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Kommissionen traf den 12. februar en beslutning vedrørende de fordele, den wallonske region (334) og det statsejede Brussels South Charleroi Airport (BSCA) har indrømmet lu fartsselskabet Ryanair i forbindelse med selskabets etablering i Charleroi. Kommissionen konkluderede, at ingen privat operatør i samme situation som BSCA ville have indrømmet samme fordele. Da det markedsøkonomiske investorprincip ikke var overholdt i dette tilfælde, udgjorde de fordele, der var indrømmet Ryanair, statsstøtte, som kunne fordreje konkurrencen.
On 12 February, the Commission took a decision concerning advantages granted by the Walloon Region (334) and the publicly owned Brussels South Charleroi
Visse former for støtte godkendtes af Kommissionen i dens beslutning, især støtte, som giver mulighed for reel udvikling af nye ruter under klart de nerede betingelser.
Airport (BSCA) to the airline Ryanair in connection with its establishment at Charleroi. e Commission concluded that no private operator in the same circumstances as BSCA would have granted the same advantages.
Det fremgik endvidere af beslutningen, at visse former for støtte ikke kan godkendes. Kommissionen har til hensigt at sikre, at de fordele, der indrømmes en specifik lu havn ikke må være diskriminerende og skal være mere gennemsigtige.
Since the market private investor principle had not been adhered to in this case, the advantages granted to Ryanair constituted State aid which could distort competition.
Endelig beslutning endnu ikke o entliggjort.C 20/2003, EUT C 145 af 21.6.2003.C 65/200, EFT L 196 af 25.7.2002.C 76/2002 — Belgien — Charleroi Airport — Ryanair. Beslutning af 12.2.2004.
C 64/1999 — Italy — Tirrenia group. Decision of 16.3.2004.Final decision not yet published.C 20/2003, OJ C 145, 21.6.2003.C 65/200, OJ L 196, 25.7.2002.C 76/2002 — Belgium — Charleroi Airport — Ryanair.
Kommissionen besluttede den 16. marts at indlede en statsstøtteundersøgelse vedrørende Grækenland (335), da der var tvivl omkring etablering og privatisering af et selskab under navnet Olympic Airlines (NOA) — som overtog Olympic Airways’ yaktiviteter — samt en række andre foranstaltninger. Kommissionen stillede desuden spørgsmålstegn ved den græske stats undladelse af at opkræve ulovlig uforenelig støtte ifølge beslutningen fra december 2002, selskabets undladelse af at betale skattegæld i 2003, den græske stats udbetaling af et forskud (over 130 mio. EUR) til at nansiere omstrukturering og privatisering af selskabet og selskabets undladelse af at betale den lu havnsmoderniseringsskat (Spatosimo), der opkræves af passagererne.
On 16 March, the Commission decided to open a State aid investigation in respect of Greece (335), expressing doubts about the establishment and privatisation of a company called Olympic Airlines (NOA) — which took over the aviation activities of Olympic Airways — as well as a number of other measures. e Commission also called into question the non-recovery by the Greek State of illegal and incompatible aid a er the December 2002 decision, the non-payment by the company of tax debt in 2003, the provision of an advance (over EUR 130 million) by the Greek State to fund the restructuring and privatisation of the company, and the non-payment by the company of the airport modernisation tax (spatosimo) charged to passengers.
Vigtig blandt de øvrige beslutninger, der blev truffet i 2004 inden for lu fartsområdet, var beslutningen af 20. juli, hvorved Kommissionen godkendte redningsstøtte til det italienske yselskab Alitalia (336). Støtten består i et lån på 400 mio. EUR til kortsigtet markedsrentesats, som skal tilbagebetales ved forfald, for at gøre det muligt at udarbejde planer for en mulig omstrukturering af selskabet uden yderligere statsstøtte.
Significant among the other decisions taken during 2004 in the area of air transport was the decision of 20 July by which the Commission authorised rescue aid for the Italian airline Alitalia (336). e aid consists of a EUR 400 million bridging loan at short-term market rates which must be repaid on expiry to enable arrangements to be worked out for the possible restructuring of the company without additional State aid.
Portugalia, et privat portugisisk yselskab, skulle fusionere sin ground handling-afdeling med TAP’s afdeling og til gengæld herfor modtage 6 % af aktierne i det nye ground handlingselskab.
Portuguese airline, was to merge its ground handling business into that of TAP and in return would acquire 6 % of the shares in the new ground handling company. e Commission held that this series of transactions did not constitute State aid as no State resources were to be put at the disposal of TAP and because the purchaser Portugalia paid a market price for the shareholding involved.
Ifølge Kommissionen indebar disse transaktioner ikke statsstøtte, da der ikke blev stillet statsmidler til rådighed for TAP, og da køberen Portugalia betalte aktierne til markedspris.
OJ C 192, 28.7.2004.N 297/2004 — Italy — Urgent measures for the restructuring and recovery of Alitalia. Decision of 20.7.2004.NN 63/2004 — Portugal — Reprivatisation of SPDH (TAP).
Det italienske tv- og radioselskab RAI er pålagt en public serviceforpligtelse, nemlig o entlig radio- og tv-spredning.
Italian public broadcaster RAI is charged with a public service, namely public service broadcasting.
Denne public service-virksomhed nansieres af en licensafgi. Denne licensafgiudgør eksisterende støtte, fordi den eksisterede inden Rom-traktatens ikra trædelse, og dens vigtigste karakteristika har været uændret siden.
A licence fee serves to nance the provision of this public service. is licence fee constitutes existing aid because it existed before the Treaty of Rome entered into force and its essential features have remained unaltered since then.
I forbindelse med den igangværende støtteprocedure, der har til formål at sikre, at RAI’s licensafgi sordning (338) er forenelig med fællesmarkedet, foreslog
In the course of an existing aid procedure aimed at ensuring the ongoing compatibility of the licence fee nancing scheme of RAI (338), the Commission’s departments proposed improvements to the Italian authorities. ese proposals should ensure that the licence fee scheme is transparent and contains safeguards against excessive compensation.
341) og ad hoc-statsfinansiering af de o entlige
) and French broadcasters (
Stats nansiering af Danmarks TV2 (
) started and negotiations on appropriate measures are ongoing.
I overensstemmelse med sin meddelelse om anvendelse af statsstøttereglerne på public service-radio- og tv-virksomhed (343) og sin beslutning på dette område i 2003 (344) fortsatte Kommissionen i 2004 sine undersøgelser vedrørende statslig nansiering af public service-radio- og tv-virksomheder.
Commission continued its State aid investigations into the State nancing of public service broadcasting organisations.
I løbet af de første 9 måneder af 2004 indledte Kommissionen sine undersøgelser af nansieringen af det nederlandske public service-radio- og tv-system og vedtog en endelig beslutning om nansieringen af den danske tv-station TV2 (TV2).
In the rst nine months of 2004, the Commission started investigations into the nancing of the Dutch public broadcasting system and adopted a nal decision on the nancing of the Danish public service broadcaster TV2/Danmark (TV2).
Kommissionens indledende konklusioner går ud på, at de ad hoc-foranstaltninger, der indrømmes de nederlandske public service-stationer, udgør statsstøtte i medfør af EF-traktatens artikel 87, stk. 1, og den nærer tvivl om, hvorvidt foranstaltningerne er forenelige med EF-traktatens artikel 87, stk. 2. Kommissionen vurderer, at den nederlandske stat fra og med 1992 har ydet de o entlige public service-kanaler ere statsmidler (110 mio. EUR), end hvad der er nødvendigt for at nansiere denne public service-forpligtelse.
On 3 February, the Commission initiated an in-depth investigation into the ad hoc nancing of Dutch public service broadcasters. e Commission’s preliminary conclusions are that the ad hoc measures granted to the Dutch public service broadcasters constitute State aid under Article 87(1) EC and that it doubts whether the measures are compatible under Article 86(2) EC. e Commission has estimated that, from 1992 onwards, the Dutch State has provided the public service broadcasters with more funding (EUR 110 million) than necessary to nance the public service.
IV — Statsstøttekontrol forøget, hvis et o entligt tv-selskab ikke har sigtet mod at opnå størst mulig indtjening ved sin public service-aktivitet.
In its decision the Commission calculated rstly whether the State compensation was proportionate to the net cost TV2 had to bear in fulfilling its public service obligation. e Commission found that TV2 had been overcompensated by DKK 628.2 (EUR 84.4) million.
Dette vil fordreje konkurrencen mere, end hvad der er nødvendigt for at opfylde en public service-forpligtelse.
As a second step, the Commission analysed TV2’s behaviour in the television advertising market.
Kommissionens undersøgelse viste endvidere, at den danske stat, der ejer TV2, ikke havde handlet som en normal markedsøkonomisk investor i perioden 1995-2002, da den besluttede at lade de årlige overkompensationsbeløb akkumulere i TV2.
In addition, the Commission’s investigation revealed that the Danish State, as owner of TV2, did not behave like a market investor in the period 1995–2002 when it decided to leave the annual amounts of excess compensation in TV2.
Selv om den danske stat bagest er hævdede, at overskuddet var nødvendigt for at opbygge kapital, fulgte den ikke den private investors strategi, da den danske stat ikke inden reinvestering af overskudskapitalen i TV2 fastsatte størrelsen af egenkapitalen for en sådan tv-station og de nansielle resultater, der forventedes på baggrund af denne kapital.
Although the Danish State claimed a erwards that the surplus was necessary to build up equity, it did not follow the strategy of a private investor because the Danish State did not, before reinvesting the excess compensation into TV2, determine what the appropriate level of equity capital should be for such a TV broadcaster and what nancial performance it expected to achieve with its equity.
Den danske stat begrænsede sig derimod til at lade overkompenseringen akkumulere inden for selskabet. Kommissionen fandt derfor, at et beløb på 84,4 mio. EUR var uforeneligt med EF-traktaten.
On the contrary, the Danish State limited itself to letting the overcompensation accumulate in the company. e Commission therefore found that the amount of EUR 84.4 million was incompatible with the EC Treaty.
Den mener, at kompensationsbetalingerne kan udgøre statsstøtte, både til de private tv-stationer samt til T-Systems, der driver DVB-T-netværket.
It feels that the compensation payments may amount to State aid, both to the private broadcasters as well as to T-Systems, the operator of the DVB-T network.
Kommissionen besluttede derfor den 14. juli at indlede en formel undersøgelse.
On 14 July the Commission therefore decided to open a formal investigation.
Beretning om Konkurrencepolitikken 2004 — Bind 1 fremme anvendelse af bredbånd, især i ugunstigt stillede områder (348).
), since it cannot be excluded that the nancing of the digital terrestrial television network involves State aid.
Kommissionens tjenestegrene undersøgte, under hvilke betingelser sådanne projekter kunne være forenelige med EU’s statsstøtteregler. Beslutningerne indeholder vejledning i, hvorledes der kan udformes o entlig støtte, der er forenelig med konkurrencereglerne.
602. e Commission approved a series of projects involving public support for broadband build-out (347). e development of the information society is a crucial aspect of the Lisbon agenda and the Commission accepted that the deployment of broadband needs to be encouraged, especially in less-favoured areas (348). e Commission departments assessed under what conditions such projects could be compatible with the EU rules on State aid. e decisions provide guidance on how to design public support that is compatible with the competition rules.
Da projektet endvidere opfylder de kriterier, der er fastsat af EF-Domstolen i Altmarkdommen (349), indebærer denne foranstaltning ikke statsstøtte.
In addition, since the project met the criteria established by the Court of Justice in its Altmark judgment (349), the measure did not constitute aid.
I disse tilfælde blev støtten betragtet som forenelig med EF-traktatens artikel 87, stk. 3, litra c).
In those cases the aid was deemed compatible in accordance with Article 87(3)(c) EC.
C HÅNDHÆVELSE AF STATSSTØTTEBESLUTNINGER
C ENFORCEMENT OF STATE AID DECISIONS
I 2004 intensiverede Kommissionen sine bestræbelser for at overvåge gennemførelsen af statsstøttebeslutningerne.
In 2004, the Commission stepped up its e orts to monitor the implementation of State aid decisions.
Med dette mål for øje havde GD for Konkurrence i andet halvår 2003 oprettet en ny enhed, som har til opgave »at udvikle en sammenhængende og systematisk metode til at overvåge og håndhæve de statsstøttebeslutninger, der falder ind under GD for Konkurrence«.
To that end, the Competition DG had created in the second half of 2003 a new unit which was given the mandate ‘to develop a coherent and systematic approach to the monitoring and enforcement of State aid decisions that fall within the remit of the Competition DG’.
I hele det første år e er sin oprettelse koncentrerede denne enhed sin indsats om at sikre en e ektiv gennemførelse af tilbagesøgningsbeslutninger, der er af afgørende betydning for den troværdighed, der tillægges Kommissionens statsstøttekontrol.
During the rst full year of its existence, the enforcement unit concentrated its resources on the e ective implementation of recovery decisions, this being essential for the credibility of the Commission’s State aid control activity.
Den 21. april vedtog Kommissionen forordning (EF) nr. 794/2004 (353) om gennemførelse af Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 (354).
On 21 April, the Commission adopted Regulation (EC) No 794/2004 (353) implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 (354).
I kapitel V præciseres reglerne for rentesatsen ved tilbagesøgning af ulovlig støtte, og der fastsættes nærmere regler for metoden til fastsættelse af rentesatsen og den måde, hvorpå denne rentesats beregnes.
Chapter V clarifies the rules regarding the interest rate applicable to the recovery of illegal aid and sets out in greater detail the method for determining the recovery interest rates and the way in which recovery interest should be calculated.
I 2004 vedtog Kommissionen 22 nye beslutninger om tilbagesøgning af statsstøtte.
In 2004, the Commission adopted 22 new State aid recovery decisions.
19 sager om tilbagesøgning blev afsluttet.
Nineteen recovery cases were closed.
Som følge heraf steg antallet af igangværende beslutninger om tilbagesøgning, der hører ind under GD for Konkurrence, til 93 ved årets udgang (en stigning i forhold til 90 i slutningen af 2003).
As a result, the stock of pending recovery decisions that fall within the remit of the Competition DG increased to 93 at the end of the year (up from 90 at the end of 2003).
EUT L 140 af 30.4.2004.Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 659/1999 af 22. marts 1999 om fastlæggelse af regler for anvendelsen af EF-traktatens artikel 93 (EFT L 83 af 27.3.1999).Det forholdsvis store antal tyske sager om tilbagesøgning skyldes i et vist omfang overgangsproblemer efter foreningen af de to Tysklande. Hvad angår de spanske sager om tilbagesøgning, omhandler over halvdelen skattelettelsesforanstaltninger i Baskerlandet.
Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works of 26.9.2001 (COM(2004)171 nal, 16.3.2004 (OJ C 123, 30.4.2004)).N 41/04.N 224/04, http:/europa.eu.int/comm./secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/comp-2004/n224-04- fr.pdf OJ L 140, 30.4.2004.Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of 22 March 1999 laying down detailed rules for the application of Article 93 of the EC Treaty (OJ L 83, 27.3.1999).
det svarer til ca. 35 % af den samlede statsstøtte, der er ydet i Fællesskabet i 2002 (
In almost half of the pending recovery cases concerning individual aid, the beneficiary concerned is insolvent.
En stor del af denne støtte vedrører et begrænset antal tilbagesøgningsbeslutninger,
Yet this does not necessarily imply that, in these cases, the aid no longer has any distortive e ect.
358 der blev truffet for nylig vedrørende de tyske Landesbanken (
610. e information available on 31 December 2004 indicates that the total amount of aid to be recovered is equal to at least EUR 9.7 billion. is is significant as it represents about 35 % of the total amount of State aid granted in the Community in 2002 (356).
I løbet af 2004 gennemførte Kommissionen en tæt og konsekvent administrativ opfølgning af alle løbende beslutninger om tilbagesøgning for at sikre en e ektiv gennemførelse af disse beslutninger.
In the course of 2004, the Commission ensured close and consistent administrative follow-up of all pending recovery decisions to ensure their e ective implementation.
Hvis Kommissionen konstaterede, at en bestemt medlemsstat ikke havde truffet alle de fornødne forholdsregler inden for sit respektive retssystem for at håndhæve beslutningen, indledte den en procedure, enten e er EF-traktatens artikel 88, stk. 2, eller e er artikel 228, stk. 2. Sådanne procedurer blev
Where the Commission considered that a particular Member State had not taken all the necessary measures available in its respective legal system to implement the decision, it commenced legal action under either Article 88(2) or Article 228(2) of
361) og de statsejede indledt i sager vedrørende Crédit Mutuel (
361) the Treaty. It took such action in the cases of Crédit Mutuel (
362 skibsvær er (
362 and the publicly owned shipyards (
Medlemsstaterne spiller en vigtig rolle i forbindelse med håndhævelsen af EU’s statsstøtteregler, da det er op til dem at gennemføre tilbagesøgningsbeslutningerne og give konkurrenter mulighed for at anlægge sag ved domstolene i overensstemmelse med national lovgivning.
Member States play an important role in the enforcement of EU State aid rules, being required to implement the recovery decisions and allowing for court actions by
IV — Statsstøttekontrol til Scott Paper (363), og besluttede derfor at indbringe sagen for Domstolen i overensstemmelse med EF-traktatens artikel 88, stk. 2 (364). Støttemodtager og de franske myndigheder har i øjeblikket indbragt tilbagesøgningsbeslutningen af 12. juli
Report on competition policy 2004 — Volume 1 competitors according to national law. e Commission therefore launched a study on the enforcement of EU State aid policy at national level. e purpose of the study is to identify the strengths and weaknesses of national recovery procedures and develop a detailed understanding of the possibilities for actions by competitors in national courts. e results of the study should be available by the end of 2005.
Hovedårsagen er, at de nationale myndigheder og den nationale dommer er blevet enige om at suspendere sagen ved den nationale domstol, indtil Førsteinstansretten har truffet afgørelse i sagen.
At the same time, the recipient has challenged the national recovery orders in the national courts.
Dette er i strid med traktatens artikel 242, der bestemmer, at indbringelse af klager for Domstolen ikke har opsættende virkning.
614. e Commission considered that it was necessary to refer the case to the Court for a number of reasons. e main reason is that the national authorities and the national judge have agreed to suspend proceedings in the national court until the Court of First Instance has issued its judgment on the case. is is contrary to Article 242 of the Treaty, which provides that an appeal before the European Court does not have any suspensory e ect.
I den franske lovgivning ndes der endvidere ikke midlertidige foranstaltninger, der sikrer, at støtten fratages Scott, så længe sagen verserer ved de nationale domstole.
Furthermore, there are no provisional measures available under French law to ensure that the aid is withdrawn from Scott during the proceedings before national courts.
Den 26. juni 2003 afsagde Domstolen dom om, at Spanien havde tilsidesat sine forpligtelser til at gennemføre Kommissionens tilbagesøgningsbeslutning af 26. oktober
On 26 June 2003, the Court of Justice of the European Communities found against Spain for its failure to implement the Commission’s recovery decision of
Kommissionen, at Spanien endnu ikke havde e erkommet tilbagesøgningsbeslutningen af 26. oktober 1999, og at støtten ikke var blevet tilbagebetalt.
26 October 1999 (
C-38/1998 (EFT L 12 af 15.1.2002).Beslutning af 6.10.2004, endnu ikke o entliggjort i EUT.Førsteinstansretssagerne T-366/00 og T-369/00.Sag C-03/1999 (EFT L 37 af 12.2.2000).Sag C-404/00, Sml.
C38/1998 (OJ L 12, 15.1.2002).Decision of 6.10.2004, not yet published in the O cial Journal.CFI Cases T-366/00 and T-369/00.Case C03/1999 (OJ L 37, 12.2.2000).ECJ Case C-404/00 [2003] ECR I-6695.
De to parter havde indbragt en klage for Førsteinstansretten mod en kommissionsbeslutning om, at en bestemt form for skattemæssig begunstigelse udgjorde statsstøtte, som endvidere ikke var forenelig med fællesmarkedet, da den indrømmede skattefordel oversteg lo et på 25 % NSÆ for regionalstøtte i det pågældende område.
IV — State aid control to send a letter of formal notice to Spain, setting out the facts and its assessment of the case and asking the Member State to submit its observations on the matter. e letter was duly sent on 18 October. e Spanish authorities submitted their observations on the letter on 21 December.
Kommissionen havde derfor krævet, at støttebeløbene skulle tilbagebetales, en beslutning, som klagerne indbragte for Førsteinstansretten under henvisning til misbrug af Kommissionens beføjelser.
616. e Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) had to decide on an appeal against a Court of First Instance (CFI) judgment brought by the Spanish region Territorio Histórico de Álava and the company Ramondín Cápsulas SA, both of which had brought a complaint before the Court of First Instance against a Commission decision nding that a certain form of preferential tax treatment constituted State aid, which was moreover incompatible with the internal market, since the tax advantage granted was beyond the ceiling of 25 % nge for regional aid in that geographic area.
I sin dom af 29. april (369) stadfæstede Domstolen fuldt ud Kommissionens endelige negative beslutning om tilbagesøgning af statsstøtte på i alt 763 mio. EUR (beløb beregnet af Grækenland i 2000) til en række tabsgivende kooperativer, bl.a. mejerikooperativet AGNO.
In its ruling of 29 April (369), the ECJ fully upheld a negative nal Commission decision concerning the recovery of State aid totalling approximately EUR 763 million (amount calculated by Greece in 2000) given to various loss-making cooperatives, including the dairy cooperative AGNO.
I denne sag om betaling af støtte uden Kommisionens godkendelse fastslog Domstolen, at tilbagesøgning (inklusive rente) 7 år e er udbetalingen var lovlig og ikke var i strid med legitime forventninger.
In this case of aid payment without Commission authorisation, the Court considered that recovery (including interest) taking place seven years a er payment was legal and did not run counter to legitimate expectations. e
• det var op til medlemsstaten at påvise, at en skattedifferentiering for visse selskaber var berettiget som følge af systemets beskaffenhed enhed
Court also confirmed that even where the aid was notified and the Commission did not react within two months, the fact that the aid was granted by the Member State without informing the Commission about the payment (so-called ‘Lorenz’ information) meant that the aid was rightly classified as non-notified. ed.
Det blev ikke bestridt, at fritagelsen resulterede i et indtægtstab, som skulle tilbagebetales til statsbudgettet.
— the argument that the MINAS system was not intended to generate tax revenue did not suffice to exclude the exemption at issue outright from classification as aid.