensity) or in a region that is considered to have the same regional handicaps as the target region (same maximum regional aid intensity), this would constitute a negative effect on trade and a negative element in the overall balancing test that is unlikely to be compensated by any positive elements, because it runs counter the very rationale of regional aid.
EUT C 460 af 19.12.2014, s. 55.
In the case of the notified project, a greenfield investment was not considered, as an investment package of [140000-160000] cars falling into a […] price market segment is too small to render a greenfield investment viable.
Jf. fodnote 1.
By applying two criteria, existing additional capacities and compatible facilities with the planned project, the only initial alternative locations were limited to [location 1] (non-assisted area in [the EEA]), [location 2] ([outside EEA]) and [location 3] ([non-assisted area in the EEA); [location 2 outside EEA] and [location 3 in a non-assisted area in the EEA] were in a later stage excluded as they were characterised by high logistics, respectively high personnel costs.
Statsstøtte N 727/2006 — Portugal — regionalstøttekort 2007-2013 (EUT C 68 af 24.3.2007, s. 26), som forlænget frem til udgangen af juni 2014 ved SA.37471 (2013/N) — forlængelse af det portugisiske regionalstøttekort 2007-2013 frem til 30. juni 2014 (EUT C 50 af 21.2.2014, s. 16).
Therefore, the Commission concludes that there is no indication that the investment would have been located in another assisted region with a higher or similar aid intensity ceiling: hence the Commission considers that the aid has no anti-cohesion effect that would run counter the very rationale of regional aid and the aid has no undue negative effects on trade.
Sag SA.36754 Større investeringsprojekter — HU — Støtte til AUDI HUNGARIA MOTOR Ltd (EUT C 418 af 21.11.2014, s. 25).
BALANCING
EUT C 244 af 1.10.2004, s. 2.
Having established that the aid provides an incentive for carrying out the investment in the region concerned and is proportionate, it is necessary to balance the positive effects of the aid with its negative effects.
Sag SA.32169 — Tyskland — Store investeringsprojekter — Støtte til Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH (EUT C 361 af 10.12.2011, s. 17).
The assessment confirmed that the aid measure has an incentive effect attracting an investment which offers an important contribution to the regional development of a disadvantaged region which is eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) TFEU, without depriving from the investment any region with the same or a higher aid intensity ceiling (no anti-cohesion effect).
R. L. Polk & Co. (også kaldet POLK) er en globalt integreret organisation og stor leverandør af markedsoplysninger og -analyser i bilindustrien.
The Commission considers that attracting an investment to a poorer region is more beneficial for cohesion within the Union than if the same investment had been located in a more developed region.
Den 16. juli 2013 gennemførte IHS Inc., den førende globale kilde af kritiske oplysninger og analyser, sit opkøb af R. L. Polk & Co.
As stated in paragraph 53 of the IDAC, the Commission considers that ‘the positive effects of regional aid which merely compensate for the difference in net costs relative to a more developed alternative investment location […] will normally be considered, under the balancing test, to outweigh any negative effects in the alternative location for new investment’.
Forretningshemmelighed
In view of the above, the Commission finds that, given that the aid is proportional to the difference in net costs for carrying out the investment in the selected location, as compared to a more developed alternative location, the positive effects of the aid, in terms of its objective and appropriateness, as demonstrated above, outweigh the negative effects in the alternative location.
Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 800/2008 af 6. august 2008 om visse former for støttes forenelighed med fællesmarkedet i henhold til traktatens artikel 87 og 88 (Generel gruppefritagelsesforordning) (EUT L 214 af 9.8.2008, s. 3), forlænget indtil den 30. juni 2014.
In accordance with paragraph 68 of the RAG 2007-13, and in light of the in-depth assessment conducted on the basis of the IDAC, the Commission concludes that the aid is necessary to provide an incentive effect for the investment and that the benefits of the aid measure outweigh the resulting distortion of competition and effect on trade between Member States.
Retningslinjer for statsstøtte med regionalt sigte for 2007-2013 (EUT C 54 af 4.3.2006, s. 13).
The Commission concludes that the proposed regional investment aid in favour of Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda awarded on 30 April 2014 subject only to Commission approval fulfils all the conditions laid down in the RAG 2007-13 and in the IDAC and can therefore be considered compatible with the internal market in accordance with Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Den 28. juni 2013 vedtog Kommissionen Retningslinjer for statsstøtte med regionalt sigte for 2014-2020, hvori den forlængede perioden for anvendelsen af RAG 2007-13 til den 30. juni 2014 (punkt 186) (EUT C 209 af 23.1.2013, s. 1.)
The Commission recalls that in accordance with recital 16 of the opening decision, Portugal committed that neither the notified aid amount, nor the notified aid intensity will be exceeded, if the realised eligible expenditure deviates from the planned amount of eligible expenditure, as taken into account in the notification and the calculation of the maximum aid amount.
Fodnote 55 i RAG 2007-13 fastsætter følgende: »For at vurdere, om en initialinvestering er økonomisk udelelig, vil Kommissionen tage hensyn til de tekniske, funktionelle og strategiske forbindelser og den umiddelbare geografiske placering.
Portugal also undertook to submit to the Commission on a 5-yearly basis, starting from the approval of the aid by the Commission, an intermediary report (including information on the amounts being paid and on any other investment projects started at the same establishment/plant) and within 6 months after payment of the last tranche of the aid, in accordance with the notified payment schedule, a detailed final report.
Den økonomiske udelelighed vil blive vurderet uafhængigt af ejerforhold.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Ved afgørelsen af, om et stort investeringsprojekt udgør ét enkelt investeringsprojekt, indebærer dette, at vurderingen bør være den samme, uanset om projektet gennemføres af en enkelt virksomhed, af flere virksomheder, der deler investeringsomkostningerne, eller af flere virksomheder, der bærer omkostningerne forbundet med særskilte investeringer inden for samme investeringsprojekt (f.eks. i forbindelse med et joint venture)«.
Article 1
EUT C 223 af 16.9.2009, s. 3.
The State aid which Portugal is planning to implement for Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda, amounting to EUR 36,15 million in present value and representing a maximum aid intensity of 6,03 % in gross grant equivalent, is compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Kommissionen fandt i en række afgørelser om SUV'er, senest i sin endelige afgørelse om regionalstøtte til Porsche (afgørelse af 9.7.2014 i sag SA.34118 (2012/C, ex 2011/N), som Tyskland har til hensigt at gennemføre til fordel for Porsche Leipzig GmbH og Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, der endnu ikke er offentliggjort i EUT, og som er tilgængelig på http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm?clear=1&policy_area_id=3), at for så vidt angår SUV'er, er Global Insight-klassificeringen mere hensigtsmæssig.
Implementation of the aid, amounting to a maximum of EUR 36,15 million in present value and to a maximum aid intensity of 6,03 % in gross grant equivalent, is accordingly authorised.
SUV'er, der hører under POLK A0-segmentet, svarer til SUV-B-segmentet i Global Insight-klassificeringen.
Article 2
Kommissionens beslutning af 7. maj 2002 om Spaniens påtænkte statsstøtte til Ford España SA (meddelt under nummer K(2002) 1803) (EUT L 314 af 18.11.2002, s. 86).
This Decision is addressed to the Portuguese Republic.
19,95 mio. EUR omregnet til 2011-priser, det år, hvor investeringsprojektet startede, ved en diskonteringsfaktor på 1,56 %.
Done at Brussels, 27 November 2015.
Datakilden er INE — Instituto Nacional de Estatística (det officielle nationale statistikagentur).
For the Commission
Denne kontrafaktiske analyse er fremlagt i detaljer i bilag I, der ikke kan offentliggøres, idet elementerne heri udgør forretningshemmeligheder.
Member of the Commission
Jf. også fodnote 20 nedenfor.
OJ C 460, 19.12.2014, p. 55.
Dette tal er baseret på en anden spredning af de støtteberettigede udgifter over årene i forhold til den endelige investeringskonfiguration, der blev anmeldt.
Cf. footnote 1.
Autoeuropa indgav en støtteansøgning den 31. marts 2014, og myndigheden med ansvar for forvaltningen af ordningen bekræftede den 4. april 2014 skriftligt, at projektet, med forbehold af en detaljeret undersøgelse, principielt opfyldte betingelserne.
State Aid N 727/2006 — Portugal — Regional aid map 2007-2013 (OJ C 68, 24.3.2007, p. 26), as prolonged until the end of June 2014 by SA.37471 (2013/N) — Prolongation of the Portuguese regional aid map 2007-2013 until 30 June 2014 (OJ C 50, 21.2.2014, p. 16).
Jf. Rettens dom af 10. juli 2012, Smurfit Kappa Group mod Kommissionen, T-304/08, ECLI:EU:T:2012:351, præmis 94.
R. L. Polk & Co. (also referred to as POLK) is a globally integrated organisation and a major market information and analytics provider in the automotive industry.
Jf. også afsnit 3.3.2.2 i åbningsafgørelsen.
On July 16 2013, IHS Inc., the leading global source of critical information and analytics completed its acquisition of R. L. Polk & Co.
Kommissionens beslutning 2010/54/EF af 23. september 2009 om Polens påtænkte statsstøtte til fordel for Dell Products (Polen) Sp. z o.o.
Business secret
C 46/08 (ex N 775/07) ( EUT L 29 af 2.2.2010, s. 8), betragtning 171.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation) (OJ L 214, 9.8.2008, p. 3), prolonged until 30 June 2014.
Investeringsaftalen indeholdt en opsættende klausul, der gjorde aftalen afhængig af VW-koncernens beslutning om at fortsætte med projektet, forudsat at beslutningen blev truffet før den 30. juni 2014.
On 28 June 2013 the Commission adopted the Guidelines on Regional State Aid for 2014-2020, in which it extended the period of application of the RAG 2007-13 until 30 June 2014 (paragraph 186); (OJ C 209, 23.1.2013, p. 1).
Se forklaring på forskellen i støttebeløb i fodnote 19 ovenfor.
Footnote 55 of the RAG 2007-13 specifies the following: ‘To assess whether an initial investment is economically indivisible, the Commission will take into account the technical, functional and strategic links and the immediate geographical proximity.
Investeringen blev påbegyndt den 26. juni 2014 og forventes stort set at være gennemført senest i december 2018.
The economic indivisibility will be assessed independently from ownership.
Den fulde produktion forventes opnået ved udgangen af 2018.
This implies that to establish whether a large investment project constitutes a single investment project, the assessment should be the same irrespective of whether the project is carried out by one undertaking, by more than one undertakings sharing the investment costs or by more undertakings bearing the costs of separate investments within the same investment project (for example in the case of a joint venture)’.
I henhold til investerings- og støtteaftalen mellem Portugal og VW-koncernen samt Portugals indsendelse af 28. juli 2014 omfatter investeringen støtteberettigede udgifter på 672,9 mio. EUR til udstyr og infrastrukturarbejder (byggeri), der skal afholdes mellem 2014 og 2019.
OJ C 223, 16.9.2009, p. 3.
Ca. en fjerdedel af disse udgifter vil gå til leverandørværktøjer, dvs. anlægsaktiver finansieret af Autoeuropa, der ikke bliver anvendt i Autoeuropas Palmela-fabrikken, men som Autoeuropa vil stille til rådighed for sine leverandører til brug i leverandørernes virksomheder til produktion af reservedele og komponenter til VW-koncernen.
This approach is in line with the Commission's State aid decisions SA.
På det supplerende ark har de portugisiske myndigheder forklaret, at VW-koncernen har reduceret de samlede investeringsudgifter fra de 672,95 mio. EUR, der er angivet i investeringsaftalen, til 623,85 mio. EUR.
34118 (Porsche Leipzig), Decision of 9 July 2014 (C(2014)4075) in the case of SA.34118, not yet published in the OJ, available on http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm?clear=1&policy_area_id=3; SA.30340 (Fiat Powertrain Technologies), Decision of 9 February 2011, (C(2011)612) in the case of SA.30340 (OJ C 151, 21.5.2011, p. 5); SA.