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Sag nr. C 54/94 (ex NN 105/94), EFT L 216 af 27.8.1996. Sag N 702/95: Miljøstøtte - stålstøttereglernes artikel 3 og N 175/96 : Statens overtagelse af en aktiepost i Servóla SpA.
Case C 54/94 (ex NN 105/94), OJ L 216, 27.8.1996.Cases N 702/95: environmental aid - Article 3 of the Steel aid code and N 175/96: acquisition by the State of aminority shareholding in Servola SpA.
Den påtænkte støtte skal efter sigende hjælpe virksomheden med at bringe anlægget i overensstemmelse med den italienske miljøbeskyttelseslovgivning. Statsstøtte, der kan tillades til miljøbeskyttelse, skal vurderes på baggrund af artikel 3 i Kommissionens beslutning nr. 3855/9 l/EKSF, stålstøttereglerne.
The proposed aid is purportedly intendedto help the company to bring its plant into line with the Italian legislation on environmental protection.The state aid that can be allowed towards environmental investment is to be assessed according to Article 3 of Commission Decision 3855/91/CECA, the Steel Aid Code.
Denne artikel siger, at støtte ydet til fremme af tilpasningen til nye lovbestemte miljøbeskyttelsesnormer af anlæg, som har været i drift i mindst to år før disse normers ikrafttrædelse, kan betragtes som forenelig med fællesmarkedet.
This article states that aidgranted to steel undertakings for bringing into line with new statutory environmental standards plantswhich entered into service at least two years before the introduction of the standards may be deemedcompatible with the common market.
Kommissionen måtte på baggrund af de oplysninger, den havde adgang til, bemærke, at en stor del af de påtænkte investeringer, især i forbindelse med begrænsning af støvemissioner, vedrører anlæg, der blev taget i brug i 1991-1992.
The Commission was bound to observe that on the basis of theinformation at its disposal a large part of the investments provided for, mainly aimed at reducing dustemissions, are related to installations which entered into service in 1991/1992.
Eftersom de relevante miljønormer blev indført i juli 1990, synes betingelsen for godkendelse af støtte, der siger, at anlæggene skal have været i drift i mindst to år inden de nye miljønormers ikrafttrædelse, ikke at være opfyldt.
Since the relevantenvironmental standards were enacted in July 1990, it follows that the condition according to whichaid can be authorized as long as the installations entered into service at least two years before theintroduction of the new environmental standards does not appear to be met.
Desuden vil en betydelig del af de resterende investeringer (4 mia. ITL) gå til begrænsning af støv og støj ved omlægning af veje og pladser inden for industrianlægget.
In addition, a significant part of the remaining investments (LIT 4 billion) would be devoted toreducing dust and noise by remaking roads and squares inside the industrial site.
Kommissionen finder, at denne form for indgreb ikke kan betragtes som støtteberettigede i medfør af stålstøttereglernes artikel 3, eftersom veje og pladser inden for et industrianlæg ikke falder ind under definitionen på anlæg - i den italienske udgave "gli impianti", og i den franske "les installations" - i stålstøttereglernes artikel 3, stk. 1.
The Commissionconsiders that this kind of intervention may not be regarded as being eligible under Article 3 of the Steel Aid Code since it appears that roads and squares inside an industrial steel site do not fall withinthe meaning of plants - in the Italian version: "gli impianti", in the French one: "les installations" -as foreseen by Article 3(1) of the Steel Aid Code.
På baggrund af ovenstående fandt Kommissionen, at den påtænkte miljøstøtte ikke kunne betragtes som forenelig med fællesmarkedets funktion, og besluttede derfor at indlede proceduren.
In the light of the foregoing the Commission took the view that the proposed environmental aid mightnot be deemed compatible with the orderly functioning of the common market and, therefore, decidedto initiate proceedings.
d) Afvikling af den private stålsektor i henhold til Bresciani-loven
d) Dismantling of the private-sector steel industry under the "Bresciani Law"
Kommissionen har modtaget 44 sager om anvendelse af loven om afvikling af den private stålsektor i Italien.
The Commission received 44 cases of application of the "Law on the dismantling of the private-sectorsteel industry" in Italy.
Den har foreløbig besluttet at godkende 33 støttesager og at afvise 10, fordi princippet om løbende produktion - dvs. mindst otte timers produktion fem dage om ugen - ikke var overholdt.
It has so far decided to authorize 33 cases of aid and not to authorize10 others on the grounds that they failed to comply with the regular-production rule, i.e. productionof at least eight hours a day, five days a week.
Hvad angår spørgsmålet om løbende produktion, især definitionen heraf, erindres der om, at statsstøttereglerne nok stiller som betingelse, at en virksomhed skal producere løbende på lukningstidspunktet for at være støtteberettiget, men de giver ingen klar definition af løbende produktion. Derfor fastslog Kommissionen ved sin godkendelse af den italienske lov nr. 81 af 3. august 1994, at dette kriterium er opfyldt, hvis der i gennemsnit foregik produktion mindst otte timer om dagen fem dage om ugen i hele 1993 og frem til den 28. februar 1994, hvor Kommissionen modtog anmeldelse af lovdekret nr. 103, hvis indhold det italienske parlament omsatte i lov nr. 481/94.
In the light of the cases authorized, capacityreductions will amount to some 5.5 million tonnes of steel and 5.1 million tonnes of hot-rolledproducts.As regards the question of regular production, and in particular its definition, it should be noted thatthe Steel Aid Code, which stipulates that, to be eligible, an undertaking must have been in regularproduction at the time of its closure, does not give any clear definition by what is meant by regular.Accordingly, in its decision authorizing Italian Law No 81 of 3 August 1994, the Commission decidedthat the relevant criterion would be filled if, on average, production amounted to at least 8 hours a day,5 days a week, throughout 1993 and up to 28 February 1994, the date on which Decree Law No 103,converted into statute by the Italian Parliament as Law No 481/94, was notified to the Commission.
Kommissionen har konstateret, at i ti tilfælde var dette kriterium om regelmæssighed ikke opfyldt, og den måtte derfor træffe en negativ beslutning.
The Commission established that, in 10 cases, the regular-production criterion was not met, and itconsequently had to take a negative decision.
ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION
APPLICATION OF COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION e) Acciaierie di Bolzano
Efter at have fastslået, at de offentlige tilskud til ACB indeholdt statsstøtte, undersøgte Kommissionen, om denne støtte, der var ulovlig, eftersom den aldrig var blevet anmeldt til Kommissionen, kunne betragtes som forenelig med fællesmarkedet.
After having established that the aid granted to ACB constituted state aid, the Commission examinedwhether, although the aid was unlawful in that it had never been notified to the Commission, it could nonethe less be deemed compatible with the common market.
Kommissionen fandt, at de pågældende indgreb hverken hørte ind under forskning og udvikling eller miljøbeskyttelse.
The Commission found that the aid was not forresearch and development nor for environmental protection.
Da ingen undtagelse i henhold til stålstøttereglernes artikel 4 kunne komme i betragtning, måtte den pågældende støtte erklæres for uforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
Consequently, since no exemption from theban laid down in Article 4 of the Steel Aid Code was possible, the aid had to be declared incompatible withthe common market.
Kommissionen anmodede derfor de italienske myndigheder om at kræve den støtte, der blev tildelt efter den 1. januar 1986, tilbagebetalt og senest to måneder senere underrette Kommissionen om de trufne foranstaltninger. For at fjerne virkningen af denne støtte besluttede Kommissionen, at støttebeløbet skulle tilskrives renter fra udbetalings- til tilbagebetalingsdatoen.
The Commission accordingly required the Italian authorities to recover the aid granted as from1 January 1986 and to inform the Commission, within two months of notification, of the measures taken.In order to cancel out the effects of the aid, the Commission decided that interest would be charged on theamount of the aid from the date on which it was disbursed to the date of repayment.
Kommissionen besluttede den 13. marts 1996, at lån for i alt 24,1125 mio. DEM, som delstaten Bayern havde ydet mellem august 1994 og marts 1995 for at holde Neue Maxhütte Stahlwerke GmbH (NMH) i drift, indeholdt statsstøtte, der var uforenelig med stålstøttereglerne.
The Commission decided on 13 March 1996 that loans totalling DM 24.1125 million which were grantedby Bavaria between August 1994 and March 1995 to keep Neue Maxhiitte Stahlwerke GmbH (NMH) inoperation represented state aid incompatible with the Steel Aid Code.
Kommissionen krævede støtten tilbagebetalt.
The Commission requested therecovery of the aid.
Denne beslutning er den sidste i en serie af tre, som Kommissionen har vedtaget om NMH. Den 4. april 1995 vedtog den en negativ beslutning om finansielle tilskud på i alt ca. 200 mia. DEM, som delstaten Bayern ville give Neue Maxhütte GmbH og Lech-Stahlwerke GmbH i forbindelse med privatiseringen af sine interesser i disse to selskaber.
The decision is the last of a series of three decisions adopted by the Commission regarding NMH.
Kommissionen konkluderede, at de finansielle tilskud vil indeholde statsstøtte i strid med statsstøttereglerne.
The Commission concluded thatthe financial contributions would represent aid incompatible with the Steel Aid Code.
Den 18. oktober 1995 besluttede Kommissionen, at lån på i alt 49,895 mio. DEM, som Bayern ydede mellem marts 1993 og august 1994 for at holde selskabet i drift, indeholdt statsstøtte i strid med stålstøttereglerne.
On 18 October 1995the Commission decided that loans totalling DM 49.895 million which were granted by Bavaria between March 1993 and August 1994 to keep the company in operation represented state aid incompatible with the Steel Aid Code.
Kommissionen krævede støtten tilbagebetalt.
The Commission requested the recovery of the aid.
Alle tre sager er blevet indbragt for EF-Domstolen af den tyske regering og for Førsteinstansretten af NMH.
All three cases have been brought to the European Court of Justice by the German Government and to the Court of First Instance by NMH.
Den tyske regering anmodede i februar 1996 Domstolen om en foreløbig afgørelse i henhold til EKSF-traktatens artikel 39, stk. 2, om at udsætte fuldbyrdelsen af beslutningen til efter Domstolens endelige afgørelse.
The German Government, in February 1996, applied for an interimdecision by the Court under the second paragraph of Article 39 II of the ECSC Treaty to stop theimplementation of the decision until after a final decision of the Court.
Den 3. maj 1996 afviste Domstolen anmodningen42.
On 3 May 1996 the Court rejectedthe application.42
I 1996 underrettede de belgiske myndigheder, der ikke mente, at de pågældende foranstaltninger indeholdt statsstøtte, i henhold til artikel 6, stk. 2, i beslutning nr. 3855/9l/EKSF af 27. november 1991 Kommissionen om regionen Valloniens indgreb til fordel for virksomheden Forges de Clabecq.
In 1996, although they considered that the measures did not contain any aid components, the Belgianauthorities notified to the Commission, in accordance with Article 6(2) of Decision 3855/91/ECSC of27 November 1991, assistance to be provided by the Region of Wallonia for Forges de Clabecq.
Der er tale om en kapitaltilførsel på 1,5 mia. BEF, et foreløbigt lån på 200 mio. BEF og eftergivelse af eksisterende lån.
Theassistance included a capital injection of BFR 1.5 billion, a BFR 200 million bridging loan and the waivingof existing loan claims.
Forges de Clabecq driver virksomhed i en sektor (varmvalsede plader og universalstål), der er præget af betydelig strukturel overkapacitet (med en udnyttelsesgrad på 65% i 1995).
Forges de Clabecq operates in a sector (hot-rolled sheet and wide plates) in whichthere is substantial structural overcapacity (65% capacity utilization in 1995).
Kapitaltilførslen er ikke ledsaget af et tilsvarende indskud fra de private aktionærer.
The capital injection is notaccompanied by any equivalent contribution from the private shareholders.
Tværtimod er den største private aktionær helt passiv.
On the contrary, there is a totallack of commitment on the part of the main private shareholder.
Eftergivelsen af gælden viser, at man har erkendt, at det er umuligt for virksomheden at betale beløbet tilbage på grund af dens vanskelige situation og dens store passiver.
The waiving of claims amounts to arecognition that it is impossible to recover them given the difficulties facing the company and the extent ofits liabilities.
Det ville være vanskeligt at forestille sig, at en privat bank ville have stillet kredit til rådighed svarende til det foreløbige lån uden en garanti for hele beløbet.
As regards the bridging loan, it appears difficult to imagine that a private bank would havegranted a similar loan without a 100% guarantee.
BIBOR +0,5% kan afgjort ikke betragtes som tilstrækkelig dækning for de enorme risici ved lånet i betragtning af virksomhedens situation og situationen på stålmarkedet.
The rate of bibor+O.5% certainly cannot be regarded assufficient to cover the risks incurred through this loan, given the company's situation and the situation onthe steel market on which it operates.
I december besluttede Kommissionen at afslutte den procedure, den havde indledt i henhold til stålstøttereglernes artikel 6, stk. 4, med hensyn til støtte til stålværket Forges de Clabecq med en endelig negativ beslutning.
In December the Commission decided to terminate the proceedings by taking a negative final decision onthe aid granted to Forges de Clabecq.
Kommissionen konstaterede, at støtten ikke kunne godkendes på grundlag af stålstøttereglerne, og at den dermed var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet, fordi den faldt ind under forbuddet i EKSF-traktatens artikel 4, litra c).
The Commission found that the aid could not be authorized underthe Steel Aid Code and that it was consequently incompatible with the common market, since it was caughtby the ban laid down in Article 4(c) of the ECSC Treaty.
Den krævede derfor den allerede udbetalte støtte tilbagebetalt inklusive renter fra udbetalingsdatoen.
It therefore ordered that the aid already paid berecovered, plus interest as from the date on which it was granted.
I juli besluttede Kommissionen at træffe en delvis negativ beslutning om forskellige foranstaltninger i forbindelse med en finansiel omstrukturering af den spanske producent af sømløse stålrør Tubacex, der gjorde det muligt for virksomheden at ophæve en betalingsstandsning. Kommissionen fastslog, at prisen på jord, som virksomheden solgte til den baskiske lokalregering, lå under markedsprisen, men at der ikke var tale om statsstøtte.
In July the Commission decided to adopt a partial negative decision in respect of various measures linkedto a financial restructuring of the Spanish seamless steel tubes producer Tubacex, enabling the company tolift a suspension of debt repayments.
Den fastslog endvidere, at offentlige organers deltagelse i den kreditoraftale, der førte til standsning af tilbagebetaling af gælden, ikke indeholdt støtte, eftersom de offentlige kreditorer havde været i mindretal og havde handlet i overensstemmelse med den generelle lovgivning.
It also concludedthat the participation of public bodies in the creditors' settlement that led to the lifting of the suspension ofdebt repayments did not involve aid since the public creditors had been in the minority and had acted inaccordance with generally applicable legislation.
Kommissionen fandt imidlertid, at lån fra lønmodtagernes garantifond (FOGASA) og en omlægning af gæld i form af sociale sikringsbidrag for perioden efter betalingsstandsningen, som virksomheden fik bevilget i henhold til diskretionære bestemmelser i den generelle lovgivning, indeholdt ulovlig støtte, idet den anvendte rentesats i ingen af tilfældene var markedsrenten.
However, the Commission found that loans from the Wages Guarantee Fund (FOGASA) and a rescheduling of post-suspension Social Security debts, granted to thecompany in exercise of discretionary powers under generally applicable legislation, contained illegal aid inso far as the rate of interest charged in both cases was not at market rates.
Kommissionen krævede støtten tilbagebetalt med renter.
The Commission ordered thatthe aid be recovered with interest.
ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE I DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION giver et indtryk af behandlingen af statsstøtte i forbindelserne mellem staten og offentlige virksomheder.
In May the Commission terminated proceedings by taking a negative decision which declared that thestate aid granted to BFM was both illegal and incompatible, since it did not qualify for any of theexemptions provided for in Article 92(2) and (3).
Kommissionen har fastslået, at offentlige virksomheder kan have fordel af at blive kontrolleret af staten, når den går ud over sin rolle som økonomisk aktør og aktionær.
The Commission took the view that public enterprises may derive benefit from the fact thatthey are controlled by the State where the State goes beyond its straightforward role as economic actor inits capacity as shareholder.
Anvendelsen af kriteriet om den private investor har givet Kommissionen mulighed for at konkludere, at alt andet lige ville en virksomhed med private ejere ikke have haft adgang til gentagne lån, kapitaltilskud og eftergivelse af gæld.
Applying the private-investor criterion, the Commission concluded that,mutatis mutandis, the granting of repeated loans, the injections of capital and the waiving of debts wouldnot have been available to a privately owned undertaking.
Efter en formel klage fra en konkurrent i EU besluttede Kommissionen at indlede procedure med hensyn til de franske myndigheders investerings- og beskæftigelsesstøtte til oprettelse af virksomheden Ecopipe, der skulle fremstille store stålrør på øen Réunion, og som skulle være driftsklar i 1998.
In April, in response to a formal complaint submitted by a Community competitor, the Commission decidedto initiate proceedings in respect of investment and employment aid which the French authorities plannedto grant for the setting-up of a new firm, Ecopipe, which was to be situated on the island of Reunion, wouldproduce large-diameter steel tubes and was to become operational in 1998.
På grund af den store overkapacitet på EU-plan i sektoren for stålrør, især med hensyn til store rør, hvor udnyttelsesgraden af kapaciteten kun er på 47%, måtte Kommissionen, inden den godkendte støtten, af hensyn til den indgivne klage sikre sig, at den nye påtænkte kapacitet ikke ville få negative følger for afsætningen af produktionen på mellemlang sigt.
Given the substantialovercapacity in the Community steel tubes sector, particularly in relation to large-diameter steel tubes, wherethe rate of capacity utilization is only 47%, and in view of the complaint lodged, the Commission had tosatisfy itself before authorizing the aid, that the planned new capacity would not in the medium term haveany negative impact on sales.
I december besluttede Kommissionen at afslutte proceduren mod virksomheden Ecopipe med en endelig positiv beslutning under henvisning til, at de mulige følger af den støttede produktion for samhandelen mellem medlemsstaterne var ubetydelige, eftersom produktionen i første række var rettet mod markedet i det sydlige Afrika og Det Indiske Ocean.
In December the Commission decided to terminate the proceedings by means of a positive final decision,taking the view that any impact which the aided production might have on intra-Community trade wasmarginal, since the production was essentially intended for the market in southern Africa and the Indian Ocean area.
Omstruktureringsstøtten til de tidligere DDR-værfter var blevet godkendt på grundlag af en undtagelsesbestemmelse i det syvende direktiv om støtte til skibsbygningsindustrien (92/68/EØF) under forudsætning af, at det kun var de østtyske værfter, der fik gavn af støtten.
The aid for the restructuring of the former GDR shipyards hadbeen approved based on a derogation under the Seventh Directive on aid to shipbuilding (92/68/EEC) on
219 herunder påløbne renter, var blevet anvendt inden for andre dele af Bremer Vulkan-koncernen, især til at hjælpe kriseramte datterselskaber.
During thesubsequent investigations by a new auditor appointed by the German Government, it turned out that theearlier spillover reports were deficient and that under plausible assumptions DM 788 million of authorizedand unauthorized aid including accrued interest on it had been used in other areas of the Bremer Vulkangroup, mainly in order to assist ailing subsidiaries of the group.
I maj 1996 gik holdingselskabet Bremer Vulkan Verbund og en række af dets datterselskaber imidlertid konkurs, og det vil blive vanskeligt at få den misbrugte støtte tilbagebetalt.
In May 1996, however, the holdingcompany Bremer Vulkan Verbund and a number of its subsidiaries went bankrupt, making recovery of themisused aid difficult.
For at kunne undersøge, om de misbrugte midler kan kræves tilbagebetalt af de endnu aktive virksomheder under Bremer Vulkan, som var de faktiske støttemodtagere, må Kommissionen gå ud fra, at betingelserne for støtten ikke i alle henseender er blevet overholdt fuldt ud af den tyske regerings gennemførelsesorganer.
In order to explore the possibility of a decision to recover the misused aid from theoperating companies of Bremer Vulkan when they were the effective beneficiaries, the Commission mustassume that the conditions of the aid were not fully respected by the implementing agencies of the German Government at various points.
Sideløbende med undersøgelserne i henhold til artikel 93, stk. 2, har de tyske myndigheder indledt undersøgelser i henhold til den tyske straffe- og civilret mod en række medlemmer af Bremer Vulkans tidligere ledelse og de tidligere revisionsfirmaer.
In parallel to the investigations under Article 93(2), investigations have been launched under German penaland civil law by the German authorities against members of the former management of Bremer Vulkan andthe previous auditors.
Endvidere er den tyske revisionsret (Bundesrechnungshof) involveret i sagen, og for nylig er forbundsdagens undersøgelsesudvalg, Bremens senat (Bremer Bürgerschaft) og parlamentet i Mecklenburg-Vorpommern blevet inddraget i sagen.
In addition the Federal Audit Office (Bundesrechnungshof) is dealing with the case,and recently parliamentary investigation committees of the Federal Parliament (Bundestag), the Bremen Senate (Bremer Biirgerschaft) and the Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania started work.
Det er endnu for tidligt at drage nogen endelige konklusioner, men det er klart, at sagen har mange udløbere, som rejser vigtige spørgsmål med hensyn til kontrollen med den korrekte anvendelse af støtten.
Whileit is too early to draw any final conclusions, it is evident that the case has many ramifications which addressimportant issues about the supervision of the correct use of the aid.
Den tyske regering anmeldte i september 1996 en ny støtte med henblik på den fortsatte drift og afslutningen af omstruktureringen af de to østtyske skibsværfter MTW-Schiffswerft og Volkswerft Stralsund, som har lidt under misbruget af størstedelen af strukturomlægningsstøtten.
For the further operation and completionof the restructuring of the two East German shipyards MTW-Schiffswerft and Volkswerft Stralsund whichsuffered from the misuse of a large part of their restructuring aid, new aid was notified by the German Government in September 1996.
Ved denne rapports deadline er disse anmeldelser stadig til behandling, da der har været behov for yderligere oplysninger.
At the closing date of this report, these notifications were still under reviewas additional information was needed.