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IGF anførte klart, at formålet med kontrollen var at vurdere de foreliggende oplysninger vedrørende revisionen af den uddannelsesforanstaltning, sagsøgeren havde gennemført i 1988, »særligt med hensyn til lovmæssighed og overensstemmelse med reglerne«.
After outlining the procedure which it and the DAFSE had followed and referring to the IGF report and to its own letter of 30 May 1996, the Commission concluded that the ESFs financial assistance ought to be reduced to the same amount as that accepted in its decision of 29 March 1993, that is to say, ESC 30 672 242.
Med hensyn hertil henviste sagsøgeren gentagne gange til en portugisisk lovbestemmelse for at påvise en uoverensstemmelse med reglerne ved sagsøgerens gennemførelse af uddannelsesforanstaltningen.
By letter of 24 February 1997 the DAFSE notified the contested decision to the applicant, requesting it to repay within 30 days the sums of ESC 423 507 and ESC 17 141 813 due to the ESF and the OSS/IGFSS respectively.
Med hensyn til omfanget af den beføjelse, Kommissionen har i medfør af artikel 6, stk. 1, i forordning nr. 2950/83, må det fastslås, at det kan være nødvendigt at foretage en vurdering af komplicerede faktiske og regnskabsmæssige forhold for at kunne bringe denne bestemmelse i anvendelse.
With regard to the scope of the power exercised by the Commission pursuant to Article 6(1) of Regulation No 2950/83, the application of that provision may make it necessary to assess complex facts and accounts.
I forbindelse med en sådan vurdering har institutionen derfor et vidt skøn.
In making such an assessment, the institution therefore enjoys a wide discretion.
Når Retten skal tage stilling til dette anbringende, må dens prøvelse derfor begrænses til en kontrol af, om der foreligger en åbenbar fejl i bedømmelsen af de pågældende faktiske omstændigheder.
Consequently, the Court must, in examining whether the present plea is well founded, limit its review to verifying that there has been no manifest error in assessing the facts at issue (see most recently, to this effect, Case T-118/96 Thai Bicycle Industry ν Council [1998] ECR 11-0000, paragraphs 32 and 33).
Det følger heraf, at sagsøgerens kritik af IGF's kontrolmetode må forkastes.
By letters received on 25 October 1996 and 6 May 1997, the Tribunal Criminal do Porto (Porto Criminal Court) and the DAFSE informed the Commission that, following the audit report drawn up by the IGF, the DAFSE had instituted proceedings against the applicant before that court for misappropriation of funds and fraud committed with a view to securing funds.
I den anfægtede beslutning har Kommissionen, som den har lov til, henvist både til beretningen fra IGF og til sin skrivelse af 30. maj 1996, og del er ubestridt, at sagsøgeren rettidigt har fået kendskab til disse dokumenter.
In the contested decision, the Commission, as it was legally entitled to do (Branco ν Commission, paragraph 36, and Commission ν Branco, paragraph 30, cited above), referred to the IGF report and to its letter of 30 May 1996, both of which it is not disputed were brought to the applicant's attention in good time.
Kommissionens skrivelse af 30. maj 1996 bygger udelukkende på IGFs beretning.
The Commission's letter of 30 May 1996 is based entirely on the IGF report.
Det skal følgelig prøves, om Kommissionen, da den gentog indholdet af og konklusionerne i beretningen som sine egne, begik en åbenbar fejl i sin bedømmelse.
It is therefore necessary to determine whether, in adopting the content and conclusions of that report, the Commission committed a manifest error of appraisal.
Denne prøvelse forudsætter en gennemgang af sagsøgerens argumenter vedrørende den metode, IGF anvendte ved udførelsen af sin opgave, og de fejl, det er gjort gældende, beretningen indeholdt.
Such a review presupposes an examination of the soundness of the applicant's arguments relating to the method used by the IGF in performing its tasks and to the errors which its report allegedly contains.
I en situation som den foreliggende, hvor modtageren af et tilskud fra fonden ikke har gennemført uddannelsesforanstaltningen i overensstemmelse med vilkårene for ydelse af tilskuddet, kan den pågældende modtager ikke under henvisning til princippet om beskyttelse af den berettigede forventning opnå betaling af saldoen for det samlede tilskud, der oprindeligt blev bevilget.
Article 6 of Decision 83/673 provides in this regard that applications for final payment must reach the Commission within 10 months of the date of completion of the training operations and that no payment may be made in respect of aid for which the application is submitted after the expiry of that period. In those circumstances, if checks to establish conformity could be made only before certification that the facts and accounts in a final payment claim were accurate, the Member State might not be in a position to
Dommen i sagen Branco mod Kommissionen kunne heller ikke skabe en berettiget forventning hos sagsøgeren, eftersom Retten ikke i denne dom tog stilling til lovligheden af nedsættelsen af tilskuddet, men blot udtalte sig om spørgsmålet om manglende begrundelse i den pågældende beslutning.
Commission [1992] ECR 1-3573, paragraph 17; Case T-73/95 Oliveira ν Commission [1997] ECR 11-381, paragraph 27).
Sagsøgeren kan ikke bebrejde IGF, at IGF ikke henviste til godkendelsesbeslutningen og præciserede, hvilke vilkår deri var blevet overtrådt.
The applicant cannot criticise the IGF for not having referred to the approval decision when specifying which of the conditions laid down therein had been breached.
Under de foreliggende omstændigheder kunne en nedsættelse af det oprindeligt ydede tilskud også begrundes under henvisning til andre bestemmelser, bl.a. i national ret.
In the circumstances of the case, a reduction in the assistance initially granted could also be justified by reference to other provisions, in particular those of national law (see paragraph 65 above).
Det fremgår af sagens akter, at Kommissionen i de to år fra den 12. januar 1995, hvor der blev afsagt dom i sagen Branco mod Kommissionen, til den 16. december 1996, hvor den anfægtede
Nor could the judgment in Branco ν Commission, cited above, give rise to any legitimate expectation on the applicant's part, in so far as the Court did not set out its views, in that judgment, on the legality of the reduction in the assistance but ruled only that the decision at issue did not contain a statement of reasons.
uddannelsesforanstaltning i overensstemmelse med de vilkår, der er fastsat for foranstaltningen.
It follows that the applicant's criticism of the control method used by the IGF must be rejected.
I den foreliggende sag har sagsøgeren ikke overholdt de vilkår, der var fastsat for sagsøgerens gennemførelse af uddannelsesforanstaltningen.
In those circumstances, the Commission did not commit a manifest error of appraisal in reducing, on the basis of the IGF report, the assistance granted to the applicant under the entries relating to regular attendance bonuses, leased computer hardware and depreciation costs.
Femte anbringende, vedrørende tilsidesættelse af proportionalitetsprincippet beslutning blev truffet, indgav begæring om genoptagelse af sagen Branco mod Kommissionen og derefter, da der var afsagt dom i ovennævnte sag Kommissionen mod Branco den 13. december 1995, traf de nødvendige foranstaltninger til at træffe en ny beslutning.
The third plea, alleging breach of the principles of protection of legitimate expectations and legal certainty
Med henblik herpå gennemgik Kommissionen sagen på ny, udarbejdede et nyt beslutningsudkast og gav medlemsstaten og sagsøgeren lejlighed til al fremkomme med deres bemærkninger til udkastet.
In a case such as this, in which the recipient of ESF assistance has not implemented the training programme in accordance with the conditions to which the grant of assistance was made subject, the recipient cannot rely on the principle of protection of legitimate expectations with a view to securing final payment of the full amount of assistance initially granted (Case C-181/90 Consorgan ν Commission [1992] ECR 1-3557, paragraph 17, and Case C-189/90 Cipeke ν
Fjerde anbringende, vedrørende en krænkelse af velerhvervede rettigheder
The fourth plea, alleging breach of acquired rights
I den foreliggende sag har den nedsættelse, Kommissionen har foretaget, direkte forbindelse til de retsstridige forhold, der er fremkommet, og nedsættelsen har kun til formål at sikre, at der ikke sker refusion af udgifter, der er afholdt ulovligt eller unødvendigt.
While it is true that an approval decision confers on the recipient of ESF assistance a right to insist on payment thereof, this can be so only if that recipient carries out the training programme concerned in accordance with the attendant conditions.
Ganske vist tillægger en godkendelsesbeslutning modtageren af tilskud fra fonden en ret til at kræve betaling af tilskuddet, men det forholder sig kun således under forudsætning af, at tilskudsmodtageren gennemfører den pågældende
The reductions made by the Commission in this case were directly linked to the irregularities detected and were designed solely to exclude reimbursement of unlawful or unnecessary expenditure.
Nedsættelsen er derfor i overensstemmelse med proportionalitetsprincippet.
Those reductions are thus in keeping with the principle of proportionality.
Sag T-95/96 Gestevisión Telecinco SA / Kommissionen for De Europæiske Fællesskaber Statsstøtte
Case T-95/96 Gestevisión Telecinco SA ν Commission of the European Communities State aid
•Statsstøtte offentlige tvselskaber — klage — passivitetssøgsmål — Kommissionens undersøgelsespligt - frist proceduren i artikel 93, stk. 2 — alvorlige vanskeligheder« (Tredje Udvidede Afdeling)
(State aid — Public service television — Complaint — Action for declaration of failure to act — Commission's duty to investigate — Time-limit — Procedure under Article 93(2) - Serious difficulties) (Third Chamber, Extended Composition)
Der er ti tvselskaber i Spanien, tre private og syv offentlige.
There are 10 television companies in Spain, of which three are in the private sector and seven of which are public service broadcasters.
De private tvselskaber finansieres hovedsageligt ved reklameindtægter.
The main source of finance for the private television companies is revenue generated by advertising.
De offentlige tvselskaber finansieres derimod kun delvis ved hjælp af reklamer.
The public television companies, on the other hand, are only partially funded by advertising.
I henhold til traktatens artikel 175, stk. 3, kan enhver fysisk eller juridisk person anlægge sag ved Fællesskabets retsinstanser for at få fastslået, at en af Fællesskabets institutioner har undladt at udstede en retsakt til ham, henstillinger og udtalelser dog undtaget.
After that letter, the Commission did not adopt a decision on the two complaints filed by the applicant.
Alle disse offentlige tvselskaber har, siden de påbegyndte deres virksomhed, i forskelligt omfang modtaget tilskud fra de forvaltninger, de henhører under.
From the start of their activities, all the public television companies have received, in varying proportions, funds from the authorities within whose jurisdiction they fall.
De finansieres således dels af reklameindtægter, dels af statstilskud.
So, they receive funds from two sources; advertising revenue and State grants.
Det skal undersøges, om sagsøgeren i det foreliggende tilfælde kan betragtes som umiddelbart og individuelt berørt af de retsakter, i relation til hvilke Kommissionen hævdes at have udvist passivitet.
Under the third paragraph of Article 175 of the Treaty, any natural or legal person may complain to the Court of Justice that an institution of the Community has failed to address to that person any act other than a recommendation or an opinion.
Sagsøgeren, Gestevisión Telecinco SA som har hjemsted i Madrid, er et af de tre private kommercielle selskaber.
In this case, it is appropriate to examine to what extent the measures which the Commission allegedly failed to adopt can be considered to be of direct and individual concern to the applicant.
Det fremgår af Rettens dom af 27. april 1995 i sagen ASPEC m.fl. mod Kommissionen, at en virksomhed må betragtes som umiddelbart berørt af en kommissionsbeslutning vedrørende en statsstøtte, såfremt der ikke er nogen tvivl om de nationale myndigheders vilje til at gennemføre deres støtteprojekt.
The applicant, Gestevisión Telecinco SA a company incorporated under Spanish law in Madrid (Spain), is one of the three private commercial companies.
I det foreliggende tilfælde er det imidlertid ubestridt, at de forskellige økonomiske tilskud allerede er blevet ydet af de pågældende spanske myndigheder og fortsat bliver det. Under disse omstændigheder må det anses for godtgjort, at sagsøgeren er umiddelbart berørt.
On 2 March 1992, it lodged with the Commission a complaint (hereinafter 'the first complaint') seeking to have the grants which the regional television companies receive from their respective autonomous communities declared incompatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 92 of the EC Treaty.
Den 12. november 1993 indgav sagsøgeren en ny klage med henblik på at få fastslået, at de tilskud, den spanske stat ydede det offentlige organ RTVE, var uforenelige med fællesmarkedet i traktatens artikel 92's forstand (herefter »den anden klage«).
On 12 November 1993, the applicant lodged another complaint seeking to have the subsidies granted by the central Spanish State to the public body RTVE declared incompatible with the common market under Article 92 of the Treaty (hereinafter 'the second complaint').
I begyndelsen af februar 1996 havde Kommissionen endnu ikke taget stilling til sagsøgerens klager. Ved rekommanderet skrivelse af 6. februar 1996, modtaget den 8. februar, opfordrede sagsøgeren derfor i overensstemmelse med traktatens artikel 175 Kommissionen til at tage stilling til de to klager og til at indlede proceduren i traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2.
In that connection, it follows from the judgment of the Court of First Instance in Case T-435/93 ASPEC and Others ν Commission, that an undertaking must be considered to be directly affected by a decision of the Commission relating to State aid where there is no doubt that the national authorities intend to implement their plan to grant aid.
Det skal i det foreliggende tilfælde undersøges, om sagsøgeren ville være individuelt berørt af den beslutning, som Kommissionen vil kunne træffe i forhold til den pågældende medlemsstat ved afslutningen af den indledende fase af undersøgelsen, og som enten går ud på at fastslå, at den omhandlede statslige foranstaltning ikke udgør en støtte, eller at den udgør en støtte, men er forenelig med fællesmarkedet, eller også at den gør det nødvendigt at indlede proceduren i traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2.
In the present case, it is common ground that the various grants at issue have already been granted by the Spanish authorities concerned and continue to be granted. In those circumstances, it must be considered as established that the applicant is directly affected.
Ved skrivelse af 20. februar 1996 svarede Kommissionen således:
By the beginning of February 1996, the Commission had still not ruled on the applicant's complaints.
De interesserede parter i traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2's forstand, der således må betragtes som umiddelbart og individuelt berørt, er personer, virksomheder eller sammenslutninger, hvis interesser måtte være berørt af den tildelte støtte, dvs. navnlig konkurrerende virksomheder og erhvervsorganisationer.
Consequently, in a registered letter dated 6 February 1996, received on 8 February 1996, the applicant formally called upon the Commission to rule on the two complaints in accordance with Article 175 of the Treaty and to initiate the procedure under Article 93(2) of the Treaty.
I nærværende sag har Kommissionen ikke bestridt, at sagsøgeren er en interesseret part i artikel 93, stk. 2's forstand, hvilket følger af, at selskabet driver en af de tre private tv-kanaler, der konkurrerer med de offentlige tv-kanaler,
It is therefore appropriate to consider in this case whether the applicant would be individually affected by a decision which the Commission might adopt in relation to the Member State
som har modtaget de anfægtede økonomiske tilskud, og af, at sagsøgerens to klager danner grundlag for Kommissionens indledende undersøgelse i relation til de pågældende tilskud.
The Court of First Instance held it to be a general principle of Community law that the Commission must act within a reasonable time in adopting decisions following administrative procedures relating to competition policy.
Inden for så lang tid burde Kommissionen have kunnet afslutte den indledende fase af undersøgelsen af de omhandlede foranstaltninger. Kommissionen burde således have været i stand til at træffe en afgørelse vedrørende foranstaltningerne, medmindre den kan godtgøre, at der forelå helt særlige omstændigheder, der kan retfærdiggøre, at der medgik så lang tid.
concerned at the end of the preliminary stage of investigation, to the effect that the State measure at issue does not constitute aid, or to the effect that it does constitute aid but is compatible with the common market, or to the effect that it necessitates the procedure under Article 93(2) of the Treaty to be initiated.
Sagsøgeren må derfor anses for umiddelbart og individuelt berørt af, at Kommissionen ikke har truffet nogen beslutning efter at have indledt den indledende undersøgelse af de tilskud, de forskellige spanske statslige instanser har ydet de offentlige tv-selskaber.
The persons concerned for the purposes of Article 93(2) of the Treaty, who are thus to be considered as directly and individually concerned, are those persons, undertakings or associations whose interests might be affected by the grant of the aid, in particular competing undertakings and trade associations.
Det skal endvidere undersøges, hvorvidt Kommissionen i skrivelsen af 20. februar 1996 tog stilling til sagsøgerens opfordring til at handle.
Next, it is appropriate to note that the applicant's first complaint was lodged on 2 March 1992 and the second complaint on 12 November 1993.
Med henblik på afgørelsen af, om påstanden om passivitet kan tages til følge, skal det undersøges, om Kommissionen på det tidspunkt, hvor den blev opfordret til at handle i traktatens artikel 175's forstand, havde en pligt til at handle.
It follows that, at the time when the Commission was formally called upon to act pursuant to Article 175 of the Treaty, that is to say on 8 February 1996, the date when the applicant's letter of 6 February 1996 inviting the Commission to act was received, the Commission's preliminary investigation had so far taken 47 months for the first complaint and 26 months for the second.
Sagsøgeren har med rette anført, at denne skrivelse ikke indeholder nogen stillingtagen fra Kommissionens side til de omhandlede klager, idet Kommissionen alene tilkendegiver, at den efter at have undersøgt klagerne og efter færdiggørelsen af en ekstern rapport havde anmodet de spanske myndigheder om en række supplerende oplysninger.
Those periods are so long that they should have been sufficient to enable the Commission to close the preliminary stage of investigation into the aid in question and thus be in a position to adopt a decision thereon, unless it could show exceptional circumstances justifying such periods.
Da Kommissionen er enekompetent til at vurdere en statsstøttes forenelighed med fællesmarkedet, er den ud fra hensynet til god forvaltningsskik i forbindelse med traktatens grundlæggende regler om statsstøtte forpligtet til at gennemføre en påpasselig og upartisk undersøgelse af en klage over en påstået støtte, der er uforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
In the present case, the Commission has not disputed that the applicant is a party concerned within the meaning of Article 93(2), this position ensuing from its status as manager of one of the three private television channels in competition with the public television channels to which the contested grants were made and from the fact that both complaints lodged by it prompted the preliminary investigation carried out by the Commission in relation to those grants.
Det er i øvrigt ubestridt, at Kommissionen endnu ikke havde truffet en af de ovennævnte afgørelser ved behandlingen af nærværende sag.
It is now appropriate to consider further the extent to which the Commission defined its position upon the applicant's request to act contained in its letter of 20 February 1996.
Retten understregede, at det må anses for et almindelig! fællesskabsretligt princip, at Kommissionen handler inden for en rimelig frist, når den træffer afgørelser i forbindelse med administrative procedurer inden for konkurrencepolitikken.
Accordingly, the failure by the Commission to take any decision following its initiation of the preliminary investigation procedure in relation to the grants made by the various Spanish State bodies to the public television companies must be considered to be of direct and individual concern to the applicant.
På det tidspunkt, hvor Kommissionen blev opfordret til at handle i overensstemmelse med traktatens artikel 175, dvs. den 8. februar 1996, som er datoen for modtagelsen af sagsøgerens skrivelse af 6. februar 1996, der indeholder en sådan opfordring, havde Kommissionens indledende undersøgelse således varet 47 måneder for så vidt angår den første klage og 26 måneder for så vidt angår den anden klage.
A letter from an institution called upon to act under Article 175 of the Treaty stating that the questions raised are being examined does not in fact amount to the defining of a position such as to release it from its duty to act.
•1) Kommissionen har tilsidesat sine forpligtelser i henhold til EF-traktaten ved ikke at have truffet en afgørelse på baggrund af de to klager, sagsøgeren har indgivet den 2 marts 1992 og den 12. november 1993.
It is, furthermore, common ground that the Commission had still not adopted any of the decisions mentioned above at the time when this action was being considered.
2) Kommissionen betaler sagsøgerens omkostninger med undtagelse af de omkostninger, der erforanlediget af Den Franske Republiks intervention.
Since it has exclusive jurisdiction to assess the compatibility of State aid with the common market, the Commission must, in the interests of sound administration and the fundamental rules of the Treaty relating to State aid, conduct a diligent and impartial examination of a complaint alleging aid to be incompatible with the common market.
3) Den Franske Republik bærer sine egne omkostninger og sagsøgerens omkostninger som følge af interventionen.«
It follows from the foregoing that the Commission had, by 8 April 19%, failed to act, this date being two months from receipt by it, on 8 February 19%, of the letter calling upon it to
»Statsstøtte EF-traktatens artikel 93, stk. 2 — meddelelse om indledning af en procedure -støtte ikke udtrykkeligt nævnt - støtte til virksomheder i ugunstigt stillede områder omstrukturering - tilbagesøgning af støtten -forældelsesfrist« (Tredje Udvidede Afdeling)
act on the ground that it refrained from adopting a decision declaring that the State measures in question did not amount to aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) of the Treaty, or that those measures were to be classified as aid within the meaning of Article 92(1) but were compatible with the common market under Article 92(2) and (3), or that the procedure until Article 93(2) of the Treaty had to be initiated, or from adopting a combination of these various possible decisions according to the circumstances.
»Konkurrence passivitetssøgsmål — ufornødent at træffe afgørelse om sagens genstand« (Tredje Udvidede Afdeling)
(Competition —Action for a declaration of failure to act —No need for the case to proceed to judgment) (Third Chamber, Extended Composition)