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TSO'erne blev udpeget til at forvalte kapitalstrømmene i forbindelse med fritagelsen og § 19-tillægsafgiften.
It must further be observed that the other category of atypical network users referred to in the first sentence of Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV continued to be subject to individual network charges calculated on the basis of their individual load profile during the years 2011 to 2013 (see recital 21 of this Decision).
TSO'erne kan ikke selv beslutte, hvordan de vil disponere over indtægterne fra afgiften, da afgiften kun må dække de økonomiske tab, der opstår på grund af fritagelsen: Eventuelle overskud i forbindelse med afgiftsindtægterne skal fratrækkes fra de afgifter, der skal betales i de følgende år.
The full exemption for baseload consumers therefore introduced a discrimination against both other groups of atypical network users that were still subject to individual network charges and all other end users given that the full exemption deviates from the principle of cost causality and proportionality of network charges.
§ 19-tillægsafgiften udgør ikke betaling for en tjenesteydelse eller vare.
It is noted that before the full exemption introduced from 2011 baseload consumers were subject to individual network charges that had to be determined so as to take into account the reduction of network costs or the mitigation of increases in network costs that were due to baseload consumers.
Kommissionen er ikke enig med Tyskland og de interesserede parter i, at den fuldstændige fritagelse kan betragtes som en foranstaltning, der ikke er finansieret af statsmidler, fordi midlerne til finansiering af fritagelsen ikke går over statsbudgettet.
Those individual network charges might however not be lower than 20 % of the published network charges.
Som det er beskrevet i betragtning 125 til 129, har Domstolen gentagne gange fastslået, at begrebet statsmidler også er opfyldt, hvis støtten finansieres af private midler, der skal betales på grund af en af staten pålagt pligt, og den forvaltet og fordeles i henhold til bestemmelserne i den pågældende retsakt.
In order to calculate those costs, the BNetzA had defined the physical path methodology (see recital 19).
Ifølge Domstolen må det antages, at en sådan finansieringsordning omfatter overførsel af statsmidler, selv om midlerne ikke administreres af myndigheder, men af institutioner, der er udpeget af staten.
The Commission considers that this methodology is a reliable methodology to approximate the costs caused by baseload consumers in the period 2011 to 2013 given the characteristics of the electricity system at that time.
Kommissionen mener, at indtægtstabene, som skyldes den fuldstændige fritagelse i 2012 og 2013, helt blev væltet over på slutbrugerne via en omfattende kompensationsordning, der blev finansieret ved hjælp af en afgift, der blev pålagt slutbrugerne af staten.
Indeed, this methodology determines the network charges based on the costs that can be attributed to the baseload consumer, that is to say the capital costs and fixed operating costs related to the part of the network that connects the baseload consumer to the nearest baseload power plant that can de facto cover its entire demand.
Som det fremgår af betragtning 35 til 39, fastsatte den i 2012 og 2013 gældende lovgivning en finansieringsordning, med hvilken indtægtstabene blev udlignet for den netoperatør, til hvis net de fritagne båndlastbrugere var tilsluttet.
While it is true that this method leads – as one interested party has criticized — to differentiated network charges depending to the location of the baseload consumer on the network, this is precisely the point of individual network charges, namely to verify the costs caused to the network by each baseload consumer individually.
TSO'erne skulle kompensere DSO'erne for indtægtstabene og foretage en udligning indbyrdes af denne yderligere økonomiske byrde.
If a baseload consumer is further away from a baseload power plant, it also means that he will be using a much large portion of the network to have the electricity transported from the power plant that is able to de facto cover its demand.
I henhold til Bundesnetzagenturs afgørelse af 14. december 2011, der blev vedtaget på grundlag af § 29, stk. 1, i EnWG og § 30, stk. 2, nummer 6, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011, modtog TSO'erne via § 19-tillægsafgiften en udligning for denne økonomiske byrde.
Also the fact that the physical path is calculated by reference to a power plant covering the entire demand of the baseload consumer is justified.
Den blev fastsat i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011 og derefter indført med Bundesnetzagenturs bindende afgørelse.
The full exemption in force between 2011 and 2013 however deviates from the determination of individual network charges applicable to atypical users given that the full exemption does not rest on an individual determination of the costs caused by the caseload consumer.
Denne forbundsmyndighed varetager forvaltnings- og tilsynsopgaver og er underlagt tilsyn fra økonomi- og energiministeriet.
Although both non-peak consumers and baseload consumers are in light of the objective of the network charge system, in a comparable factual and legal situation (they are atypical users for which the published network charges would between 2011-2013 not have led to cost-reflective network charges) they were treated differently.
Dens formand og næstformænd udnævnes af ministeren, mens det rådgivende udvalg består af repræsentanter for Forbundsrådet og Forbundsdagen.
In addition, the full exemption also deviates from the reference system in that it does not require the baseload consumer to pay at least 20 % of the published network charges as required for other atypical users, namely the non-peak consumers.
Netoperatørerne blev udpeget til at opkræve og forvalte § 19-tillægsafgiften i overensstemmelse med den gældende lovgivning.
This difference in treatment corresponds to a discrimination given that there is no reason why baseload consumers should be exempted from that requirement.
I denne sammenhæng skal det erindres, at Domstolen flere gange har afgjort, at en privat institution også kan udpeges til at forvalte statsmidler.
In particular, there is no reason why individual network charges for non-peak consumers should be subject to a safety net while baseload consumers would not, knowing that also baseload consumers – like non-peak consumers benefit from being connected to the network.
Endvidere viser dommen i Essent-sagen, at flere virksomheder også kan udpeges til at forvalte afgiften.
Also, the individual network charges calculated by using the physical path methodology will imply a certain approximation.
For det første var DSO'erne og TSO'erne forpligtet til at opkræve § 19-tillægsafgiften af slutbrugerne, og DSO'erne skulle derefter overføre denne til TSO'erne.
No justification in the nature and logic of the network charge system
For det andet kunne TSO'erne kun anvende indtægterne fra § 19-tillægsafgiften til kompensation for de indtægtstab, der skyldes båndlastbrugernes fritagelse i henhold til § 19, stk. 2, andet punktum, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011, og til indbyrdes udligning (jf. betragtning 35 i nærværende afgørelse).
The concept of aid does not encompass measures creating different treatment of undertakings in relation to charges where that difference is attributable to the nature and general scheme of the system of charges in question.
Dette tydeliggøres af, at størrelsen af § 19-tillægsafgiften blev tilpasset til størrelsen af de midler, som der på grund af den fuldstændige fritagelse er behov for.
The burden of proof for that latter part of the test is on the Member State.
Navnlig førte alle indtægter i et år x, som oversteg det beløb, der var nødvendigt for kompensationen af denne økonomiske belastning, til en formindskelse af afgiften i år x+2 (se betragtning 39).
It is observed that Germany has not put forward any element showing that the full exemption would be justified by the nature and general scheme of the network charge system in Germany.
Kommissionen deler derfor ikke Tysklands og de interesserede parters opfattelse, ifølge hvilken netoperatørerne selv kan beslutte, hvordan de vil disponere over § 19-tillægsafgiften.
It has put forward that the full exemption could help ensuring security of supply by securing the existence of conventional power plants needed to ensure security of supply and could also help facilitating the promotion of renewable electricity.
I betragtning af det ovenstående kan det fastslås, at indførelsen af § 19-tillægsafgiften gav netoperatørerne garanti for en fuldstændig kompensation for de indtægtstab, som skyldes den fuldstændige fritagelse i henhold til § 19, stk. 2, andet punktum, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011; følgelig foreligger der her andre faktiske omstændigheder end i PreussenElektra-sagen og ENEA-sagen, hvor de købsforpligtede virksomheder måtte finansiere forpligtelsen af egne midler og ikke kunne overvælte omkostningerne på deres kunder.
Those objectives, however, are external to network charges and must therefore be examined under the compatibility assessment in line with the case law of the Court (see section 3.3.1).
Desuden afvises de interesserede parters påstand om, at indtægterne fra § 19-tillægsafgiften ikke nødvendigvis skulle anvendes til finansieringen af den fuldstændige fritagelse i henhold til § 19, stk. 2, andet punktum, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen.
Conclusion
Den fuldstændige fritagelse kunne nemlig fra 2012 kun finansieres via § 19-tillægsafgiften, som blev beregnet således, at størrelsen heraf nøjagtigt svarede til det finansielle behov, der skyldes fritagelsen.
The full exemption cannot be justified by the logic of the network charges in Germany to the extent that it goes beyond a reduction of the published network charges reflecting the contribution of baseload consumers to cost savings or the avoidance of costs.
Derfor fastholder Kommissionen sin konklusion om, at den fordel, der er indrømmet båndlastbrugerne, i form af en fuldstændig fritagelse i 2012 og 2013, skal betragtes som en fordel, der er finansieret af statsmidler.
The full exemption notably constitutes an unjustified deviation from the reference system as it exempts the baseload consumers from the costs that the reference system would allocate to them, that is to say the individual network costs calculated on the basis of the physical path methodology and which cannot go below 20 % of the published network charges.
Finansiering med statsmidler inden indførelsen af § 19-tillægsaftalen (2011)
The Commission therefore concludes that insofar as baseload consumers were exempted from paying network charges going beyond the network costs caused by their consumption or, where those costs amounted to less than the minimum contribution of 20 % of the published network charges, were exempted from that minimum contribution, the exemption is not within the logic of the reference system, and does confer a selective advantage.
Mens den fuldstændige fritagelse i henhold til § 19, stk. 2, andet punktum, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011 var gældende fra den 1. januar 2011, trådte § 19-tillægsafgiften først i kraft den 1. januar 2012 (se betragtning 40).
IMPUTABILITY
Derfor var Kommissionen i åbningsafgørelsen i tvivl om, hvorvidt de fritagelser, der blev indrømmet i 2011, også blev finansieret af statsmidler, og opfordrede Tyskland til at stille yderligere oplysninger om finansieringen af den fuldstændige fritagelse i 2011 til rådighed.
The full exemption has been provided by Article 7 of the Law of 26 July 2011 (see recital 21 of this Decision), and has been implemented by administrative acts confirming the exemption requests (see recitals 24 of this Decision).
På baggrund af de af Tyskland fremsendte supplerende oplysninger og under hensyntagen til bemærkninger fra interesserede parter mener Kommissionen ikke, at der blev benyttet statsmidler i forbindelse med den i 2011 anvendte finansieringsordning.
It is therefore imputable to the State.
Følgelig blev de tab i 2011, som skyldes den fuldstændige fritagelse, ikke overvæltet på slutbrugerne via en omfattende kompensationsordning eller — da der ikke blev opkrævet nogen § 19-tillægsafgift i 2011 — via en af staten pålagt afgift.
The fact that the calculation of the charge is carried out by private entities mandated by law to do so does not affect that conclusion, because those private entities – the TSO – have no margin of discretion when carrying out that task, and have been mandated by the State to carry out that task, as part of their entrustment pursuant to Paragraph 19(2) of the StromNEV 2011 as TSO.
Derimod skulle DSO'erne og TSO'erne, som det er fastlagt i Bundesnetzagenturs afgørelse af 14. december 2011, dække de indtægtstab i 2011, som skyldes den fuldstændige fritagelse, af egne midler.
Furthermore, the BNetzA has the normal supervisory powers over the TSO, and can address binding decisions to the TSO, if they fail to comply with their obligations (Paragraphs 29 and 54 of the EnWG 2011).
Indtægtstabene skulle, hvis de ikke blev udlignet af andre merindtægter (dvs. TSO'ernes og DSO'ernes egne midler) i 2011, bogføres på udligningskontoen.
Finally, for the year 2012, the BNetzA directly determined which total amount had to be compensated from the Paragraph 19-surcharge (see recital 37 of this Decision).
Men selv i dette tilfælde var der ingen garanti for en fuldstændig kompensation.
The concept of ‘intervention through State resources’ covers not only advantages which are granted directly by the State but also ‘those granted through a public or private body appointed or established by that State to administer the aid’.
Kompensationens størrelse afhang derimod af andre faktorer, navnlig af DSO'ernes og TSO'ernes effektivitet (eller utilstrækkelige effektivitet), idet ARegV ikke er baseret på faktiske omkostninger, men derimod en effektiv virksomheds ideelle omkostninger.
In this sense, Article 107(1) of the Treaty covers all the financial means by which the public authorities may actually support undertakings, irrespective of whether or not those means are permanent assets of the public sector.
Netoperatørerne havde derfor ingen garanti for, at deres indtægtstab, som skyldes den fuldstændige fritagelse i 2011, ville blive udlignet.
The mere fact that the advantage is not financed directly from the State budget is not sufficient to exclude that State resources are involved.
Således måtte netoperatørerne finansiere den fuldstændige fritagelse 2011 af deres egne midler.
It results from the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union that it is not necessary to establish in every case that there has been a transfer of money from the budget or from a public entity for the advantage granted to one or more undertakings to be capable of being regarded as a State aid within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Kommissionen konkluderer derfor, at den fordel, der blev indrømmet båndlastbrugerne med den fuldstændige fritagelse for netafgifterne i 2011, blev finansieret af netoperatørernes egne midler og ikke af statsmidler.
The private nature of the resources does not prevent them from being regarded as State resources within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
PÅVIRKNING AF SAMHANDELEN MELLEM MEDLEMSSTATERNE
This was also recalled in the ruling France v Commission ruling where the General Court concluded that the relevant criterion for assessing whether the resources are public, regardless their initial origin, is the degree of intervention of the public authority in the definition of the measures in question and their methods of financing.
Det følger af Domstolens faste retspraksis, at det med henblik på en national foranstaltnings kvalificering som statsstøtte ikke skal godtgøres, at støtten reelt påvirker samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne, men alene undersøges, om støtten kan påvirke denne samhandel.
Hence, the mere fact that a subsidy scheme benefiting certain economic operators in a given sector is wholly or partially financed by contributions imposed by the public authorities and levied on certain undertakings is not sufficient to take away from that scheme its status of aid granted by the State within the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty.
Særlig når en støtte, der er ydet af en medlemsstat, styrker en virksomheds stilling i forhold til andre virksomheder, som den konkurrerer med i samhandelen inden for Fællesskabet, må det antages, at denne samhandel påvirkes af støtten.
Equally, the fact that the resources would at no moment be the property of the State does not exclude that the resources might constitute State resources, if they are under the control of the State.
Som det er beskrevet ovenfor, er de fleste berørte virksomheder aktive inden for den kemiske industri (herunder også producenter af industrigasser), papir-, tekstil-, stål-, non-ferro-, mineralolieforarbejdnings- og glasindustrien.
In fact the concept of aid granted through State resources serves to bring within the scope of Article 107(1) of the Treaty not only aid granted directly by the State, but also aid granted by public or private bodies designated or established by the State.
Nogle støttemodtagere driver også datacentre og leverer relevante tjenesteydelser.
This line of reasoning was also applied in Essent.
I alle disse brancher er der handel mellem medlemsstater og en grænseoverskridende udveksling af goder.
In that case, the Court of Justice had to assess a law which provided that the operators of the Dutch electricity network had to collect a price surcharge on electricity consumed by private electricity clients and pass on the proceeds of that surcharge to SEP, a joint subsidiary of the four electricity generators, in order to compensate the latter for so-called ‘stranded costs’.
Da de berørte virksomheder blev fritaget for omkostninger (netafgifter), som en virksomhed fra samme branche, der opererer i en anden medlemsstat, normalt skal bære, styrkede den fuldstændige fritagelse de fritagne virksomheders handelsmæssige position i forhold til deres konkurrenter inden for EU.
This surcharge had to be transmitted by network operators to SEP which had to collect the proceeds and use them up to a certain amount defined in the law for the purposes of covering stranded costs.
Dermed vil den fuldstændige fritagelse kunne påvirke samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne.
In this regard, the Court observed that SEP had been appointed by the law to manage a State resource.
INDVIRKNING PÅ KONKURRENCEN
The Court found that the Dutch system involved State resources.
En statslig foranstaltning betragtes som en foranstaltning, der fordrejer eller truer med at fordreje konkurrencevilkårene, hvis det er sandsynligt, at den vil forbedre modtagerens konkurrenceposition i forhold til konkurrenterne.
On the basis of this case-law, it can be concluded that subsidies financed through parafiscal charges or contributions imposed by the State and managed and apportioned in accordance with the provisions of the legislation imply a transfer of State resources, even where they are not administered by public authorities but by private entities designated by the State that are separate from the public authorities.
I brancherne inden for fremstillingssektoren, hvor de for afgifter fritagne virksomheder normalt er aktive, og på markedet for datacentre er der konkurrence.
This has been confirmed by the Court of Justice in the Vent de Colère case where the Court in particular observed that the fact that part of the funds collected were not channelled to the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations but were retained by the undertakings subject to the obligation to purchase renewable electricity at feed-in tariffs was not sufficient to exclude an intervention through State resources.
I mange af disse brancher udgør elomkostningerne en stor del af produktionsomkostningerne, hvilket Tyskland har bekræftet i sit brev af 6. december 2013 til papir-, cement-, kemi- og aluminiumsindustrien samt andre metalbrancher.
The Court of Justice excluded the transfer of State resources in only very specific circumstances: For instance, the Court considered that a decision by which a national authority extends to all traders in a certain sector an agreement which introduces the levying of a contribution in an inter-trade organisation recognised by that national authority, thus rendering that contribution compulsory, in order to make it possible to implement certain promotional and public relations activities, does not constitute State aid.
Den fuldstændige fritagelse reducerer de fritagne virksomheders produktionsomkostninger.
The Court noted in this respect that the measure was not financed from State resources since it was not the State but the inter-trade organisation that decided how to use the resources stemming from the levy.
Den er derfor egnet til at forbedre de fritagne virksomheders konkurrenceposition i forhold til deres konkurrenter i andre medlemsstater.
Those resources were entirely dedicated to pursuing objectives determined by that organisation.
Desuden vil den formentlig forbedre deres konkurrenceposition i forhold til virksomheder fra samme branche, som ikke opnår et årligt elforbrug på 10 GWh og 7000 brugstimer.
Hence, the resources were not constantly under public control and were not available to State authorities.
Således truer den fuldstændige fritagelse med at fordreje konkurrencen.
In PreussenElektra, the Court found that the Electricity feed-in Act (Stromeinspeisungsgesetz), in its version applicable in 1998, did not involve a public or private body established or appointed to administer the aid.
Det konkluderes, at der med argumentet om, at elomkostningerne er højere i Tyskland end i andre medlemsstater, hverken kan udelukkes virkninger for samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne eller en fordrejning af konkurrencen.
This conclusion was based on the observation that the Stromeinspeisungsgesetz put in place a mechanism that was limited at directly obliging electricity supply undertakings and upstream electricity network operators to purchase renewable electricity at a fixed price, without any body administering the stream of payments.
I henhold til § 19, stk. 2, andet punktum, i elnetsbekendtgørelsen 2011 blev båndlastbrugerne fuldstændig fritaget for netafgifterne.
The situation under the Stromeinspeisungsgesetz was characterized by a multitude of bilateral relationships between renewable electricity generators and electricity suppliers.
Følgelig opstod der for disse brugere ingen økonomisk byrde på grund af anvendelsen af elnettet, mens konkurrenterne i andre medlemsstater skulle betale netafgifter.
There was no surcharge established by the State to compensate the electricity suppliers for the financial burden resulting from the supply obligation.
Desuden har Domstolen allerede fastslået, at det forhold, at en medlemsstat gennem ensidige foranstaltninger søger at tilnærme konkurrencevilkårene i en bestemt økonomisk sektor med vilkårene i andre medlemsstater, ikke kan fjerne de omhandlede foranstaltningers karakter af støtte.
Therefore, nobody had been appointed to administer such a surcharge and the corresponding financial flows.
KONKLUSION VEDRØRENDE FOREKOMSTEN AF STATSSTØTTE
By contrast, the Court indicated in the Vent de Colère case that the French support system was different from the situation examined in the PreussenElektra case in two respects: In PreussenElektra the private undertakings concerned had not been appointed by the Member State concerned to manage a State resource, but were bound by an obligation to purchase by means of their own financial resources.
Den fuldstændige fritagelse i 2012 og 2013 for båndlastbrugere med et årligt elforbrug på mere end 10 GWh og mindst 7000 brugstimer udgør dermed for så vidt støtte, idet båndlastbrugerne blev fritaget for de netomkostninger, som skyldes deres elforbrug, og mindstebidraget på 20 % af de offentliggjorte netafgifter.
In addition, in PreussenElektra there was no mechanism established and regulated by the State for offsetting additional costs arising from the purchase obligation and through which the State offered the private operators bound by the obligation to purchase the certain prospect that the additional costs would be covered in full.