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— personlig kundebetjening og mulighed for at variere den ydede service efter den enkelte kundes behov.
— possibility of changing destination or addressee in transit,
Det geografiske marked og de omhandlede tjenesteydelser
The geographical market and the service in question the definitive version of the Law together with the minutes of the parliamentary debates on the new Law.
De markeder, der berøres af den her omhandlede statslige foranstaltning, er markedet for befordring af breve af en vægt på højst 500 gram fra nederlandsk område og det dermed beslægtede, men dog selvstændige, marked for kurérbefordring af breve fra dette område.
The markets concerned by the State measure in question are the market for the handling of letters weighin up to 500 grammes originating in the Netherlands territory, and the similar, but separate, market for the express delivery of letters from that territory.
Dette område opfylder væsentlighedskriteriet i artikel 86 i kraft af det nederlandske markeds økonomiske betydning i forhold til hele Fællesskabet. bet.
The territory concerned fulfils the criterion of substantiality provided for in Article 86 in view of the relative economic importance of the Dutch market in relation to the Community.
Ved skrivelse af 16. januar 1989 besvarede de nederlandske myndigheder i øvrigt hovedpunkterne i Kommissionens spørgsmål.
By letter dated 16 January 1989, the Netherlands authorities also replied to the substance of the questions put by the Commission.
De gjorde gældende, at det lovmæssige monopol ikke var mere omfattende, end hvad der var nødvendigt af hensyn til varetagelsen af en universel postbefordring at ekspresbefordring også måtte sikres beskyttelse, samt at monopolet havde eksisteret siden 1807.
Their arguments are as follows : the legal monopoly is limited to what is necessary in order to provide the general postal service ; the express service also deserves protection and the monopoly has existed since 1807.
Den første af disse påstande gennemgås nærmere under betragtning nr. 16 og 17.
The first point is dealt with in detail in paragraphs 16 and 17.
Den anden er irrelevant, eftersom postvæsenet selv, inden for rammerne af EMS-tjenesten, tilbyder mere gunstige takstbetingelser end de private kurérvirksomheder. Postvæsenet konkurrer altså selv med denne tjeneste.
The second is not relevant as the post office itself, in thfrm of its EMS service, offers more advantageous rates than the express mail taif.
Heller ikke den tredje påstand kan tages til følge, eftersom den tidligere lovgivning stammer fra tiden før de private kurérvirksomheders fremkomst, samt at den aldrig havde været anvendt over for disse.
In that market, express courier services as described in points 3 and 4, are provided in sufficiently uniform conditions of competition as regards prices, characteristics and the needs they satisfy to enable them to be distinguished from other services.
Det nederlandske postvæsen — PTT-Post BV — er en privatretlig virksomhed, hvis kapital ejes 100 % af PTT Nederland NV, som også er en privatretlig virksomhed, men har den nederlandske stat som eneaktionær.
The Netherlands post office — the PTT Post BV — is an undertaking governed by private law company but wholly owned by the State of the Netherlands.
Virksomheden har indgået en aftale med andre medlemsstaters postvæsen om kurérpostbefordring til og fra disse lande under handelsnavnet »EMS«.
It has concluded an agreement with the postal administrations of other Member States on an express on an express courier service to and from those countries under the same name 'EMS'.
Disse enerettigheder, som udelukker enhver konkurrence på dette marked, giver virksomheden PTT-Post BV mulighed for at føre en helt uafhængig forretningspolitik over for sine konkur rencer, der udelukkes fra at operere på dette marked, og over for forbrugerne, der med hensyn til almindelig postbefordring er henvist til kun at benytte denne virksomhed.
As a result of these exclusive rights, which mean that there can be no competition on this market, PTT Post BV is able to operate independently botF of its competitors, as they are excluded from the market, and of its consumers, who cannot obtain the basic service elsewhere.
»EMS« er helt klart rettet mod samme kundekreds som de private virksomheders kurérservice.
The EMS service is clearly designed for the same customers as those of private express courier companies.
I øvrigt varetager PTT-Post BV fortsat traditionel eksprespostbefordring.
Furthermore, the PTT Post BV continues to provide the traditional express letter service.
Virksomheden PTT-Post BV er en offentlig virksomhed efter EØF-Traktatens artikel 90, stk. 1, og den nederlandske postlovs § 2 og 12 samt bekendt gørelsen af 19. december 1988, i henhold til hvilken denne virksomhed skal have eneret på at indsamle, befordre og omdele breve på højst 500 gram, udgør foranstaltninger som omhandlet i nævnte artikel.
PTT Post BV is a public undertaking within the meaning of Article 90 (1) of the EEC Treaty; Articles 2 and 12 of the Postal Law and the Decree of 19 December 1988 granting PTT Post BV the exclusive right to collect, transport and distribute letters weighin up to 500 grammes constitute measures within the meaning of that Article.
Og den nye postlov indebærer netop, at PTT-post BV forbeholdes den del af markedet for kurérforsendelser, der besørges for en takst på under 11,9 hfl. hvor virksomheden indtil denne lovs ikrafttrædelse måtte konkurrere med de private kurérvirksomheder. der.
PTT Post BV the section of the express delivery market concerning mail handled for a charge not exceeding Fl 11,9 in which, prior to the entry into force of the Law, it competed against private express delivery undertakings.
(') Dom af 3. oktober 1985, sag 311/84, CBEM/CLT og IPB, Sml. 1985, s. 3278, præmis nr. 27.
(') Judgment of 3 October 1985, Case 311/84, CBEM CLT and IPB, (1985) ECR p.
Af Traktatens artikel 90 følger, at virksomheder, der har fået indrømmet ekslusive rettigheder som omhandlet i denne artikel, fortsat er underkastet konkurrencereglerne i Traktatens artikel 86.
Under Article 90 of the EEC Treaty, undertakings to which a Member State has granted exclusive rights within the meaning of that Article are still subject to the rules of competition contained in Article 86 of the Treaty.
De er således omfattet af artikel 86, medmindre det i henhold til artikel 90, stk. 2, kan godtgøres, at anvendelsen af disse bestemmelser retligt eller faktisk ville hindre dem i at opfylde de særlige opgaver, der er betroet dem.
They are subject to the provisions of Article 86 unless it is shown, under Article 90 (2), that the application of such rules would obstruct the performance in law or in fact of the particular tasks assigned to them.
90 være den eneste virksomhed, der kan tilbyde disse ydelser til en pris, der ligger under mindstetaksten, således at den kan tilbyde sine kunder de øvrige ydelser til en pris, der ligger tæt op ad marginalomkostningerne, medens konkurrenterne må indregne alle omkostninger ved at indsamle og befordre post i prisen på de ydelser, de kan tilbyde uden om monopolet.
90 alone is able to provide services for less than the minimum price in order to provide its customers with other services at a price approaching theit marginal cost, whereas its competitors will have to charge all their collection and transport costs against solely those services not covered by the monopoly.
Nederlandene har ved at indrømme postvæsenet eneret på at yde kurérservice til en pris under den lovmæssige mindstetakst indført en forskelsbehandling selv inden for de ydelser, der ikke er forbeholdt postvæsenet.
By reserving the market for express deliveries at a price below the legal minimum to the Post Office, the Netherlands are creating discrimination even in the services that are not reserved.
Loven af 26. oktober 1988 og bekendtgørelsen af 19. december 1988 udvider således PTT-Post BV's hidtidige dominerende stilling til også at omfatte markedet for kurérservice, som ikke er det samme som markedet for almindelig postbefordring.
The Law of 26 October and the Decree of 19 December 1988 thus extend the dominant position of PTT Post BV to the express delivery market which is separate from that of the basic service.
På dette marked besidder PTT-Post BV herefter ikke alene en dominerende stilling i kraft af, at virksom hedens infrastruktur omfatter hele Nederlandene, men også i kraft af, at loven forbyder dens konkur renter på dette marked at yde kurérservice for under 11,9 hfl, hvorved hele dette marked eller en del deraf forbeholdes PTT-Post BV.
In future, PTT Post BV will hold a dominant position on this market not only because of its infrastructure which covers the whole of the Netherlands, but also because the Law prohibits its competitors from providing an express service for less than Fl 11,9, thus reserving a whole section of that market for itself.
Konkurrencen på den resterende del af dette marked udelukker ikke, at PTT-post BV besidder en dominerende stilling. Virksomheden kan således tilrettelægge sin forretningspolitik uden at måite tage hensyn til nogen konkurrence og uden af den grund at måtte bære de normale konsekvenser heraf.
Competition on the remaining part of the market does not exclude such a dominant position since PTT Post BV is able to adopt a market strategy which takes no account of that competition, without thereby suffering any detrimental effects.
PTT-Post BV vil således helt uafhængigt kunne fastlægge sin forretningspolitik over for sine store kunder inden for kurérservice, eftersom virksomhedens konkur renter ikke vil kunne yde rabatter, så taksterne kommer ned under den lovmæssige mindstetakst.
There will be no constraints on any strategy PTT Post BV adopts with regard to the express delivery service it offers major customers since its competitors will not be able to offer discounts below the legal minimum.
b) Påtvingeise af urimelige priser og betingelser
(b) Imposition of unfair prices and conditions.
Den anden betingelse, der stilles, for at postvæsenets konkurrenter fortsat skal kunne tilbyde kurérservice, nemlig at deres ydelser skal være af højere kvalitet end den, der tilbydes af PTT-Post BV indebærer ikke alene en forskelsbehandling af disse konkurrenter, men skaber desuden manglende retssikkerhed for disse virksomheder.
In addition, the second condition which competitors of the Post Office in the express deliveries market must satisfy in order to continue to provide their service i. e. that the service must be better than that of PTT Post BV, discriminates not only against these competitors but also places them in a position of legal uncertainty.
Selv om de ydelser, der tilbydes af de private kurérvirksomheder, for øjeblikket rent kvalitativt adskiller sig fra post væsenets ydelser, er det muligt, at den posttjeneste, der varetager kurérservice nemlig EMS, i fremtiden vil nå op på et tilsvarende kvalitetsniveau. I henhold til den nye lov ville det til den tid være forbudt for private kurérvirksomheder at tilbyde kurérservice fra Nederlandene, undtagen for forsendelser på over 500 gram.
Although at present the service provided by private courier firms in most cases differs qualitatively from the post office service, it is possible that in future the post office service responsible for express deliveries, the EMS, will reach a comparable level of quality.
Før den nye lovs ikrafttrædelse vare der mange virksomheder i erhvervslivet, der benyttede sig af de private kurérvirksomheder.
Before the new Law entered into force, numerous undertakings made use of private express courier services.
De fandt, at deres behov i mindre grad blev tilgodeset af postvæsenet, enten på grund af ydelsernes pris eller kvalitet.
They considered that the Post Office services did not cater as adequately for their needs, as regards either price or quality.
Disse virksomheder er nu berøvet muligheden for at vælge, om de ønsker at benytte postvæsenet eller de private kurérvirksomheder til befordring af kurerpost på højst 500 gram i takstkategorien på op til 11,9 hfl i henhold til loven skal de nu benytte PTT-Post BV's kurérservice på de af denne virksomhed fastsatte vilkår, uanset om dette tilgodeser deres behov eller ej.
Those undertakings now no longer have the choice of using the post office services or private couriers for the express delivery of mail weighing up to 500 grammes in the category of prices not exceeding FL 11,9. The Law requires them to use the PTT Post BV express services on the terms laid down by the latter, whether or not they corrspond to their needs.
c) Begrænsning af udbuddet
(c) Restriction of supply
Den nye lov vil begrænse antallet af tjenesteydere og forringe servicekvaliteten.
The new measure will adversely affect the number of providers and the quality of the service.
Efter at de private kurérvirksomheder nu ikke mere kan tilbyde disse ydelser til en tarif på under 11,9 hfl, har deres kunder ikke længere adgang til ydelser af samme kvalitet, eftersom det nederlandske postvæsen og EMS-tjenesten endnu ikke kan tilbyde en lige så hurtig og pålidelig kurérservice.
Since private couriers can no longer provide their services at a price below Fl 11,90, their customers no longer have a service of the same quality, as the Netherlands post office and its EMS service are not as yet offering an express delivery service of comparable reliability or speed.
Derved påføres disse kunder helt klart skade, eftersom de — hvis de fortsat vil benytte sig af kurérservice — må betale mindst 11,9 hfl. pr. forsendelse i stedet for den hidtidige, lavere takst.
Customers therefore clearly suffer from a disadvantage since, if they wish to continue to use this service, it will cost them at least Fl 11,9 per item, instead of the lower rate charged previously.
For at en foranstaltning kan anses at påvirke samhandelen mellem medlemsstater, skal der ikke nødvendigvis føres bevis for, at den rent faktisk påvirker handelsstrømmene ; i henhold til EØF-Traktatens artikel 85 og 86 er det tilstrækkeligt at påvise, at den kan påvirke samhandelen mellem medlemsstater.
In order for a measure to be considered as adversely affecting trade between Member States, it is not necessary to establish its actual effect on the volume of such trade ; it need only, as provided fot in Articles 85 and 86 of the EEC Treaty, be liable to affect trade between Member States.
Og det kan ikke bestrides, at den nederlandske regering ved at forbeholde en enkelt virksomhed retten til at yde kurérservice for forsendelser på højst 500 gram til en pris på under 11,9 hfl. til andre medlemsstater har truffet foranstaltninger, der vil kunne påvirke ydelsen af kurérservice mellem medlemsstater.
It is quite clear that by reserving for a single undertaking the market for express deliveries weighing up to 500 grammes, at a price below Fl 11,9, and destined for other Member States, the Netherlands Government has taken measures liable to affect the provision of express deliveries services between Member States.
I øvrigt ville denne foranstaltning, også selv om den kun berørte kurérservice inden for Nederlandene, påvirke konkur renter i andre medlemsstater, der tilbyder disse ydelser i nederlandene.
Even if the restriction concerned only express deliveries within the Netherlands, the measure would affect the provision of services in the Netherlands by competing undertakings established in other Member States.
Forbuddet mod, at virksom heder fra andre medlemsstater, der besørger forsendelser til Nederlandene, også befordrer forsendelser, som nu er forbeholdt PTT-Post BV, mellem deres nederlandske kunder, begrænser deres muligheder for at få dækket nogle af deres omkostninger ved at indsamle og omdele post til Nederlandene ved hjælp af de indtægter, der stammer fra deres befordring af post mellem deres kunder i Nederlandene.
The fact that undertakings in other Member States which deliver consignmens to the Netherlands are prohibited from transporting to or from their Dutch customers all letters now reserved for the PTT Post BV limits their possibilities of offsetting their collection and distribution costs in the Netherlands against revenue from transporting mail between their customers in the Netherlands.
Dette forbud afskærer dem desuden fra fortsat at benytte sig af nederlandske virksomheder til at varetage indsamlingen og omdelingen af breve i Nederlandene, eller bevirker i det mindste, at det
It also prevents them from having further recourse to Dutch subcontractors to collect and distribute mail in the Netherlands or, at the very least, makes the service
Denne foranstaltning afskærer desuden postvæsenets konkurrenter på markedet for kurérforsendelser på over 500 gram fra at tilbyde et komplet udbud af kurérserviceydelser og stiller dem derved ringere i konkurrencen over for postvæsenet.
Furthermore, the measure prevents post office competitors which provide an express service for consignments weighing more than 500 grammes from offering a full range of fast delivery services and therefore places them at a disadvantage in comparison with the post office.
Det nederlandske postvæsen kan jo drage fordel af at
The Netherlands post office can take advantage of the fact that it
Forbuddet kan forhindre, at der tilbydes kurérservice fra nabolande, eller det kan gøre disse ydelser dyrere.
It achieves economies of scale by using its staff and its infrastructure for a variety of services and reflects these in its charges, in particular by granting discounts on its EMS rates.
Postvæsenet kan opnå stordriftsfordele ved at benytte eget personale og egen infrastruktur til de forskellige ydelser og kan indregne disse fordele i sine takster, bl.a. ved at yde rabatter på EMS-ydelser.
The prohibition is liable to impede the supply of express delivery services from adjacent countries or to make it more costly.
Artikel 90, stk. 2, i EØF-Traktaten
Article 90 (2)
I øvrigt klarer PTT-Post BV, sig for øjeblikket udmærket i konkurrencen med de private virksom heder.
Furthermore, PTT Post BV is currently withstanding competition from private couriers very well.
Denne virksomhed har ikke pligt til at tilbyde sine ydelser i hele Nederlandene til samme takster.
It is not obliged to provide its services throughout the Netherlands at the same rates.
Den yder betydelige rabatter, hvis forenelighed med artikel 86 i visse tilfælde forekommer tvivlsom (').
It offers large discounts, whose compatibility with Article 86 appears in certain cases to be doubtful (4).
PTT-Post BV kan således, ligesom virksomhedens konkurrenter i det private erhvervsliv, tage hensyn til omkostningsforskelle ved fastsættelsen af sine takster.
It can, therefore, like its private competitors, take account of cost differences when fixing its rates.
Det er således ikke godtgjort, at dens karakter af en virksomhed, der har fået overdraget at opfylde opgaver af almindelig økonomisk interesse, giver sig et sådant udslag i takst strukturen (2), at dette kan bevirke, at den inden for kurérservice ikke skulle falde ind under konkurrencereglerne. cereglerne.
It is therefore not established that the general interest tasks affect the tariff structure f5) of PTT Post BV in such a way as to enable it to avoid the the constraints of the competition rules in the matter of its express delivery service.
Den nederlandske lovgivnings sondring mellem de ydelser, der er forbeholdt postvæsenet, og de øvrige postydelser, hævdes at være indført for at sikre kvaliteten af den almindelige postbefordring.
The distinction made in the Netherlands Law between the reserved service on the one hand and other postal services on the other appears to be designed to guarantee the quality of the general service.
Med denne sondring har den nederlandske regering ønsket at præcisere, hvad den betragter som værende tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse, og hvilke ydelser der ikke betragtes som sådanne.
The aim of the Netherlands Government in making this distinction was to define what constitutes a service of general economic interest and what does not.
I henhold til EØF-Traktaten skal Kommissionen i sin vurdering af denne sondring lægge artikel 90, stk. 2, til grund.
Unter the EEC Treaty, it is the Commission's task to assess this distinction in the light of Article 90 (2).
Ifølge denne artikel finder Traktatens bestemmelser, og i særdeleshed konkurrencereglerne, anvendelse på post ydelser, medmindre disse bestemmelser faktisk eller retligt hindrer opfyldelsen af de særlige opgaver, som er betroet den pågældende virksomhed.
Under that Article, the rules of the Treaty and in particular the competition rules apply to postal services unless their application obstructs the performance in law or in fact of the particular tasks assigned to such services.
Med hensyn til spørgsmålet om, hvorvidt anven delsen af Traktatens bestemmelser vil have denne virkning, påhviler bevisbyrden vedkommende medlemsstat.
It is for the Member State to prove that the application of the rules would have such an effect.
I betragtning af det ovenstående vil bevarelsen af den konkurrencesituation, der fandtes før den nye lovs ikrafttrædelse, ikke kunne hindre postvæsenet i at opfylde de almennyttige opgaver, det har fået betroet af den nederlandske regering.
In view of these considerations, continuation of the competitive structure which existed prior to the introduction of the new Law is not liable to obstruct the public service obligations which the Netherlands Government has imposed on the Post Office.
PTT-Post BV's monopol på almindelig postbefordring, som ikke anfægtes i denne beslutning, er på indeværende tidspunkt fuldt ud tilstrækkeligt til at sikre, at virksomheden fortsat kan opfylde sine forpligtelser som offentlig tjeneste, uden at samhandelen påvirkes på en måde, der er i strid med Fællesskabets interesse —
The monopoly held by PTT Post BV in respect of the basic postal service, which is not affected by this Decision is, at the present moment, amply sufficient to ensure that public service obligations are fulfilled without affecting trade to an extent contrary to the interests of the Community.
Det anføres, at der i kraft af konkurrencen fra de private kurérvirksomheder var risiko for, at postvæsenets kurérservice kun ville få overladt de i økonomisk henseende mindst interessante forsendelser. Der nederlandske postvæsen har imidlertid fra 1986 til 1987 øget sit overskud fra 9 til 130 mio hfl. til trods for denne konkurrence.
In the present case, the Netherlands justify extending the dominant position of the post office by the need to guarantee that it has sufficient revenue to carry out the tasks assigned to it. Competition between private couriers and the post office express service would be liable to leave the latter with only the less profitable destinations.
Postvæsenet havde tidligere en omsætning inden for kurérservice på ca. 40 mio hfl. om året til trods for konkur rencen fra de private kurérvirksomheder.
In the past, the post office had an annual turnover in the express deliveries sector of approximately Fl 40 million in spite of competition from private couriers.
Hvad den traditionelle ekspresbefordring angår, forhindrede denne konkurrence ikke en stigning i antallet af forsendelser fra 3,5 millioner i 1983 til 4,7 millioner i 1987.
As regards the traditional express service, competition did not prevent the number of consignments rising from 3,5 million in 1983 to 4,7 million in 1987.