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Som beskrevet ovenfor blev RWE-aktierne overdraget til EEB på grundlag af Landkreis Emslands beslutning om at overtage virksomheden EE.
As Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 is not applicable, the measures under assessment can not have been block-exempted under this Regulation.
Virksomheden EE udførte tidligere offentlige opgaver inden for planlægning og samordning af offentlig personbefordring inden for landkreisforvaltningens rammer.
Therefore, in so far as the measures above constitute State aid, the Commission considers that Germany has not respected the requirements of Article 108(3) TFEU [43].
For at sætte EEB i stand til at handle, måtte virksomheden have en åbningsbalance.
Since the RWE shares transferred in 1998 constitute State aid, and it cannot be excluded that the funding provided for the MCE and the call-busses constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU, the Commission must therefore next determine whether the aid in question can be considered compatible on the basis of the derogations provided for in that Treaty.
I henhold til § 3 i selskabets vedtægter omfatter EEB's opgaver udarbejdelsen af NTP for Landkreis Emsland, driften af MCE samt organisering af skoletransporten.
It is considered that the measures under investigation all represent the reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of a public service which support the needs of coordination of transport.
Samtlige disse opgaver kan betragtes som bidrag til udviklingen af den offentlige nærtransport i Emsland og derfor som nødvendig for samordningen af transporten.
Article 93 TFEU provides that ‘aids shall be compatible with the Treaties if they meet the needs of coordination of transport or if they represent reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the notion of a public service’.
Kommissionen henviser dog i sin konklusion til, at overdragelsen i 1998 og besiddelsen af aktierne i retlig forstand ikke har sammenhæng med disse aktiviteter.
That Article constitutes a lex specialis in relation to Articles 106 and 107 TFEU.
Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland har godtgjort, at aktierne rent faktisk længe ikke blev anvendt til andre aktiviteter.
According to case law of the Court of Justice [44], aid to land transport may be declared compatible on the basis of Article 93 of the Treaty only in well-defined cases which do not jeopardise the general interests of the union.
Dog er der risiko for, at EEB sælger disse aktier og finansierer økonomiske aktiviteter inden for andre områder med salgsprovenuet eller belåning af aktierne.
Germany has not brought forward any compatibility grounds, as it is of the opinion that none of the measures would entail State aid.
Da EEB stadig ejer aktierne, kan det udelukkes, at salgsprovenuet blev anvendt til økonomiske aktiviteter i den periode, som er genstand for undersøgelsen.
The opening decision raised doubts as regards compatibility on the basis of Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70, Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 as well as on the basis of Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.
Skulle EEB i fremtiden anvende 1998-aktierne til sådanne formål, vil det kunne gøres gældende, at overdragelsen af disse aktier ikke længere kun var et bidrag til målet om samordning af transporten.
Given that the measures at stake concerned the reimbursement for the discharge of certain obligations inherent in the concept of public service which support the needs of the coordination of transport, they fall under Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70; Article 3(2) of the Regulation allows for the assessment of the reimbursement for the discharge of obligations inherent in the concept of a public service to a transport undertaking or activities to which Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 does not apply.
Ved vurderingen af, om denne aktieoverdragelse var forenelig med det indre marked, er Kommissionen derfor nødt til at basere sig på brugen af disse (se nedenfor).
While aid that used to fall under Regulation (EEC) No 1191/69 will now be examined under Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007, aid for the compatibility of aid for certain obligations inherent in the concept of public service which support the needs for coordination of transport can now be examined directly under Article 93 TFEU.
Mobilitetscenter Emsland
For the sake of completeness, the compatibility of the measures at stake will be assessed both in accordance with the rules applicable at the time of the decision as well as the rules applicable at the time the measures were paid.
Som allerede nævnt i betragtning 47 besluttede Landkreis Emsland den 31. juli 1995 at drive et mobilitetscenter for at kunne tilbyde offentligheden en informationstjeneste for den offentlige transport.
This is why compatibility is assessed according to Article 93 TFEU as well as Article 3(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 1107/70, as explained further below in recitals 172 f. and 212 f.
Emsland overdrog denne opgave til EEB ved selskabets stiftelse den 1. januar 1997.
COMPATIBILITY ASSESSMENT WITH ARTICLE 93 TFEU
Driften af MCE er en af opgaverne i sammenhæng med planlægning og samordning af den offentlige personbefordring, som udtrykkeligt er tillagt EEB i selskabets vedtægter.
The Court of Justice has ruled that Article 93 ‘acknowledges that aid to transport is compatible with the Treaty only in well-defined cases which do not jeopardise the general interests of the Community’.
I henhold til § 2, stk. 2, og § 6 i NNVG er tilrettelæggelsen af en offentlig transportydelse en offentlig opgave.
The concept of ‘coordination of transport’ used in Article 93 TFEU has a significance which goes beyond the simple fact of facilitating the development of an economic activity.
Driften af MCE bidrager til en effektivt og smidigt offentligt transportudbud og dermed til et formål af fælles interesse.
It implies an intervention by public authorities, which is aimed at guiding the development of the transport sector in the common interest.
Tilkaldebusser
The transport sector may experience ‘coordination’ difficulties in the economic sense of the term, for example, in the connections between different transport networks.
Landkreis Emsland besluttede at udvide tilkaldebussystemet i regionen af to forskellige grunde [47]:
The Commission has, on this basis, already authorized State aid under Article 93 TFEU [46].
forbedring af trafikforbindelsen mellem by og land i regionen
In the current case, the RWE shares were transferred to EEB to enable it to fulfil public tasks related to the planning and coordination of public local passenger transport.
optimering af trafikforbindelserne i byer og landbyer.
These tasks listed in paragraph 3 of EEB's articles of association (see also recital 14) include the drafting the NVP for the Landkreis Emsland, the running of the EMC and organisation of school transport.
Tilkaldebusserne anvendes til offentlig transport uden for myldretiden for at forbedre udbuddet af offentlig transport på disse tidspunkter.
All of these services contribute to the coordination of transport.
Tilkaldebusserne er kørestols- og barnevognsvenlige.
To the extent that the financing of the MCE is considered as State aid, the Commission considers that the objective of the measure is the coordination of information on public transport.
Kommissionen har i de seneste år i en række strategidokumenter altid understreget, hvor vigtige bedre intermodale forbindelser er.
With regard to the call busses, the Commission notes that the measure in question concerns the purchase of rolling stock in view of making it available to the actual operators of transport services.
De EU-retningslinjer for udviklingen af et transeurpæisk transportnetværk, der er fastlagt i Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EU) nr. 1315/2013 [48], opstiller optimal integration og gensidig sammenknytning af alle transportformer som et af de vigtigste mål.
EEB set up and coordinated a public transport service, rather than carrying out the transport service itself.
Også den intermodale sammenknytning i byer og landsbyer fører til et mere effektivt transportsystem.
The Commission acknowledges that the objective of all those measures has been to enable EEB to fulfil certain tasks in the area of public transport previously carried out within the administration of the Landkreis.
En højere frekvens i et potentielt tilgængeligt samlet udbud af offentlig transport i Landkreis Emsland er i lokalbefolkningens interesse, især da det er et af de mindre tætbefolkede områder i Tyskland.
While the objective of a measure is not relevant for the analysis of existence of State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) TFEU (where the effect of the measure is decisive), the objective must be taken into consideration in the assessment of the compatibility of these measures with the internal market.
En koordineret udvidelse af tilkaldebussystemet kan derfor betragtes som et formål af fælles interesse.
According to a constant decisional practice, aid for the coordination of transport will be deemed compatible with the internal market under Article 93 TFEU if the following conditions are met: the aid must contribute to a well-defined objective of common interest;
Ligesom for 1998-aktiernes vedkommende gælder det også for besiddelsen af tilkaldebusserne, at hvis tilkaldebusserne gav EEB en fordel i forbindelse med dets økonomiske aktiviteter, så kunne finansieringen af disse busser ikke længere udelukkende betragtes som et bidrag til formålet med samordning af transporten.
the aid must be necessary and provide an incentive effect;
Den første betingelse for statsstøttes forenelighed i henhold til traktatens artikel 93 er derfor kun opfyldt, hvis EEB ikke bruger tilkaldebusserne til andre formål i forbindelse med sine økonomiske aktiviteter.
the aid must be proportionate;
I sine bemærkninger af 5. november 2012 bekræftede Tyskland, at tilkaldebusserne i det tidsrum, som er omfattet af undersøgelsen, hovedsagligt blev anvendt til tilkaldebustjenesten, og at EEB havde overført provenuet fra salget af én bus til Landkreis Emsland.
the access to the infrastructure in question must be open to all users on a non-discriminatory basis;
De tyske myndigheder har bekræftet, at de samme principper vil gælde for fremtiden.
the aid must not lead to distortions of competition contrary to the common interest.
På grundlag af denne udtalelse fra Tyskland konkluderer Kommissionen, at finansieringen af tilkaldebusserne kun tjente formålet med samordning af transportvæsenet.
Well-defined objective of common interest
Statsstøttens nødvendig og tilskyndelsesvirkning
The 1998 shares
Overdragelsen af 1998-aktierne udgjorde (sammen med andre foranstaltninger som f.eks. det oprindelige kapitalindskud, der ikke er genstand for undersøgelsen) grundlaget for EEB's eksistens.
As described above, the RWE shares were transferred to EEB in the context of the decision of the Landkreis to incorporate the entity EE, which previously carried out public tasks related to the planning and coordination of public local passenger transport within the administration of the Landkreis.
Uden denne foranstaltning ville EEB ikke have været i stand til at varetage sine offentlige opgaver inden for planlægning og samordning af den offentlige personbefordring.
To enable EEB to operate it had to be endowed with an initial balance sheet.
Støtten i form af overdragelsen af 1998-aktierne er derfor nødvendig for realiseringen af det ovenfor nævnte formål af fælles interesse og har en tilskyndelsesvirkning.
Pursuant to paragraph 3 of the articles of association of EEB, its tasks include the drafting the NVP for the Landkreis Emsland, the running of the EMC and the organisation of school transport.
Landkreisrådet havde ved etableringen af MCE i juli 1995 besluttet, at manglen på lettilgængelige oplysninger om rejsemulighederne var en af de største mangler ved den offentlige trafik i Landkreis Emsland.
All of these tasks can be qualified as contributing to the development of public transport in the Landkreis and thus as necessary for the coordination of transport.
Ingen sådanne omfattende tjenesteydelser blev tilbudt på markedet i Emsland.
Nonetheless, the Commission recalls its conclusion that the transfer and the ownership of the 1998 shares is not legally linked to any of those activities.
Borgerne havde gratis adgang til oplysningerne hos MCE, og EEB ville derfor ikke kunne generere nogen indtægter fra denne aktivitet, som kunne være med til at dække dens driftsomkostninger.
To date, Germany has shown that the shares have de facto not been used for any other activity.
Kommissioner finder derfor, at støtten til driften af MCE var nødvendig og havde en tilskyndelsesvirkning.
However, there is a risk that EEB can dispose of these shares and finance economic activities in other areas from the proceeds from a sale or by using the shares as collateral in such context.
I sin undersøgelse af støttens nødvendighed og tilskyndelsesvirkning tog Kommissionen hensyn til, at projektet ikke ville have været økonomisk rentabelt uden rådighed over tilkaldebusserne.
EEB still possesses the shares, it can therefore be excluded that the proceeds from the sale were used for the purpose of economic activities during the period under investigation.
På Kreistag- mødet den 8. februar 2006 erklærede Landkreisrådet udtrykkeligt, at udvidelsen af tilkaldebussystemet ikke måtte påvirke det allerede eksisterende tilkaldebussystem.
If the 1998 shares were to be used by EEB in this way in future, it could be argued that the transfer of the 1998 shares would no longer contribute exclusively to the objective of coordination of transport.
Tilkaldebussystemet skulle kun indføres i områder, hvor andre systemer ikke var økonomisk rentable.
The first criterion of compatibility of aid under Article 93 TFEU therefore is only met if EEB does not use the 1998 shares to finance economic activities outside its public tasks.
EEB anskaffede busserne på Landkreis Emslands vegne og stillede disse busser til rådighed for tredjeparter på grundlag af kontrakter og på gennemsigtige vilkår, som var blevet fastsat af Landkreis Emsland.
The Commission therefore must impose conditions on the use of the 1998 shares as a condition for compatibility of the transfer of the 1998 shares with the internal market (described below).
Tredjeparter fik busserne stillet til rådighed uden omkostninger, og EEB modtog ingen lejeindtægter eller andre indtægter for at stille busserne til rådighed, som kunne have finansieret anskaffelsen af busserne.
Mobility Centre Emsland
Busserne blev anvendt af underleverandører og tredjeparter, men ikke af EEB selv.
As described in recital 47, the Landkreis decided to run a mobility centre on 31 July 1995 so it could provide a public transport information service to the general public.
EEB modtog derfor ingen indtægter fra anvendelsen af tilkaldebusserne.
The Landkreis transferred this task to EEB when it was founded on 1 January 1997.
EEB fungerede som forvaltningens mellemmand for en offentlig transporttjeneste.
The running of the EMC is one of the tasks related to the planning and coordination of public local passenger transport that have been explicitly assigned to EEB in its articles of association.
Kommissioner finder derfor, at støtten til EEB til udviklingen af tilkaldebussystemet var nødvendig og havde en tilskyndelsesvirkning.
§ 2(2) and § 6 of the regional law NNVG stipulate that the provision of public transport is a task falling within the public remit.
Støttens proportionalitet
The running of the EMC is contributing to the efficient and smooth provision of public transport and is therefore contributing to an objective of common interest.
Det kan derfor antages, at markedsværdien af 1998-aktierne er forringet, så længe forpligtelsen til at betale udbyttet til Landkreis Emsland fortsat består, fordi denne forpligtelse forringer disse aktiers økonomiske værdi..
Call-busses
Kommissionen finder derfor, at statsstøtten i form af overdragelsen af 1998-aktierne er begrænset til det minimum, som er nødvendigt, for at EEB kan varetage sine offentlig opgaver inden for samordning af transporten, og derfor står i et rimeligt forhold til foranstaltningens formål.
The Landkreis Emsland decided to expand the call-a-bus scheme in the district for two distinct reasons [47]:
Som allerede nævnt (se betragtning 77) godtgjorde Landkreis Emsland EEB's faktisk afholdt udgifter i forbindelse med driften af MCE.
to improve the connection of the cities and villages in the region to the train stations;
En fortjenstmargen var ikke forudset.
to optimise the inter-connection between different parts of cities and villages.
Kommissionen er derfor af den opfattelse, at den støtte, der er ydet med denne foranstaltning, er proportional.
The call-busses are used on public transport routes at off-peak hours to improve the public transport offer at this point in time.
Ved undersøgelsen af støttens proportionalitet tager Kommissionen hensyn til følgende aspekter:
The call-busses are adapted for wheel-chairs and prams.
EEB har anskaffet busserne på vegne af Landkreis Emsland og modtaget godtgørelse for de faktiske omkostninger
The Commission has been stressing the importance of better intermodal connection in a variety of policy papers over the past years.
EEB modtager ingen indtægter ved at give tredjeparter rådighed over tilkaldebusserne
The 2013 Union guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council [48] define the optimal integration and interconnection of all transport modes as one of their key objectives.
hvis det ikke skulle lykkes at finde tredjeparter, som er interesseret i at drive tilkaldebusserne, bliver disse busser returneret til Landkreis Emsland
Also the interconnection of different parts of cities and villages leads to a more efficient transport scheme.
når tilkaldebusserne ikke længere er i drift, skal de sælges, og salgsprovenuet overføres til Landkreis Emsland.
The improved frequency of potentially available inclusive public transport options is in the interest of the inhabitants of the Landkreis Emsland, especially as it is one of the less densely populated areas of Germany.
På grundlag af disse aspekter finder Kommissionen, at den finansielle støtte til anskaffelse af tilkaldebusserne er proportional.
The coordination of the expansion of the call-a-bus scheme can therefore be qualified as contributing to an objective of common interest.
Støtten og de finansierede aktiviteter er til rådighed for alle brugere uden forskelsbehandling
Similar as for the 1998 shares, in as far as the ownership of the call-busses could provide an advantage to the economic activities of EEB, financing of the call-busses would no longer contribute exclusively to the objective of coordination of transport.
ktierne
The first criterion of compatibility of aid under Article 93 TFEU therefore is only met if EEB does not use the call-busses to the benefit of its economic activities.
Med hensyn til EEB's aktiviteter inden for samordning af transporten er der tale om offentlige opgaver, og disse tjenester står pr. definition til rådighed for alle uden forskelsbehandling.
In its submission of 5 November 2012 Germany confirmed that during the period under investigation the call-busses were principally be used for the call-a-bus service and when EEB sold one of the busses EEB returned the proceeds to the Landkreis.
MCE stiller gratis oplysninger til rådighed for alle interesserede borgere.
The German authorities confirmed that the same principles would be applicable for the future.
Det følger heraf, at adgangen til den pågældende tjenesteydelse står til rådighed for alle brugere uden forskelsbehandling.
The transfer of the 1998 shares (together with other measures — such as the initial capital injection — not subject to this decision) enabled the very existence of EEB.
EEB tilbød tilkaldebusserne på samme betingelser til alle busselskaber i Emsland, som driver offentlig transport.
Without this measure, EEB would not have been able to fulfil its public tasks related to the planning and coordination of public local passenger transport.
Disse betingelser blev fastsat af Landkreis Emsland.
The aid in the form of the transfer of the 1998 shares therefore is necessary to attain the objective of common interest as described above and has an incentive effect.
Landkreis Emsland sendte en skrivelse til busselskaberne, hvoraf fremgik, på hvilke betingelser tilkaldebusserne ville blive stillet til rådighed, og anmodede heri busselskaberne om at tilkendegive deres interesse.
The Kreisausschuß (decision making body of the Landkreis) had identified the lack of easily available information on travel options as one of the main deficiencies of public transport in the Landkreis Emsland when creating the MCE in July 1995.
Busserne blev udlejet på basis af en standardkontrakt (se også betragtning 80), hvori det blev aftalt, at transportselskaberne skulle afholde drifts- og vedligeholdelsesomkostninger, men ikke betale leje af busserne.
The market did not provide such aggregate services in the Landkreis Emsland.
Efter aftale med Landkreis Emsland blev busserne også i et vist omfang brugt inden for rammerne af skoletransporten.
The MCE did not charge the citizens for providing the information, the EEB therefore did not have revenues from this activity from which it could have covered the related operating costs.
Dette gælder for alle fem tilkaldebusser.
The Commission therefore accepts that the aid was necessary for the operation of the MCE and had an incentive effect.
Det følger heraf, at adgangen til den pågældende infrastruktur stod til rådighed for alle brugere uden forskelsbehandling.
When assessing the necessity and incentive effect of the aid, the Commission takes into account the fact that, without the making available of the call busses, the project would not have been financially sustainable.
Støtten medfører ikke konkurrencefordrejninger, som er i modstrid med den fælles interesse
At the meeting of the Kreistag on 8 February 2006, it was explicitly mentioned that the expansion of the call-bus system should not affect any existing call-bus schemes.
Overdragelsen af 1998-aktierne gjorde det alene muligt — i økonomisk henseende — at stifte selskabet EEB, som primært varetager offentlige opgaver inden for samordning af transportvæsenet.
The call-bus system should only be introduced in areas where it would not be economically viable otherwise.
Foranstaltningen fører derfor ikke til konkurrenceforvridning, som strider mod den fælles interesse.
EEB bought the busses on behalf of the Landkreis and made them available to third parties on the basis of contracts and under transparent conditions, set by the Landkreis Emsland.
Som allerede nævnt indsamler MCE oplysninger fra alle aktive transportselskaber i Emsland på samme betingelser og stiller gratis disse oplysninger til rådighed for borgerne.
Third parties obtained the busses free of charge and EEB did not gain any rental or other proceeds for making the busses available, from which it could have financed the acquisition of the busses.
Støtten forårsager derfor ikke konkurrenceforvridninger, som er i modstrid med den fælles interesse.
The busses were used by subcontractors and third parties, not EEB itself, so again EEB has not received any revenues from an economic exploitation of the call-busses.
Som allerede nævnt besluttede Landkreis Emsland at udvide tilkaldebussystemet på betingelse af, at dette ikke påvirkede det allerede eksisterende tilkaldebussystem og blev udført på strækninger, som var urentable.
EEB acted as an administrative intermediary for a public transport service.
Da busserne blev stillet til rådighed på samme betingelser for alle interesserede parter, kan indførelsen af disse yderligere strækninger ikke antages at have forårsaget konkurrencefordrejninger i strid med den fælles interesse.
The Commission therefore considers that the aid to EEB was necessary to develop the call-a-bus system and had an incentive effect.
Konklusion og betingelse
Proportionality of the aid