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Kommissionen fortsatte sin revision af kortene over områder, der er berettigede til at modtage regionalstøtte, og de tilhørende støtteintensiteter.
Furthermore, the Court has consistently held that procedures of internal law should not prevent the repayment of unlawful and incom­patible aid.
De nye regionale støttekort over Italien (kun områder omfattet af artikel 92, stk. 3, litra c)), Danmark og Finland blev godkendt for perioden 1997-1999.
The point was again illustrated by the Court, notably in Alean Deutschland GmbH(4), which states that the competent national authorities are required under Com­munity law to withdraw the decision granting unlawful aid, in accordance with a final Com­mission decision declaring the aid incompat­ible and requiring it to be recovered, and are not entitled to reach any other finding.
Under alle omstændigheder ligger den procentdel af befolkningen, der er dækket af regionalstøtte, fortsat på omtrent samme niveau, hvilket er i overensstemmelse med Kommissionens politik om ikke at udvide dækningen af regional støtten.
This remains an obligation even if the national authority has allowed the time­limit laid down for that purpose under national law to elapse or if national law excludes recovery because the gain no longer exists, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the recipient of the aid, or if the competent authority is responsible for the illegality of the aid decision to such a degree that revocation would be tantamount to a breach of good faith towards the recipient, where the latter could not have had a legiti­mate expectation that the act was lawful be­cause the procedure laid down in Article 93 had not been followed.
Ved systematisk at kræve tilbagebetaling af ulovlig støtte sikrer Kommissionen samtidig konkurrenter nes ret til at drive virksomhed på et marked uden konkurrencefordrejning.
By systematically ordering recovery of unlawful aid, the Commission also safeguards the rights of competitors to operate in a market with undistorted competition.
Domstolen bekræftede, at tilbagebetaling af ulovlig støtte er den logiske konsekvens af, at det fastslås, at støtten er ulovlig. Derfor kan geninddrivelse af ulovlig udbetalt støtte med henblik på at genoprette den tidligere situation i princippet ikke betragtes som værende ude af proportion med traktatens målsætninger.
The Court of Justice confirmed that the abolition of unlawful aid is the logical conse­quence of a finding that it is unlawful, thus recovery of aid unlawfully granted, for the purpose of restoring the previously existing situation, cannot in principle be regarded as disproportionate to the objectives of the Treaty.
Det blev desuden gentaget, at en omhyggelig forretningsmand normalt ville
It was also reiterated that a diligent businessman should normally be able to deter­mine whether the procedural rules in Article
være i stand til at afgøre, om procedurereglerne i artikel 93 var overholdt(').
Member State concerned.
Virksomheder, der har modtaget støtte, kan således i princippet ikke have nogen berettiget forventning om, at støtten er lovlig, medmindre den er tildelt i overensstemmelse med proceduren i artikel 93.
The letter in which the Commission informs the complainant that no further action will be taken regarding the complaint is thus only a reflection of the content of a decision addressed to the Member State concerned.
Domstolen tilføjede, at selv det, at Kommissionen oprindelig havde besluttet ikke at gøre indsigelse mod støtten, ikke kan betragtes som årsag til, at modtagervirksomheden havde berettigede forventninger, eftersom denne beslutning derefter blev bragt for Dom stolen, der ophævede den (2).
An individual may seek legal redress before a Community court only if the conditions of the fourth indent of Article 173 of the Treaty are met.
I dommen i sagen Textilwerke Deggendorf anerkendte Domstolen endvidere, at Kommissionen har bemyndigelse til at erklære ny støtte til en virksomhed uforenelig med fællesmarkedet, når en tidligere kommissionsbeslutning om tilbagebetaling af ulovlig støtte til samme virksomhed ikke er efterlevet, idet den kumulative virkning af støtten var en betydelig fordrejning af konkurrencen på fællesmarkedet (4).
Furthermore, in Textilwerke Deggen­dorf, the Court of Justice recognised the power of the Commission to consider new aid to an enterprise incompatible with the common mar­ket, as long as a prior decision of the Commis­sion ordering recovery of unlawful aid to the same enterprise had not been complied with, since the cumulative effect of the aid was to distort competition in the common market to a significant extent (').
Når Kommissionen undersøger, om støtte er forenelig, skal den inddrage alle relevante faktorer, herunder eventuelt de omstændigheder, der allerede er blevet vurderet i tidligere beslutninger, og de forpligtelser, disse beslutninger kan have pålagt medlems staterne.
In fact, when examining the compatibility of aid, the Commission must take all the relevant factors into account in­cluding, where appropriate, the circumstances already considered in a previous decision and the obligations which that decision may have imposed on a Member State.
I sag C-169/95 (5) blev det fastslået, at individuel støtte tildelt uden forudgående an meldelse, der efterfølgende kan forbindes med nationale regler, Kommissionen senere har godkendt som en regional støtteordning, under ingen omstændigheder kan betragtes som værende tildelt under denne ordning.
In Case C­169/95(2) it was held that individual aid granted without prior notifica­tion, even if it could be linked ex post facto to national rules subsequently authorised as a regional aid scheme by the Commission, could not in any event be regarded as having been granted under the latter scheme.
Denne af gørelse understreger, hvor vigtigt det er at anmelde støtte til Kommissionen, inden den tildeles.
This ruling highlights the importance of notifying the Commission before any aid is granted.
Hvad angår muligheden for at anke Kommissionens beslutninger inden for rammerne af EKSF-traktaten, har Førsteinstansretten i to kendelser af 19. september 1997(6) bekræftet, at en anden fysisk eller juridisk person end virksomheder eller sammenslutninger af virksomheder ikke kan indbringe sager i medfør af EKSF-traktatens artikel 33.
ECSC Treaty, the Court of First Instance found, in two orders of 29 September (3), that clarify the relationship between Articles 92 and 93 and Article 90(2). The Court decided that the Commission's power to assess the compatibility of aid under Article 93 also covered State aid granted to undertakings re­ferred to in Article 90(2), in particular those which the Member States have entrusted with the operation of services of general economic interest.
Endvidere har Førsteinstansretten bekræftet, at EF-traktatens artikel 173 ikke kan anvendes på et annullationssøgsmål mod en beslutning, der er truffet i henhold til EKSF-traktaten.
The Court of First Instance held that Article 173 of the EC Treaty was not applicable to proceedings for annulment of a decision under the ECSC Treaty.
Med hensyn til klager baseret på for modninger om tildeling af ulovlig støtte fulgte Førsteinstansretten Kommissionens faste hold ning i en dom af 18. december 1997 (7), hvor den bekræfter, at der ikke findes nogen sær skilt kategori af beslutninger om afvisning af klager.
With regard to complaints concerning the granting of alleged unlawful aid, the Court of First Instance upheld the Commission's position in a judgment of 18 December (4) in which it found that, in regard to State aid, there was no category of autonomous deci­sions rejecting complaints.
En beslutning om at afslutte en under søgelse af, om en støtteforanstaltning er for-
A decision which ends the assessment of aid for compatibility with the Treaty is always addressed to the
Ved at konsolidere Domstolens strenge kurs med hensyn til tilbagebetaling af ulovlig støtte gør Kommissionen det klart for med lemsstaterne og støttemodtagerne, at ny støtte skal godkendes af Kommissionen, hvis de vil undgå tilbagebetaling.
Over the year, the Commission regis­tered 516 notifications of new aid measures or assessments of existing aid measures and 140 cases of unnotified aid in all sectors other than agriculture, fisheries, transport and coal. In the same year, it decided in 385 cases not to raise objections.
Tilbagebetaling af støtte tildelt uden Kommissionens tilladelse kan få alvorlige konsekvenser for modtageren.
The detailed analysis involved resulted inter alia in 18 positive final deci­sions, nine negative final decisions and five conditional final decisions.
Det er ikke i sig selv tilstrækkelig begrundelse for en afvisning af tilbagebetalingen, at en virksom hed må lukke, hvis den gennemføres.
Lastly, the Com­mission decided to propose appropriate meas­ures under Article 93(1) of the EC Treaty in respect of three existing aid measures.
) Domstolens dom af 15. maj 1997 i sag C-355/97 P, Textilwerke Deggendorf mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1997, s. 1-2549. )
(') Case C­355/95 P. Textilwerke Deggendorf ν Commission [1997] ECR 1­2549.
) Domstolens dom af 14. januar 1997 i sag C-169/95, Spanien mod Kommissionen, Sml. 1997, s. 1-135.
(3) Case T­70/97 Walloon Region ν Commission, not yet reported, and Case T­4/97, not yet reported. (4) Case T­178/94 Asociación Telefónica de Mutualistas ν Commis­sion, not yet reported.
Figur 6: Nye sager i 1997 fordelt på sektorer
Figure 6: Cases registered in 1997 by sector
■ Andet: 62,18%
Β Others: 62.18%
Udviklingen i antallet af registrerede sager (med undtagelse af landbrug, fiskeri, transport og kul) fra 1993 til 1997
Figure 7: Trend in the number of aid cases registered (other than in agriculture, fisheries, transport and coal) between 1993 and 1997) auu ­
Ikke-anmeldt støtte
■ Unnotified aid
Ü Anmeldt støtte
D Notified aid
Figur 8: Udviklingen i antallet af kommissionsbeslutninger (ud over landbrug, fiskeri, transport og kul) fra 1993 til 1997
Figure 8: Trend in the number of decisions taken by the Commission (other than in agriculture, fisheries, transport and coal) between 1993 and 1997
V — INTERNATIONALT SAMARBEJDE
V — INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Den årlige konference mellem konkurrencemyndighederne fra de associerede lande (Polen, Den Tjekkiske Republik, Ungarn, Slovakiet, Slovenien, Bulgarien, Rumænien, Litauen, Letland og Estland) og Kommissionen blev afholdt i Sofia, Bulgarien, den 12. og 13. maj 1997.
The annual conference between the competition authorities of the associated countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) and the Com mission was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 12 and 13 May.
Resultaterne af arbejdet indgår i en fælles erklæring, som gør status over de associerede landes behov for at tilegne sig de vigtigste principper i EU's konkurrenceregler.
The results of the conference are set out in a declaration which assesses the progress made by the associated countries in adopting the main principles of Community competition law.
En række af landene har ændret deres nationale konkurrencelovgivning for at bedre effektiviteten.
Some of the associated countries have carried out a review of their national competition law with the aim of making it more effective.
Ungarn og Rumænien har således vedtaget nye konkurrencelove, som trådte i kraft henholdsvis den 1. januar og den 1. februar 1997.
Hungary and Romania adopted new competition laws which entered into force on 1 January and 1 February.
Gennemførelsesbestemmelserne for konkurrencereglerne på statsstøtteområdet er for Den Tjekkiske Republiks vedkommende nedfældet i en principaftale, som er forhandlet i Rådets arbejdsgruppe. Europa-Parlamentet er blevet hørt.
An agreement in principle on the implementing rales for competition aspects of State aid in the Czech Republic was reached by the Council working party, the European Parliament having been consulted.
Bestemmelserne, som burde kunne vedtages af associeringsrådet i 1998, tager ud gangspunkt i et generelt princip om statsstøtteforanstaltningers uforenelighed med frie markedsvilkår.
The rules, which should be adopted by the Association Council in 1998, are based on the general principle that State aid is incompatible with the operation of market forces.
Visse former for støtte kan dog undtagelsesvis godkendes på baggrund af kriterierne i artikel 92.
However, derogations may be given for some kinds of aid on die basis of Article 92.
Støtte, der ydes af Den Tjekkiske Republik, vil i en nærmere fastlagt periode blive vurderet i overensstemmelse med de regler, som gælder for områder i EU, der er berettiget til regionalstøtte.
For a given period, aid awarded by the Czech Republic is to be assessed in accordance with the rales applicable to Community regions eligible for re gional aid.
Foreneligheden med Europaaftalen om offentlig støtte, der ydes i EU og i Den Tjekkiske Republik, vil blive vurderet af henholdsvis EU-myndighederne (Kommissionen) og de tjekkiske myndigheder (finansministeriet).
The Community authorities (the Commission) and the Czech authorities (Ministry of Finance) will assess the compatibility with the Europe Agreement of State aid granted in the Community and in the Czech Republic respectively.
Der er udtrykkelige planer om, at der skal fastlægges bestemmelser om samarbejde, bistand og gennemsigtighed.
Specific arrangements have been made for cooperation, assistance and transparency.
Kommissionen vedtog den 15. juli 1997 en række dokumenter vedrørende de ti associerede landes tiltrædelse af Det Europæiske Fællesskab. Navnlig to af disse dokumenter er relevante for konkurrencepolitikken, nemlig Kommissionens udtalelse og konsekvensanalysen. lysen.
On 15 July, the Commission adopted a series of documents on the accession of the 10 associated countries to the European Community.
For så vidt angår politikken for statsstøttekontrol, er situationen derimod langt mindre til fredsstillende.
However, the situation as regards the monitor ing of State aid is considerably less satisfactory.
Vedtagelse af lovgivning samt oprettelse af kontrolmyndigheder er betydeligt forsinket i de fleste associerede lande.
In most of the associated countries there have been major delays in adopting legislation and in setting up supervisory authorities.
Selv de myndigheder, der er oprettet, møder store van skeligheder.
Even where they exist, these authorities face many difficulties.
En af de største hindringer består i den manglende gennemsigtighed, som præger de institutioner, som er ansvarlige for ydelse af støtte, en manglende gennemsigtig hed, som gør det umuligt at få et præcist overblik over udbetalt støtte.
One of the main problems is a lack of transparency on the part of the institutions responsible for awarding aid, which makes it difficult to compile a precise inventory of aid granted.
Reformer er undervejs i de fleste associerede lande stærkt opmuntret af Kommissionen.
Reforms are in the pipeline in most of the associated countries and the Commission has given them its full backing.
Endelig har Kommissionen forpligtet sig til sammen med de associerede lande at udarbejde nogle ret ningslinjer for statsstøtte, som tager behørigt hensyn til de særlige omstændigheder, der gælder for overgangsøkonomier.
Lastly, the Commission has undertaken to draw up State aid guidelines in conjunction with the associated countries which will take into account the specific situation of the economies in transition. tion.
I udtalelsen konstaterer Kommissionen med hensyn til konkurrencereglerne, at de fleste associerede lande opfylder kravene til lovgivningsmæssig konvergens.
In its impact study, the Commission focuses on the practical difficulties that enlargement of the Union to 25 countries and 21 languages will entail for its supervisory machinery.
Kommissionen ud trykker tilfredshed med oprettelsen af konkurrencemyndigheder, som principielt er uafhængige af regeringsmyndighederne.
In spite of efforts to decentralise and streamline procedures, there can be no doubt that the accession of the associated countries will gen-
I løbet af perioden fortsatte det positive samarbejde mellem Kommissionen og de amerikanske konkurrencemyndigheder, hvilket har bi draget til en effektiv løsning på mange sager.
During the period under review, cooperation between the Commission and its counterparts in the United States has continued to be positive and has contributed to the effective resolution of a number of cases.
Aftalen danner fortsat rammen om et meningsfuldt og nyttigt samarbejde mellem Kommissionen og USA.
The Agreement continues to provide a frame­work for meaningful and useful cooperation between the Commission and the United States.
Samarbejdet, som er nærmere beskrevet i den første og anden beretning til Rådet og Europa-Parlamentet, er fortsat til stor fordel for parterne på begge sider af Atlanten.
The cooperation which was described in the first and the second report to the Council and the European Parliament has con­tinued to bring benefits on both sides of the Atlantic, not only to the competition authori­ties but also to the companies involved, as it is in everyone's interest for compatible solutions to be found.
Fordelene mærkes ikke kun af konkurrence myndighederne, men også af de berørte virksomheder, da det er i alles interesse at finde løsninger til alles tilfredshed.
In addition, from the legal viewpoint, enlarge­ment represents a challenge for the decentrali­sation policy of the Commission, which must ensure that Community competition law is enforced in a uniform fashion throughout the Union.
Boeing/MDD-fusionen var årsag til et intensivt samarbejde mellem Kommissionen og FTC (U.S. Federal Trade Commission) (5).
The Boeing/MDD merger was the sub­ject of intensive cooperation between the Commission and the US Federal Trade Com­mission (FTC)(5).
Sagen viste sig at være af særlig betydning, ikke blot på grund af transaktionens økonomiske og politiske satsninger, men også fordi Kommissionen, som især var bekymret for konkurrencevilkårene på markedet for store trafikjetfly, kom til en anden konklusion end FTC, som havde besluttet ikke at modsætte sig fusionen.
The case was particularly important not just because of the economic and political issues involved, but also because of the divergent conclusions reached by the Commission, which was concerned by the competition situation in the large commercial jet aircraft market, and the US authorities (Federal Trade Commission), which decided not to oppose the merger.
Områder, der er berettiget til støtte med regionalt sigte (artikel 92, stk. 3, litra a) og c)), udgør allerede næsten 50 % af EU's befolkningsgrundlag, hvilket anses for at være et maksimum.
This report complements the first report on the implementation of the Agree­ment, which covered the period from 10 April 1995 to 30 June 1996 (3).
I betragtning af den sædvanligvis lavere levestandard i de associerede lande, vil deres tiltrædelse derfor give sig udtryk i en for øgelse af den samlede befolkningsandel, som lever i støtteberettigede områder.
It was decided to report on this relatively short period of six months so that, in subsequent years, it would
Der var et særligt nært og udbytterigt samarbejde i Guinness/Grand Metropolitan-sagen(6).
Cooperation was particularly close and fruitful in the Guinness/Grand Metropolitan case(6).
Der var megen kontakt mellem Kommissionens tjenestemænd og deres side stillede i USA hele vejen gennem deres respektive undersøgelsesforløb.
There was a good deal of contact between Commission officials and their oppo­site numbers in the United States throughout the course of their respective investigations.
FTC sendte observatører til de offentlige høringer, som blev afholdt i tilknytning til proceduren efter fusionsforordningen.
The Federal Trade Commission sent observers to the public hearings held under the Merger Regulation procedure.
Selv om EU og USA i deres respektive vurderinger anvender forskellige definitioner på det relevante produktmarked og geografiske marked, skabte kontakten større gensidig forståelse for hinandens måde at tænke på, og dette element kunne indgå i
Although the EC and US regulators used different product and geo­graphic market definitions for their respective assessments, their mutual contacts enabled each party to understand the other's thinking, and to refine its analyses accordingly.
(') Aftale mellem De Europæiske Fællesskaber og regeringen for Amerikas Forenede Slater om anvendelsen af deres konkurrencelovgivning (EFT L 95 af 27.4.1995, s. 47-52, berigtiget i EFT L 131 af 15.6.1995, s. 38).
(6) For more details of the case see Part III of this report.
) Jf. beretningen om anvendelsen af konkurrencereglerne i Den Europæiske Union. ) Denne beretnings del III indeholder en nærmere analyse af denne sag og dens indvirkninger på forholdet mellem EU og
) Agreement between the United States of America and the European Commission regarding the application of their compe­tition laws, OJ L 95, 27.4.1995, as amended by OJ L 131, 15.6.1995. )
V — INTERNATIONALT SAMARBEJDE om fusioner, da hverken EU-retten eller den amerikanske lovgivning gør det muligt at ud sætte eller afbryde en intervention fra myndig hedernes side.
V — INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION matter. In contrast to the first agreement, this draft agreement does not cover mergers, given that neither Community law nor US legislation would allow public proceedings to be deferred or suspended.
vurderingerne.
take place between the regulators on the pro posed remedies.
Da først forhandlingerne var nået til et vist punkt, var parterne rede til at lade myndighederne drøfte de foreslåede god kendelsesbetingelser.
This was valuable in that it ensured an element of coordination which might not otherwise have been possible.
Det var meget værdifuldt og sikrede en grad af koordinering, som måske ellers ikke ville have været mulig, og førte især til, at de godkendelsesbetingelser, som vedtoges af de respektive myndigheder, var indbyrdes konsistente, både med hensyn til indhold og tidsfrister.
In particular, it ensured that the remedies finally agreed upon in each of the jurisdictions were consistent with one another as regards both content and timing.
Den foreslåede aftale om »positive comity« er en betydelig udvikling i forholdet til USA og udgør en forpligtelse for såvel USA som EU til at samarbejde med hensyn til håndhævelse af konkurrencereglerne i stedet for at søge ekstraterritorial anvendelse af egen konkurrencelovgivning. celovgivning.
The proposed positive comity agreement is an important development in relations with the US and represents a commitment on the part of the US and the EC to cooperate on antitrust enforcement rather than seeking to apply their antitrust laws extraterritorially.
Samarbejdet mellem Kommissionen og DoJ (U.S. Department of Justice) har været intensivt i en række allianceaftaler, der blev indgået mellem europæiske og amerikanske luftfartsselskaber, navnlig mellem British Air ways og American Airlines, Lufthansa og United Airlines, SAS og United Airlines, Swissair/Sabena/Austrian Airlines samt Delta Air Lines og KLM og Northwest.
Cooperation between the Cornrnission and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) was also intensive in a number of alliance agreements concluded between European and US airlines, namely between British Airways and American Airlines, Lufthansa and United Air lines, SAS and United Airlines, Swissair/ Sabena/Austrian Airlines and Delta Air Lines and KLM and Northwest.
Repræsentanter for DoJ deltog i den mundtlige høring, som fandt sted den 3. og 4. februar 1997 i British Airways/American Airlines-sagen.
Representatives of the US DoJ participated in the oral hearing which took place on 3 and 4 February in the British Airways/American Airlines case.
Der blev i juli 1997 lagt en sidste hånd på et udkast til aftale mellem EU og den canadiske regering om anvendelse af dere spektive konkurrencelovgivninger. Udkastet er fortsat under drøftelse i institutionerne.
A draft agreement between the Euro pean Communities and the Canadian Government on the enforcement of their competition laws was finalised in July and is still being discussed by the institutions.