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I denne sag indledte Kommissionen den formelle undersøgelsesprocedure i forbindelse med afgifter for afisning af fly.
This estimation is supported by ex post data, according to which the airport had accumulated losses amounting to EUR […] in the period in question.
Først skal Kommissionen fastslå den referenceordning, som afgifterne for afisning af fly skal vurderes i henhold til.
It is clear that a private seller would not have been able to negotiate a more favourable put option price.
I denne sammenhæng bemærker Kommissionen, at afgifterne for afisning af fly i lufthavnen er fastlagt i en særlig afgiftsordning.
The Commission therefore concludes that Hansestadt Lübeck acted like a MEO when negotiating the put option and that no economic advantage was granted to Infratil.
En sådan ordning om særlige afgifter er ikke en del af den overordnede afgiftsordning for brug af infrastruktur, men den særlige afgiftsordning har visse træk til fælles med den almindelige afgiftsordning: den særlige afgiftsordning fastsætter priser for visse ydelser, der leveres af lufthavnen til luftfartsselskaber og priser for materiel, der er nødvendigt til disse ydelser.
Purchase Price II (EUR […])
Den gælder for alle luftfartsselskaber, der benytter lufthavnen.
Purchase Price II of EUR […] had to be paid by Infratil only if certain conditions were met that ensured the profitability of the airport.
Den justeres med få års mellemrum for at tage højde for ændringer i omkostninger for de særlige ydelser.
The price corresponds to the sales price negotiated by the parties in March 2005 during the public procurement procedure.
Lufthavnen alene har kompetence til at udarbejde den særlige afgiftsordning.
The existence of an economic advantage can be excluded, if the sale complies with the market conditions.
I Lübeck-dommen fastslog Domstolen, at afgiftsordningen for 2006 for Lübeck lufthavn skulle benyttes som referenceordning [76].
This can be assumed when a sale is carried out through a public tender and the following cumulative conditions are fulfilled [55]:
I lyset af lighederne mellem den almindelige afgiftsordning og den særlige afgiftsordning konkluderer Kommissionen, at den særlige afgiftsordning i Lübeck lufthavn skal betragtes som den referenceramme, som afgifterne for afisning af fly i Lübeck lufthavn skal holdes op imod.
the shareholding is sold by a competitive tender that is open to all comers, transparent and non-discriminatory;
For det andet skal Kommissionen vurdere, om den særlige afgiftsordning skelner mellem økonomiske aktører, der er i en lignende faktisk og juridisk situation.
no conditions are attached to the sale which are not customary in comparable transactions between private parties and which are capable of potentially reducing the sales price; the shareholding is sold to the highest bidder;
Kommissionen bemærker, at den særlige afgiftsordning gælder for alle luftfartsselskaber, der benytter Lübeck lufthavn.
the bidders must be given enough time and information to carry out a proper evaluation of the assets upon which their bid is based.
Når tjenesterne for afisning af fly benyttes, skelner den særlige afgiftsordning ikke mellem forskellige luftfartsselskaber.
(245) These conditions were met by the tender taking place in March 2005.
Alle fly, der afises i Lübeck lufthavn, pålægges samme afgifter, der afhænger af flyets startvægt samt den mængde afisningsvæske og varmt vand, der benyttes.
As there were five different undertakings indicating their interest in buying the airport, it is not apparent that only Infratil was able to submit a credible bid.
Afgifterne for afisning af fly i Lübeck lufthavn afviger således ikke fra referenceordningen, eftersom der ikke gøres forskel på de luftfartsselskaber, der benytter lufthavnen.
Furthermore the public tender procedure was designed to ensure effective and non-discriminatory competition under German national law.
Kommissionen konkluderer, at afgifterne for afisning umiddelbart ikke er selektive.
(246) The Commission observes that the sales price in the first purchase agreement of March 2005 amounted to EUR […].
Eftersom afgifterne for afisning umiddelbart ikke er selektive, er der ikke behov for at vurdere, om sådanne afgifter er begrundet i arten eller den generelle afgiftsordning.
However, the terms of the agreement were renegotiated in October 2005.
Afgifterne for afisning af fly udgør således ikke statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF.
The resulting conditions for Purchase Price II, as well the agreed deductions mentioned in recital 83 were not an outcome of the original tender procedure.
KONKLUSION
Therefore, in order to assess whether the agreed price meets the market requirements, the MEO principle needs to be applied.
Kommissionen konkluderer, at det ikke er nødvendigt at træffe afgørelse om, hvorvidt potentiel statsstøtte til FLG udgør statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i TEUF, eller hvorvidt en sådan statsstøtte kan erklæres forenelig.
(247) In order to establish whether Hansestadt Lübeck would have been able to negotiate a higher purchase price, the prevailing circumstances, in particular the level of risk from the exercise of the put option for Infratil and the potential losses resulting therefrom have to be taken into consideration.
Selv om der var økonomisk kontinuitet mellem FLG og Yasmina, ville det derudover ikke længere være muligt at tilbagesøge støtten fra Yasmina, fordi selskabet er opløst, og aktiverne er blevet solgt ved en insolvensbehandling under retsligt tilsyn i overensstemmelse med tysk insolvensret.
As outlined in recital 240, even taking into account the EUR […] of losses covered by the Hansestadt Lübeck, Infratil had to expect additional financial losses between EUR […] and EUR […] when exercising the put option.
Salget af aktier i FLG til Infratil i 2005 gav ikke Infratil en fordel, da Hansestadt Lübeck optrådte som en markedsøkonomisk aktør ved salget af aktierne.
From an ex ante perspective, Infratil was therefore faced with the situation of potentially realising profits in the case of a materialisation of the second scenario, while at the same time risking high losses in the case of the exercise of the put option.
Genforhandlingen af put-optionen i 2009 og overtagelsen af ekstra underskud, investeringer og andre omkostninger i henhold til tillægsaftalen af 2009 gav heller ikke Infratil nogen fordel.
Germany stated that from the perspective of 2005, Hansestadt Lübeck considered it very unlikely that the conditions for exercising the put option would materialise, namely that the planning approval would not be obtained and the passenger numbers would be below […].
I denne forbindelse optrådte Hansestadt Lübeck også som en markedsøkonomisk aktør.
However, as noted in recital 234, Hansestadt Lübeck had to expect Infratil to attribute a higher risk to the planning approval process.
ftalen mellem FLG og Ryanair ville ud fra en forhåndsvurdering have bidraget til lufthavnens rentabilitet.
With regard to the passenger numbers, Germany argues that Ryanair announced to establish a base at Lübeck airport if existing runways would be enlarged and that the establishment of a base was expected to lead to passenger numbers of […] per year.
En markedsøkonomisk aktør ville derfor have indgået aftalen, som ikke giver Ryanair nogen fordel.
The Commission notes that actual passenger numbers at Lübeck airport did not reach this threshold but rather decreased between 2005 and 2008 to 544339 in 2008 (see Table 1).
Afgifterne for afisning af fly i lufthavnen synes ikke at være selektive —
However, the Commission notes in this context that circumstances, like the effects of the financial crisis, which could not have been anticipated in 2005, may explain a significant deviation between expected and actual passenger numbers.
VEDTAGET DENNE AFGØRELSE:
The Ecorys study commissioned by the Commission as well as the expert report drawn up by Ernst & Young ordered by HL in 2005 expected the passenger numbers to rise to […] in 2008.
Artikel 1
This figure was based on the assumption that a planning approval would be obtained in the first half of 2008 and that construction works at Lübeck airport would be postponed until the end of 2008.
Det er ikke nødvendigt at træffe afgørelse om, hvorvidt den potentielle statsstøtte til FLG udgør statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde, eller hvorvidt en sådan statsstøtte kan erklæres forenelig med det indre marked, idet FLG's økonomiske aktiviteter er ophørt, og det ikke længere er muligt at tilbagesøge støtten.
Based on this numbers, it would have been rather reasonable for Hansestadt Lübeck to consider the possibility that passenger numbers would remain below the threshold of […].
Artikel 2
Since reaching the passenger number threshold was a pre-condition for the put option to lapse, and since the obtaining of the planning approval was uncertain, the exercise of the put option had to be considered as an option.
Salget af 90 % af aktierne i FLG til Infratil og betingelserne for put-optionen, der blev genforhandlet i 2009, udgør ikke statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
Thus given the reasonable possibility of Infratil exercising the put option and the corresponding risk of high losses, the Commission assumes that a private shareholder would not have been able to negotiate a higher purchase price, as the deal would otherwise not have been profitable for a potential investor.
Artikel 3
The Commission therefore regards Hansestadt Lübeck's decision to accept a sales price of EUR […] with the agreed deductions as specified in the 2005 Participation Agreement to be economically sound.
Aftalen mellem Ryanair og Lübeck lufthavn fra 2000 udgør ikke statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
This result corresponds to the findings of the Ernest & Young study, which estimates the revenues from the sale of the shares in FLG at about EUR […] and therefore concludes that the agreed price would have been accepted by a private investor in a comparable situation.
Artikel 4
The Ecorys study estimates a much higher market value for the shares of about EUR […].
Gebyrerne for afisning af fly udgør ikke statsstøtte som omhandlet i artikel 107, stk. 1, i traktaten om Den Europæiske Unions funktionsmåde.
However, the study does not consider the high financial risks for Infratil when exercising the put option as outlined in recitals 247 and 248.
Denne afgørelse er rettet til Forbundsrepublikken Tyskland.
The varying numbers used for the calculation with regard to investments/CAPEX further contribute to a different risk assessment of both studies.
På Kommissionens vegne
In the light of these considerations, the Commission concludes that Purchase Price II as specified in the 2005 Participation Agreement complies with the market conditions and that no economic advantage has been granted to Infratil.
Medlem af Kommissionen
Conclusion on the overall profitability of the deal
EUT C 287 af 29.11.2007, s. 27.
It follows from the assessment of the measure set out above that Hansestadt Lübeck was faced with the decision to either close the airport, to continue its loss-making operation or to sell Lübeck airport.
EUT C 295 af 7.12.2007, s. 29, og EUT C 241 af 10.8.2012, s. 56.
Hansestadt Lübeck chose the most economic option available when deciding to sell the airport.
Infratil er et infrastrukturinvesteringsselskab med hovedsæde i New Zealand, som investerer i energisektoren, i lufthavne og i transportsektoren.
When assessing the concrete terms of the 2005 Participation Agreement, the interrelation of the two scenarios (i.e. Purchase Price I and the put option and Purchase Price II) needs to be taken into account.
Det ejede og drev navnlig følgende lufthavne: Wellington International airport, New Zealand; Glasgow Prestwick Airport og Kent International Airport, Det Forenede Kongerige.
As it has been found that it was reasonable from an ex ante perspective to consider both the payment of Purchase Price II and the exercise of the put option as possible, the risks for both parties resulting from this have to be considered.
Det har i mellemtiden frasolgt sine investeringer i europæiske lufthavne.
Especially with regard to the potential financial losses of Infratil resulting from the exercise of the put option, the Commission considers it unlikely that a private seller in the stead of Hansestadt Lübeck would have been able to negotiate a more favourable agreement.
Ryanair er et irsk luftfartsselskab og medlem af European Low Fares Airlines Association.
The Commission therefore concludes that Hansestadt Lübeck acted like a MEO when negotiating the 2005 Participation Agreement.
Luftfartsselskabets virksomhed er baseret på sekundære, regionale lufthavne.
As a result, the measure did not grant Infratil any economic advantage and did not constitute State aid.
Luftfartsselskabet beflyver i øjeblikket omkring 160 europæiske destinationer.
The 2009 Additional Agreement and the renegotiation of the put option — Takeover of losses, investments and other costs of FLG in 2009
Ryanair har en homogen flåde, der består af 272 Boeing 737-800-fly med 189 sæder.
As stated above, the 2009 Additional Agreement signed on 12 November 2008 did not modify the amounts payable for the put option under the 2005 Participation Agreement, but included the takeover of losses, agreed investments and other costs related to the operation of Lübeck airport in 2009, resulting in a total put option price of EUR […] (see recital 90).
Da beslutningen om at indlede proceduren blev truffet i 2007, udførte Ryanair 23 flyvninger om ugen fra Lübeck lufthavn til 5 europæiske destinationer: London-Stansted, Det Forenede Kongerige, Milano-Bergamo og Pisa, Italien, Palma de Mallorca, Spanien, og Stockholm-Skavsta, Sverige.
In its 2012 Opening decision, the Commission had opened investigations into two separate measures:
EUT C 295 af 7.12.2007, s. 29.
the takeover of losses, investments and other measures of FLG in 2009,
Peter C. Klanowski og Horst Conrad.
the difference between the put option price agreed in 2005 and the actual put option price paid.
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 (EFT L 83 af 27.3.1999, s. 1).
However, on the basis of the information received, the Commission finds that these two issues concern the same measure, namely the 2009 Additional Agreement between Hansestadt Lübeck and Infratil.
Meddelelse fra Kommissionen — Retningslinjer for statsstøtte til lufthavne og luftfartsselskaber (EUT C 99 af 4.4.2014, s. 3).
To determine whether the put option price under the 2009 Agreement included an economic advantage for Infratil, the Commission needs to apply the MEO test.
EUT C 113 af 15.4.2014, s. 30.
In order to be able to determine whether Hansestadt Lübeck chose the financially most advantageous option available, the Commission has to place itself in the position of a private shareholder at the time when the agreement was signed [56].
Dette er en ikkestatslig organisation, der er registreret i henhold til bestemmelserne i Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv 2003/35/EF af 26. maj 2003 om mulighed for offentlig deltagelse i forbindelse med udarbejdelse af visse planer og programmer på miljøområdet og om ændring af Rådets direktiv 85/337/EØF og 96/61/EF for så vidt angår offentlig deltagelse og adgang til klage og domstolsprøvelse (EUT L 156 af 25.6.2003, s. 17).
The Commission finds that after Infratil announced its intention to exercise its put option in 2009, Hansestadt Lübeck was faced with the following options:
Forud for indledningen blev foranstaltningerne undersøgt i sag CP 31/2009 (SA.27585) og CP 162/2010 (SA.31149).
close the airport;
EUT C 241 af 10.8.2012, s. 56.
search for a new private operator and meanwhile
Den føderale sammenslutning af tyske kommercielle lufthavne (Bundesverband der deutschen Verkehrsflughäfen).
resume the operation of the airport; or
Yasmina blev oprettet med henblik på at købe og drive Lübeck lufthavn.
The option of closing the airport (option a) would have required Hansestadt Lübeck to pay the put option price of EUR […] (see recital 238) immediately and to initiate the procedure for closing the airport, facing additional costs (see the Berenberg study, presented in Table 9).
Rettens dom af 9. september 2014, Hansestadt Lübeck mod Europa-Kommissionen, T-461/12, ECLI:EU:T:2014:758.
In the first subscenario of option b (Hansestadt Lübeck resumes operation of the airport until a new private investor is found), Hansestadt Lübeck would have had to pay the put option price to Infratil laid down in the 2005 Participation Agreement and to cover all costs arising from the operation of the airport until a new investor would be found.
Rettens dom af 21. december 2016, Kommissionen mod Hansestadt Lübeck, C-524/14 P, ECLI:EU:C:2016:971.
Deriving from the put option price paid in 2009 (see Table 3), the costs for operating losses, investment, the planning approval process and legal costs alone would have amounted to EUR […].
Se Lübeck lufthavns websted: http://www.flughafen-luebeck.de/images/02-unternehmen/06-zahlen_fakten_daten/02-monatsstatistik/ab2000.pdf (Status: 22. maj 2015).
Therefore, already by October 2009, Hansestadt Lübeck would have faced costs of approximately EUR […] (put option price according to 2005 Participation Agreement plus operating costs for November 2008 to October 2009).
Bürgerschaft i Hansestadt Lübeck består af repræsentanter for borgerne i byen.
Germany submitted that a resale of FLG to a new private investor would have required a new Union wide tender procedure, which is estimated to take a minimum of 12 months.
EUT 2012/S 156-261107 af 16. august 2012 (http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:261107-2012:TEXT:EN:HTML&tabId=1).
The Commission notes that a private operator would indeed have taken into account the estimated duration of the tender procedure.
Afgørelsen om byggetilladelsen, der gav tilladelse til at udvikle Lübeck lufthavn, blev truffet den 20. januar 2005 og omfattede flere infrastrukturforanstaltninger.
In this scenario, assuming that Infratil would exercise its put option in October 2009, Hansestadt Lübeck would have had to pay the put option price under the 2009 Additional Agreement.
Den er blevet anfægtet af flere parter i retten.
As this price consists of the put option price of the 2005 Participation Agreement and additional costs relating to the operation of the airport in 2009, the potential costs for Hansestadt Lübeck are comparable to those of the second scenario.
I interimsproceduren er der truffet to afgørelser ved højere retsinstanser, der har retskraft: Der er tale om afgørelse 4 MR 1/05 af 18. juli 2005 fra Oberverwaltungsgericht Schleswig (OVG) og afgørelse 101/05 af 21. oktober 2005 fra Oberverwaltungsgericht Schleswig (OVG).
The 2009 Additional Agreement had however an advantage for HL in so far as it provided Hansestadt Lübeck with the time to prepare a tender to find a new investor.
På baggrund af disse afgørelser blev godkendelsen af byggetilladelsen afvist.
Furthermore, the immediate departure of Infratil carried the risk of causing Ryanair to reduce its services at Lübeck airport, and thereby to potentially enlarge future operating losses.
Fortrolige oplysninger.
Moreover, the reduction of Ryanair's services could have had a negative impact on the planning approval procedure, as FLG justified its need for an extension of the airport primarily with the growth of the low cost segment.
Anvendelse af EF-traktatens artikel 92 og 93 og EØS-aftalens artikel 61 på statsstøtte i luftfartssektoren (EFT C 350 af 10.12.1994, s. 5).
In the light of these considerations, the Commission concludes that signing the 2009 Additional Agreement was the most advantageous option available and that Hansestadt Lübeck therefore acted like a MEO.
Domstolens dom af 16. maj 2002, Frankrig mod Kommissionen (»Stardust Marine«), C-482/99, ECLI:EU:C:2002:294.
In view of the comparison of the different options and the related costs, it can be concluded that the 2009 Additional Agreement was in line with the MEO principle, since it constituted the least financially burdensome and most economically forward looking option at the time.
Domstolens dom af 24. juli 2003, Altmark Trans GmbH og Regierungspräsidium Magdeburg mod Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Altmark GmbH, C-280/00, ECLI:EU:C:2003:415.
This has proven to be true from an ex post perspective, since a new investor was only found in 2012.
Oxera-rapport, Economic MEOP assessment: Lübeck airport, 6. februar 2015.
Furthermore, the elements of the put option price correspond to those under the 2005 Participation Agreement and merely expand the components of the put option price to the costs in 2009.
Forretningsplan »Takeoff Konzept« fra 21. december 2009, jf. http://www.luebeck.de/stadt_politik/rathaus/wahlen/files/M21_Take_off_Konzept_HL-Umdruck_17-156_WA_Ltsh.pdf.
Like the 2005 Participation Agreement, the 2009 Additional Agreement also contains a limit for the operating losses and investment costs to be paid by Hansestadt Lübeck.
Rettens dom af 17. december 2008, Ryanair mod Kommissionen (»Charleroi«), T-196/04, ECLI:EU:T:2008:585.
On the basis of those considerations, the Commission concludes that there was no economic advantage granted to Infratil and thus the measure did not constitute State aid.
Kommissionens beslutning af 12. november 2008, statsstøttesag N 510/2008 — Italien — Salg af Alitalias aktiver (EUT C 46 af 25.2.2009, s. 6).
Economic advantage
Domstolens dom af 8. maj 2003, Italien og SIM 2 Multimedia mod Kommissionen, C-328/99 og C-399/00, ECLI:EU:C:2003:252; Kommissionens beslutning af 17. september 2008, i statsstøttesag N 321/2008, N 322/2008 og N 323/2008 — Grækenland — Salg af visse af Olympic Airlines/Olympic Airways Services' aktiver (EUT C 18 af 23.1.2010, s. 9); Kommissionens beslutning af 12. november 2008 i statsstøttesag N 510/2008 — Italien — Salg af Alitalias aktiver (EUT C 46 af 25.2.2009, s. 6); Kommissionens afgørelse af 4. april 2012 i statsstøttesag SA.34547 — Frankrig — Overtagelse af Sernam-koncernens aktiver som led i dennes likvidation (EUT C 305 af 10.10.2012, s. 5).
Where an airport has public resources at its disposal, aid to an airline can, in principle, be excluded where the relationship between the airport and the airline satisfies the MEO test.
Rettens dom af 28. marts 2012, Ryanair Ltd mod Kommissionen, T-123/09, ECLI:EU:T:2012:164.
Under the 2014 Aviation Guidelines [57], the existence of aid to an airline using a particular airport can, in principle, be excluded if the price charged for the airport services corresponds to the market price (‘first approach’), or if it can be demonstrated through an ex ante analysis — that is to say one founded on information available when the aid is granted and on developments foreseeable at the time — that the airport/airline arrangement will lead to a positive incremental profit contribution for the airport and is part of an overall strategy leading to profitability at least in the long term (‘second approach’).
Rettens dom af 28. marts 2012, Ryanair Ltd mod Kommissionen, T-123/09, ECLI:EU:T:2012:164, præmis 156.
The second approach means that it must be assessed whether, at the date when an agreement was concluded, a prudent market economy operator would have expected the agreement to be incrementally profitable.