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Den fuldstændige fritagelse i 2011 blev ikke finansieret af statsmidler og udgør derfor ikke statsstøtte.
The Court has recently confirmed this differentiated approach to the assessment of State resources.
ULOVLIGHED
In the ENEA S.A. case, the Court ruled that a national measure placing an obligation on both private and public undertakings to purchase electricity produced by cogeneration does not constitute an intervention by the State or through State resources when the extra costs resulting from that purchase obligation cannot be passed on entirely to end users and are not financed by a compulsory contribution imposed by the State or by a full offset mechanism.
Da Tyskland inden gennemførelsen undladte at anmelde foranstaltningen til Kommissionen med henblik på godkendelse, var den i strid med artikel 108, stk. 3, i TEUF.
In light of those principles, for the purposes of examining whether the financing of the full exemption, as resulting from the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011, involves State resources, it is necessary to differentiate between the financing of the full exemption in 2011 and the financing of that exemption during the years 2012 and 2013, that is to say following the introduction of the § 19-surcharge.
Dermed udgør foranstaltningen ulovlig statsstøtte.
Financing through State resources after the BNetzA imposed the Paragraph 19-surcharge (years 2012 and 2013)
FORENELIGHED MED DET INDRE MARKED
Based on the compensation mechanism provided for in the sixth and the seventh sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 described under section 2.4 of this Decision, the BNetzA imposed by regulatory decision of 14 December 2011 on the DSO the obligation to collect from end users the Paragraph 19-surcharge and to transfer the proceeds from this surcharge to the TSO on a monthly basis.
Nedenstående vurdering af foreneligheden vedrører kun den fuldstændige fritagelse for båndlastbrugere i 2012 og 2013 under forudsætning af, at der er tale om statsstøtte (se betragtning 160).
In recitals 49 to 84 of the Opening Decision, the Commission indicated why it considered that the full exemption had to be regarded as financed from State resources.
I åbningsafgørelsen tvivlede Kommissionen på, om den fuldstændige fritagelse for båndlastbrugere kan erklæres for forenelig med det indre marked.
Those reasons can be summarized as follows:
Derfor anmodede Tyskland om supplerende bemærkninger for så vidt angår foreneligheden af den fuldstændige fritagelse med det indre marked.
the full exemption corresponds to a policy of the State;
Tyskland har gjort gældende, at den fuldstændige fritagelse på grundlag af artikel 107, stk. 3, litra b) eller c), i TEUF kan anses for at være forenelig med det indre marked, fordi nedenstående mål ville blive forfulgt hermed:
the network operators are being provided a guarantee in the law that the financial losses resulting from the full exemption will be fully compensated through a surcharge on the electricity consumption of network users; that is to say they do not need to finance the exemption from their own financial means;
Sikring af forsyningssikkerheden
the TSO have been entrusted with the management of the financial flows resulting from the exemption and the Paragraph 19-surcharge;
Fremme af vedvarende energikilder
the TSO are not free to use the proceeds of the surcharge as they wish given that the Paragraph 19-surcharge must be limited to the financial losses resulting from the exemption; any excess revenues resulting from the surcharge must be deducted from the surcharges to be paid in following years;
Indførelsen af et system til netadgang uden forskelsbehandling mellem netbrugerne i henhold til artikel 32 i direktiv 2009/72/EF
the Paragraph 19-surcharge does not correspond to the payment for a service or a good.
Sikre at, i henhold til artikel 14 i forordning (EF) nr. 714/2009, netafgifterne afspejler de faktiske omkostninger.
The Commission does not share the view expressed by both Germany and the interested parties that the full exemption could not be regarded as financed through State resources because the financial resources that finance the exemption would not transit through the State budget.
Generelt var det også Tysklands opfattelse, at den fuldstændige fritagelse styrker den europæiske industris konkurrenceevne og er i overensstemmelse med EU's mål om en reindustrialisering af Europa.
As recalled in recitals 125 to 129 of this Decision, the Court has repeatedly ruled that the concept of State resources can also be fulfilled if the aid is financed through private means, which are imposed by the State and managed and apportioned in accordance with the provisions of the legislation.
FORENELIGHED MED ARTIKEL 107, STK.
According to the Court, such a financing scheme implies a transfer of State resources, despite the fact that those resources are not administered by the public authorities but by private entities designated by the State that are separate from the public authorities
3, LITRA B), I TRAKTATEN OM DEN EUROPÆISKE UNIONS FUNKTIONSMÅDE
The Commission considers that the losses in revenue resulting from the full exemption from network charges in 2012 and 2013 were passed on entirely to end users by a full offset mechanism financed by a compulsory contribution imposed on them by the State.
Hvad angår det første argument, med hvilket Tyskland begrunder foreneligheden, skal det bemærkes, at den fuldstændige fritagelse ikke er knyttet til et specifikt og konkret »vigtigt projekt af fælleseuropæisk interesse«.
As described in recitals 35 to 39 of this Decision, the legal framework in place in 2012 and 2013 provided for a financing mechanism that would offset the losses in revenue encountered by the network operator to which the exempted baseload consumers was connected.
Tyskland har ikke beskrevet et sådant projekt, som skulle støttes ved hjælp af den fuldstændige fritagelse.
The TSO were obliged to compensate the DSO for their losses in revenue and equalise this additional financial burden amongst them.
Ydermere har Tyskland ikke fremlagt nogen oplysninger, som kunne dokumentere, at den fuldstændige fritagelse afhjælper en alvorlig forstyrrelse i Tysklands økonomi.
Pursuant to the regulatory decision of the BNetzA of 14 December 2011 adopted on the basis of Paragraph 29(1) of the EnWG and point 6 of Paragraph 30(2) of the StromNEV 2011, the TSO were compensated for this financial burden through the Paragraph 19-surcharge.
Dermed kan den fuldstændige fritagelse ikke begrundes på grundlag af artikel 107, stk. 3, litra b), i TEUF.
The Paragraph 19-surcharge constituted a parafiscal levy on end users.
FORENELIGHED I HENHOLD TIL ARTIKEL 107, STK.
As such, it did not form part of the general system of network charges as suggested by the comments submitted by the interested parties.
3, LITRA C), I TEUF
The BNetzA itself has explained in its decision of 14 December 2011 that the Paragraph 19-surcharge had a special purpose, namely to compensate TSO for their financial losses, and therefore did not correspond to a general network charge but rather constituted ‘another charge’ within the meaning of Paragraph 17(8) of the StromNEV, that has to be collected separately from the general network charges.
Kommissionen kan imidlertid erklære en støtteforanstaltning forenelig med det indre marked direkte på grundlag af artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i TEUF, hvis foranstaltningen tjener et klart defineret mål af fælles interesse og bidrager til opnåelsen heraf, hvis den er nødvendig for at virkeliggøre dette mål, har en tilskyndelsesvirkning, er rimelig, og hvis de positive virkninger med henblik på at nå et fælles mål opvejer den negative indvirkning på konkurrence og samhandel.
The Paragraph 19-surcharge amounts to a compulsory contribution imposed by the State.
Dokumentationen for foranstaltningens forenelighed med det indre marked skal fremlægges af medlemsstaten.
It had been provided for in the StromNEV 2011 and has then been introduced via binding regulatory decision of the BNetzA, a high federal public authority entrusted with administrative and regulatory tasks and acting under the supervision of the Ministry for economic affairs and energy.
Da Tyskland har gjort gældende, at den fuldstændige fritagelse bidrager til fremme af produktionen af vedvarende el og forsyningssikkerheden, har Kommissionen undersøgt, om støtten falder ind under anvendelsesområdet for EF-retningslinjerne for statsstøtte til miljøbeskyttelse (herefter »miljøbeskyttelsesretningslinjerne«).
Its president and vice-presidents are nominated by the Minister, while its council is composed of representatives of the Bundesrat and Bundestag.
Miljøbeskyttelsesretningslinjerne indeholder imidlertid ingen forenelighedskriterier for foranstaltninger til opretholdelse af forsyningssikkerheden.
Furthermore, the network operators had been appointed to levy and administer the Paragraph 19-surcharge in accordance with the legal framework in place.
Hvad angår fremme af el fra vedvarende energi, indeholder miljøbeskyttelsesretningslinjerne kun kriterier for foreneligheden af støtte til el fra vedvarende energikilder (afsnit 1.5.6 i miljøbeskyttelsesretningslinjerne).
In this regard, it is to be recalled that the Court has repeatedly ruled that also a private entity can be appointed with the administration of State resource.
Disse kriterier vedrører imidlertid ikke foranstaltninger såsom den omhandlede foranstaltning, hvor elkunder fritages for netafgifter for at tilskynde dem til at forblive tilsluttet til nettet, således at sandsynligheden ville være større for, at brugerne, hvis der produceres vedvarende el, også forbruger denne.
Also, it follows from the Essent-judgment that more than just one entity can be appointed to carry out the administration of the surcharge.
Miljøbeskyttelsesretningslinjerne kan dermed ikke anvendes i forbindelse med den omhandlede foranstaltning.
First, the DSOs and the TSOs were obliged to levy and collect the Paragraph 19-surcharge from the end users and DSOs were obliged to transfer the Paragraph 19-surcharge to the TSO.
Kommissionen har derfor undersøgt foreneligheden af den fuldstændige fritagelse direkte på grundlag af artikel 107, stk. 3, litra c), i TEUF.
Second, the TSO could use the proceeds from the Paragraph 19-surcharge for the sole purpose of compensating for the losses in revenue stemming from the exemption for baseload consumers under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) StromNEV 2011 and the equalisation mechanism described in recital 35 of this Decision.
Mål af fælles interesse og støttens hensigtsmæssighed
This is demonstrated by the fact that the amount of the Paragraph 19-surcharge was adapted to the financial needs triggered by the full exemption.
Overholdelse af europæisk lovgivning for netafgifter
In particular, any proceeds in year x in excess of the amount required to compensate for that financial burden led to a reduction of the surcharge in year x + 2 (see recital 39).
Hvad angår dette argument, henvises til konklusionerne i betragtning 85 til 121.
The Commission therefore does not share the view of Germany and the interested parties according to which the network operators could use the proceeds of the Paragraph 19-surcharge as they wish.
Her påvises det, at den fuldstændige fritagelse, der blev indrømmet de støtteberettigede båndlastbrugere mellem 2011 og 2013, gav de pågældende brugere en selektiv fordel, idet de også blev fritaget for de netomkostninger, som deres elforbrug forårsagede.
In light of the above, it is noted that the introduction of the Paragraph 19-surcharge gave a guarantee for the network operators that their losses in revenue resulting from the exemption granted under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 were fully compensated and is therefore different from both the PreussenElektra and the ENEA cases in which the undertakings on which the purchase obligation rested had to finance the obligation through their own financial means and could not pass on the costs to their customers.
Dette er hverken i overensstemmelse med målet i artikel 14 i forordning (EU) nr. 714/2009 om, at netafgifterne skal afspejle de faktiske omkostninger, eller med princippet om ikkeforskelsbehandling.
In that respect, the view presented by the interested parties that the proceeds of the Paragraph 19-surcharge were not hypothecated to the financing of the exemption under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 cannot be accepted.
Derfor er Kommissionen ikke enig med Tyskland i, at den fuldstændige fritagelse bidrager til disse mål eller ville være nødvendig i henhold til EU-lovgivningen.
Indeed, as of 2012, the exemption from network charges could not be financed differently than via the Paragraph 19-surcharge which was calculated so as to correspond exactly to the financial needs created by the exemption.
Fremme af forsyningssikkerheden og anvendelsen af vedvarende el
Based on those elements, the Commission maintains its conclusion that the advantage granted to baseload consumers in the form of the full exemption in 2012 and 2013 must be considered as financed through State resources.
Tyskland gør gældende, at den fuldstændige fritagelse har bidraget til forsyningssikkerhed og fremme af el fra vedvarende energi på tre måder (se betragtning 165):
Financing through State resources before the Paragraph 19-surcharge was imposed (year 2011)
Båndlastbrugerne havde i perioden 2011-2013, inden de andre netstabiliserende foranstaltninger kunne indføres, leveret en tjenesteydelse, der var nødvendig for stabiliteten.
While the full exemption under the second sentence of Paragraph 19(2) StromNEV 2011 was applicable as of 1 January 2011, the Paragraph 19-surcharge only entered into force on 1 January 2012 (see recital 40 of this Decision).
De for netafgift fritagne båndlastbrugeres kontinuerlige og konstante elkøb aflaster og stabiliserer nettet.
In its Opening Decision, the Commission therefore questioned whether the exemptions granted in 2011 were equally financed through State resources and invited Germany to provide additional information on how the full exemption was financed in 2011.
Forudsigeligheden i det fritagne båndlastkøb bidrager til en effektiv anvendelse af produktionskapaciteten, og der forekommer mindre hyppigt frekvens- og spændingsafvigelser.
On the basis of the additional information provided by Germany, but also taking into account the comments made by interested parties, the Commission does not consider the financing mechanism in place in 2011 to involve State resources.
Således skulle der stilles færre reserver til rådighed og anvendes mindre balanceringsenergi.
As Germany has explained (see recital 77) and as the BNetzA has explicitly stated in the regulatory decision of 14 December 2011, no compensation and set-off mechanism was in place in 2011.
Tyskland tilføjede, at de fritagne båndlastbrugere ofte er placeret i nærheden af de store kraftværker.
In particular, the sixth and the seventh sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 were not yet applicable.
På grund af den relativt lille afstand er der færre tab ved transmission af energien, og behovet for operationelle ressourcer til sikring af den reaktive effekt er mindre.
Accordingly, the losses incurred due to the full exemption from network charges in 2011 were not passed on to the end users by a full offset mechanism or – in the absence of the Paragraph 19-surcharge in 2011 – by a compulsory contribution imposed by the State.
Interesserede parter har desuden understreget, at båndlastbrugere hyppigt har været med i TSO'ernes femtrinsplan for belastningsreduktion uden kontrakt og uden kompensation af nogen art. Visse interesserede parter anførte, at slutbrugerne skal tage hensyn til tekniske specifikationer, hvis de ønsker at blive sluttet til nettet.
Instead, as the regulatory decision of 14 December 2011 establishes, the DSO and the TSO had to cover the losses in revenues encountered due to the full exemption in 2011 from their own resources.
Med henblik herpå er det nødvendigt med visse investeringer til forbedring af spændingsreguleringen, som imidlertid ikke blev kompenseret.
They were entitled to include those losses as costs in their regulatory accounts established under the ARegV 2011.
Tyskland anfører desuden, at grundlastkraftværker var nødvendige for en sikker netdrift på grund af de vigtige systemydelser, som de leverer, idet der kunne konstateres en hurtig stigning i elproduktionen fra vedvarende energikilder, og fordi der endnu ikke var nogen balanceringsløsninger (f.eks. efterspørgselsreaktion).
However, as set out in recital 47, the losses in revenue incurred in 2011 could not be recouped by an adaptation of the 2011 network charges given that those charges have to be set in advance and cannot be modified in the course of the year.
I lyset af den stigende andel af vedvarende el var det nødvendigt med båndlastbrugere for at sikre disse konventionelle kraftværkers eksistens.
The loss in revenues – if not compensated by other increases in revenues, and hence own resources of the TSO and DSO, for 2011 – had to be booked on the Regulierungskonto.
Samtidig gør Tyskland gældende, at båndlastbrugernes stabile elkøb sikrede, at den vedvarende el altid blev forbrugt, når den blev produceret.
Where at the end of the regulatory period ending in 2013 the losses in revenue for 2011 were compensated by additional revenues in other years of that regulatory period, then no compensation of the losses would occur, and the losses would be covered by own resources of the TSO and DSO.
Dette har mindsket behovet for (yderligere og dyrere) stabiliseringsforanstaltninger (begrænsning af elektricitet fra vedvarende energikilder).
Only where the losses could not be set off against additional revenues in the regulatory period ending in 2013 could the losses of revenue encountered in 2011 lead to compensation over the next regulatory period.
På denne måde er der ydet et bidrag til energiomstillingen og et bidrag til fremme af el fra vedvarende energi.
However, even in that situation, there was no guarantee of full compensation.
Det bemærkes generelt, at den tilstræbte sikring af forsyningssikkerheden og fremme af el fra vedvarende energi blev anerkendt som mål af fælles interesse.
Rather, the level of compensation depended on other factors, in particular the efficiency (or not) of the DSO and TSO, as the ARegV is not based on real costs, but on ideal costs of an efficient undertaking.
Det er imidlertid fastslået, at det ikke blev klart dokumenteret, at den fuldstændige fritagelse ydede et direkte bidrag til den tilstræbte forsyningssikkerhed og fremme af el fra vedvarende energi og var egnet til opnåelse af disse mål.
The network operators therefore enjoyed no guarantee that their losses in revenue resulting from the full exemption in 2011 would be compensated.
Tyskland har navnlig ikke dokumenteret, at den fuldstændige fritagelse kunne bidrage til opnåelsen af disse mål og var egnet hertil.
In other words, in 2011, the network operators had to finance the full exemption from their own financial means.
Som det fremgår af det følgende, har den fuldstændige fritagelse medført indbyrdes modstridende resultater med hensyn til de mål, der skal opnås, og muligvis udgjort en hindring for opnåelsen heraf.
The Commission therefore concludes that the advantage granted to baseload consumers in the form of a full exemption from network charges in 2011 had to be financed through the own resources of the network operators and was not financed through State resources.
Båndlastforbruget kan hindre den tilstræbte fremme af el fra vedvarende energi og forsyningssikkerheden
EFFECT ON TRADE BETWEEN MEMBER STATES
Med henblik på at dokumentere, at den fuldstændige fritagelse i henhold til § 19, stk. 2, andet punktum, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011 i perioden fra 2011 til 2013 kunne bidrage til forsyningssikkerheden og var egnet til gennemførelse af dette mål, har Tyskland anført en række af båndlastbrugernes karakteristika, som gør systemforvaltningen nemmere og kommer alle netbrugere til gode.
In accordance with the Court's settled case-law, for the purpose of categorising a national measure as State aid, it is necessary, not to establish that the aid has a real effect on trade between Member States but only to examine whether that aid is liable to affect such trade.
På grund af deres stabile og forudsigelige købsadfærd er der behov for færre kompensationsforanstaltninger, reserver og mindre belastningsomfordeling.
In particular, when aid granted by a Member State strengthens the position of an undertaking compared with other undertakings competing in intra-Community trade, the latter must be regarded as affected by that aid.
Da de i reglen er placeret tættere på kraftværker, vil der være et lavere transportspild forbundet hermed og mindre behov for reaktivt kraftkompensationsudstyr.
As indicated above, the large majority of the undertakings concerned are active in the chemical industry (including industrial gases), paper, textile, steel, non-ferrous metal industry, oil refineries and glass manufacturing.
Det kan fastslås, at disse karakteristika kan reducere netomkostningerne og gøre netforvaltningen nemmere, således at de indirekte vil kunne gøre det nemmere for TSO'erne at overholde forpligtelsen til at sikre forsyningssikkerheden.
Some beneficiaries also operate data centres as service providers.
Hvis det antages, at der endnu engang kunne tages hensyn til de samme karakteristika, som allerede er anvendt til at begrunde individuelle netafgifter, med henblik på, at det kan fastslås, at fritagelsen opfylder et mål af fælles interesse, ville fritagelsen under alle omstændigheder hverken være nødvendig, have en yderligere tilskyndelsesvirkning eller sikre støttens proportionalitet (jf. afsnit 5.3.2.2 til 5.3.2.4).
All those sectors are open to trade between Member States with cross-border exchanges of goods.
Som det fremgår af det følgende, kan fritagelsen og de forudsætninger, under hvilke den indrømmes, også lægge forhindringer i vejen for de balanceringsforanstaltninger, som Tyskland har indført i 2013 til fremme af forsyningssikkerheden (betragtning 179), og betyde en stigning i omkostningerne til fremme af el fra vedvarende energi (betragtning 181).
By exempting the undertakings concerned from a cost that undertakings active in the same sector in other Member States normally have to bear (network charges), the full exemption is strengthening the position of the exempted undertakings as compared with other undertakings competing in intra-community trade, the full exemption from network charges is therefore liable to affect trade between Member States.
Derfor kan fritagelsen ikke betragtes som egnet med henblik på opnåelsen af målene om forsyningssikkerhed og fremme af anvendelsen af vedvarende energi.
IMPACT ON COMPETITION
Tyskland og de interesserede parter bemærker, at den fuldstændige fritagelse har positive virkninger for frekvens- og spændingsstabiliteten.
A measure granted by the State is considered to distort or threaten to distort competition when it is liable to improve the competitive position of the recipient compared to other undertakings with which it competes.
Derimod er det fastslået, at frekvens- og spændingsstabiliteten ikke er en tjenesteydelse, der leveres af båndlastbrugerne, men derimod en ydelse, som leveres af de konventionelle kraftværker, hvilket både Tyskland og de interesserede parter indrømmer i deres bemærkninger.
The manufacturing sectors, in which the exempted undertakings are typically active, as well as the market for data centres, are open to competition.
De fremfører som argument, at båndlastbrugerne bruges til opretholdelse af konventionelle kraftværkers rentabilitet.
In many of these sectors electricity costs represent a large share of production costs, which Germany has confirmed in its letter of 6 December 2013 as concerns the paper, the cement, the chemical sectors and the aluminium and other metal industries.
Dette argument undersøges i betragtning 183 til 188, og Kommissionen henviser til sine undersøgelsesresultater i denne henseende.
In this context, the full exemption from network charges lowers the production costs of the exempted undertakings.