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Udtalelse fra generaladvokat Tizzano af 2.10.2003 i sag C-418/01, IMS Health GmbH & Co. KG mod NDC Health GmbH & Co. KG.Sag COMP/D1/C.37.685.Direktiv 91/440/EØF kræver, at der oprettes en »international sammenslutning«, som består af mindst tojernbaneselskaber i forskellige medlemsstater, med henblik på drift af grænseoverskridende passager- og fragttrafik (EFTL 237 af 24.8.1991).Af en række grunde konkluderede Kommissionen også fra sin markedsundersøgelse, at GVG ikke selv kunne skaffetrækkraft til det italienske marked. KONK. BERETN. 2003
In its judgment in Altmark (Case C-280/00, paragraph 93), the Court of Justice stressed the importance, when it comes to determining the compensation for the costs incurred in the discharge of public service obligations, of ‘a public procurement procedurewhich would allow for the selection of the tenderer capable of providing those services at the least cost to the community’. Thisprinciple is applicable by analogy to the scheme in question.N 46/2003.N 40/2003.
84.Kommissionen konkluderede i sin beslutning, at FS i tre tilfælde havde misbrugt sindominerende stilling og overtrådt artikel 82.
December 2002, the act entitles all businesses to a refund of the energy taxes on natural gas andelectricity if those taxes together exceed 0.35 % of their net production value.
For det første havde selskabet ved at afvise at behandle GVG’s anmodning om adgang til jernbaneinfrastrukturen nægtet adgang til jernbanenettet, derbetragtes som en essentiel facilitet.
The Energy Tax Rebate Act2000 widened the original scope of beneficiaries, namely the manufacturers of goods, to take account ofthe ruling by the Court of Justice in the Adria-Wien pipeline (189) case.
Endelig fremlagde FS ingen objektiv begrundelse for sinafvisning af at indlede forhandlinger med GVG om indgåelse af en international samarbejdsaftale.FS forhindrede derfor GVG i at komme ind på det afledte marked for jernbanepassagertransport til Italien.
The threshold of 0.35 % isconsidered still to have the effect that the beneficiaries under the scheme are undertakings which have ahigh consumption of energy in relation to their net production value. These undertakings have to beconsidered a selective group of undertakings within the meaning of Article 87(1).
85.For at få afsluttet sagen afgav FS betydelige tilsagn.
At the same time, THAentered into a long-term supply obligation, promising to deliver carbon monoxide to UCB at a fixedprice.
FS forpligtede sig bl.a. til at indgå internationale samarbejdsaftaler med nye jernbaneselskaber, der er meddelt licens af en medlemsstat, og somhar konkrete forslag til drift af en international jernbanetjeneste.
425.However, the production costs for carbon monoxide exceeded THA’s initial expectations. Atthe contractually agreed price, execution of the contract would cause THA high losses.
Endvidere forpligtede FS sig til i enfemårig periode at levere trækkraft til andre jernbaneselskaber, der ønsker at udbyde grænseoverskridende passagertjenester.
In order to cutits losses, THA was looking for an investor to take over its loss-making supply obligation. The onlyinvestor interested in, and objectively suited to, taking over THA’s carbon monoxide deliveryobligation was Linde AG, as this company had been established in the Leuna area as a gas producersince 1994.
På det grundlag indgik FS samarbejdsaftaler med GVG.
The building cost for the new facility was EUR 6.4 million (DEM 12.5 million).
FS forpligtede sigogså til at tilbyde GVG egnede togkanaler, så snart SBB stiller togkanaler til rådighed på det schweiziskejernbanenet.
The subsidy wasbelow the cost for a completely new plant, which would have amounted to around EUR 10.3 million(DEM 20 million).
Kommissionen fandt det nødvendigt at udstede en formel beslutning i denne sag, men pga.den igangværende liberalisering af jernbanesektoren afstod Kommissionen fra at pålægge en bøde, da dervar tale om en ny sag.
XXXIIIRD REPORT ON COMPETITION POLICY 2003 — SEC(2004) 658 FINAL107 procedure with a partially negative decision, stating that — in accordance with the regional aidprovisions — the part exceeding 35 % of the eligible investment costs of the facility (approximately EUR 2.3 million (DEM 4.4 million)) was incompatible with the Treaty. On 17 October 2002, the Court of First Instance annulled the Commission decision, finding that no aid was granted to Linde AG.
Der er ikke i år truffet formelle beslutninger efter artikel 86.
Community co-financing from the ERDF.
C — Udviklingen i konkurrencen i de enkelte sektorer
C—Assessing the compatibility of aid with the common market
2003/55/EF om fælles regler for det indre marked for naturgas og om ophævelse af direktiv 98/30/EF (
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(gasdirektivet) og 3) Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 1228/2003 om betingelserne for
The modified aid package is now worth some EUR 8.2 billion, includingsome EUR 4.275 billion in State aid provided by France (193).
65 netadgang i forbindelse med grænseoverskridende elektricitetsudveksling (
Commission to evaluate the compatibility of the whole package.
Gas- og eldirektiverne erstatter tidligere udgaver, der opfordrede til en gradvis liberalisering.
The guarantee and the credit lines would help the company to continue itsoperations for six months, giving it time to decide on its future.
EUT L 176 af 15.7.2003, s. 37.EUT L 176 af 15.7.2003, s. 57.EUT L 176 af 15.7.2003, s. 1.
C 58/2003.N 703/b/2002.OJ C 288 of 8.9.1999, pp. 2–18.
88.Gas- og eldirektiverne indebærer en åbning af markedet for alle erhvervskunder fra den 1. juli 2004og for private husstande fra den 1. juli 2007.
436.On 23 July, the Commission decided to initiate a formal investigation in order to examine indetail the restructuring aid granted by the UK government to British Energy plc (BE) (196).
De omhandler også indførelse af reguleret tredjepartsadgang tilnettene samt til LNG-terminaler (LNG = flydende naturgas).
BE is one of the most important players in the UK electricity market. It operates primarily nuclear power stations.
Kun med hensyn til adgang til lagre vilmedlemsstaterne stadig have et valg mellem regulerede og forhandlede ordninger for tredjepartsadgang.Endvidere hedder det i direktiverne, at der skal udpeges tilsynsmyndigheder, som skal have ansvaret forfastsættelse eller godkendelse af i det mindste de metoder, der anvendes til at beregne eller fastsættebetingelser og vilkår, før de kan træde i kraft.
Thefall in electricity wholesale prices that followed the introduction of a new electricity trading system in England and Wales severely reduced the cash flow generated by the group’s nuclear stations.
Nærmere detaljer og vejledning kan fås i de fortolkningsmeddelelser, som Kommissionens tjenestegrene har offentliggjort.
On11 November 2002, the Commission had decided not to raise any objections to rescue aid granted by the
89.Elforordningen fremmer fair regler for grænseoverskridende handel med el og skærper dermedkonkurrencen på det indre elmarked.
437.On 7 March, the UK authorities notified a restructuring plan aimed at restoring BE’s long-termviability.
Med henblik herpå indføres en kompensationsordning foroperatører af transmissionssystemer til at dække omkostninger ved at huse grænseoverskridendestrømme af elektricitet.
The UK government undertook to assume the funding of historic nuclear liabilities, in particularwith respect to the management of fuel loaded prior to the restructuring and to the decommissioning of BE’s nuclear plants.
Der fastsættes harmoniserede principper for grænseoverskridende transmissionsafgifter, især for ikke-diskriminerende, gennemsigtige afgifter, som ikke er afstandsbestemte.Forordningen fastsætter regler for at maksimere adgangen til transmissionskapacitet og fastsætterprincipper for håndtering af kapacitetsbegrænsninger.
The plan also provides for the renegotiating of fuel supply and spent fuelmanagement contracts with State-owned British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), leading to a decrease inthe prices charged by BNFL to BE for these services. BE also negotiated a standstill agreement and anumber of financial restructuring arrangements with its major creditors.
90.Et af de mest kontroversielle punkter i gasdirektivet og i elforordningen er undtagelsen fra deforskellige regler i ordningen for tredjepartsadgang, der kan indrømmes store nye infrastrukturer(samkøringslinjer eller LNG-terminaler).
438.The Commission has conducted a preliminary examination of the aid notified under the ECTreaty.
Disse bestemmelser skal skabe balance mellem incitamentertil at oprette ny infrastruktur og etablering af et fælles marked.
Since some of the measures in question concern issues covered by the Euratom Treaty, they willhave to be assessed in the light of the latter Treaty’s objectives.
Det er indlysende, at undtagelser kunkan indrømmes, hvis alle betingelserne i direktivet/forordningen er opfyldt.
From the documents submitted so far, the Commission has come to the conclusion that there are serious doubts regarding the nature and thecompatibility with the common market of the measures.
Den vigtigste betingelsefor at opnå en undtagelse fra forpligtelsen til at give adgang til tredjepart er, at risikoen er så stor, atinvesteringen ikke ville finde sted uden en undtagelse.
In particular, it doubts whether the plan will leadto the restoration of BE’s viability within a reasonable time span, whether the level of the company’scontribution to the restructuring is sufficient and whether the aid can be authorised without anycompensatory measure.
En anden vigtig betingelse er, at investeringenskal skærpe konkurrencen på forsyningssiden.
The plan does not seem to meet the requirements of the Community guidelineson State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty.
Samtidig må fritagelsen ikke skade konkurrencen elleret velfungerende internt (gas- eller el)marked eller et velfungerende reguleret system, sominfrastrukturen er forbundet med. Fritagelser må forventes at give incitamenter til at sikre, at uudnyttetkapacitet ikke hamstres, og hvor man vil forvente, at »use it or lose it«-mekanismer (forbrug ellerfortab) vil gælde.
439.The Commission decided that the lack of sufficient action by the Spanish authorities to recoveroutstanding tax and social security debts from Hilados y Tejidos Puigneró SA (198), a large Spanish textiles and clothing producer, constituted aid to the company. The company had been in financialdifficulties since the early 1990s.
Det ville ligeledes være lettere at påvise, at fritagelsen opfylder konkurrencekravene,når den pågældende udvikler er i stand til at bevise, at vedkommende havde tilbudt tredjepart adgangved udformningen af infrastrukturen, f.eks. gennem en »open season process«.
In 2000, its tax and social security debts amounted to EUR 44 millionand EUR 60 million respectively. The company further benefited from aid from the Catalan Finance Institute, consisting of various loans and guarantees, including a EUR 12 million loan in 2000.
Mere generelt følgerdet af rationalet bag reglen, at alle fritagelser skal være begrænset i omfang og tid til det absolutteminimum (66).
The Commission found that these measures constituted non-notified State aid.
91.Endvidere vedtog Kommissionen i december 2003 et forslag til forordning om betingelserne foradgang til gastransmissionsnet (67). Med forslaget søger man at sikre lighed i hele EU med hensyn til afgørende vilkår for tredjepartsadgang og at forbedre alle transmissionssystemoperatørers overholdelseaf de retningslinjer, der blev vedtaget på Madrid-forummet.
440.The Commission assessed the aid in particular under the guidelines on State aid for rescuing andrestructuring firms in difficulties (199).
I forslaget til forordning fastsættesprincipperne for adgangstakster, krav om gennemsigtighed, et fælles minimumssæt af adgangstjenesterfor tredjepart, kapacitetstildeling og styring af overbelastning, regler og gebyrer for balancering oghandel med rettigheder til netkapacitet.
The aid had instead enabled thecompany to continue production despite mounting debts without taking the necessary restructuringmeasures, distorting competition by a low-pricing strategy for part of its production.
Der fastsættes minimumsstandarder for adgang til gastransmissionsnettene, mens medlemsstaterne vil få mulighed for at indføre eller opretholde mere detaljeredeforanstaltninger.
Spain must recoverthe incompatible aid, with interest, from the beneficiary.
En mere udførlig beskrivelse kan findes i GD for Energi og Transports meddelelse om direktiv 2003/54-55 og forordning(EF) nr. 1228/2003.KOM(2003) 741, forslag til Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning om betingelserne for adgang tilgastransmissionsnet.
C 52/2003.See summary of Case NN 101/2002 in the XXXIInd Report on Competition Policy (2002, point 409).C 70/2001, C 518/2003.OJ C 288 of 9.10.1999, pp. 2–18.
92.Der blev desuden gjort vigtige fremskridt i retning af liberalisering på Madrid- og Firenzeforummet, hvor Kommissionen, de nationale tilsynsmyndigheder og industrien mødes en eller to gangeårligt for at drøfte liberaliseringsprocessen. I september vedtog man på Madrid-forummet, der vedrørergas, et sæt nye retningslinjer for god praksis i forbindelse med forbedring af vilkårene fortredjepartsadgang til de europæiske gasrørledninger.
441.Austria notified two guarantees provided by the Province of Burgenland to Bank Burgenland AG(BB) (200), an Austrian regionally active bank whose main shareholder is the Province of Burgenland.
De vigtigste resultater er forbedret gennemsigtighedog bedre systemer til forvaltning af kapacitetsbegrænsninger.
Subsequently, a detailed scrutiny of BB’s loan portfoliorevealed further bad loans.
93.Forsyningssikkerhed stod også højt på dagsordenen i 2003.
442.The Commission considered these measures to be State aid because the bank was kept inbusiness instead of going bankrupt.
I elsektoren oplevede man en rækkestrømsvigt.
The new measures went beyond this.
De blev i hvert fald delvis tilskrevet utilstrækkelige investeringer i nettet. Som reaktionfremlagde Kommissionen et forslag til direktiv om forsyningssikkerhed i elsektoren.
However, it had doubts whether therestructuring plan could effectively restore viability.
For gassektorenhavde Kommission fremlagt et forslag allerede i september 2002, som man som nævnt nåede til politiskenighed om.
Unlike in the case referred to above (Bank Burgenland), the subsidiary is not a publicbut a commercial bank.
94.Liberaliseringsprocessen blev — ligesom i de foregående år — ledsaget af en række konkurrencesager i energisektoren, hvor Kommissionen benyttede alle konkurrenceinstrumenter, dvs. fusionskontrol, statsstøttekontrol og håndhævelse af kartelreglerne.
A guarantee for a continuouslyfluctuating amount and value of operations, and therefore potential outlay by the guarantor, cannot beconsidered limited. Lastly, it was impossible to calculate the market price of the premium for such anopen guarantee.
95.Hvad angår karteller, var en af hovedtendenserne i 2003 et nært samarbejde med de nationaletilsynsmyndigheder og de nationale konkurrencemyndigheder.
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Et sådant samarbejde er passende for atsikre en konsekvent anvendelse af loven i hele EU og en effektiv ressourceallokering.
446.The conclusion reached by the Commission was therefore that this guarantee constituted Stateaid which could not qualify for exemption.
Et godt eksempelpå vellykket samarbejde er Dong/DUC-sagen (68), hvor forhandlingerne om en løsning foregik i fællesskab med den danske Konkurrencestyrelse, som derefter fik til opgave at føre kontrol med, at depågældende markedsaktører opfyldte deres tilsagn.
Thus, in January, the Commission proposed a phasing out ofthe guarantee, which was accepted by the French government (203). This phasing out involves a transition period that will allow CDC IXIS to adjust its operational and legal environment so as to be able tooperate at the same level as its competitors.
96.Det er også værd at bemærke, at fokus inden for håndhævelsen af kartelreglerne i gassektorenskifter fra sager, der vedrører aktiviteter i et tidligere led, til sager, der vedrører aktiviteter i et senere led.
It will also allow counterparties to know clearly when theyare transacting with CDC IXIS under cover of the guarantee and when they are not. The market will thenbe able to operate under conditions of full transparency.
Mens konkurrencesager tidligere især omhandlede gasproduktion (Corrib (
As a rule thegrants will still be less than the extra cost of environmentally friendly insulation material.
)), drejer de sager, der nu efterforskes, sig i højere grad om markederne i senere omsætningsled.
), relating to investment in energy.
97.Mens en del sager tidligere blev afsluttet efter forlig, forventer man flere formelle beslutninger ifremtiden. Det vil øge retssikkerheden og give Kommissionen mulighed for at klarlægge sin politikformelt.
450.In the light of information furnished by the Italian authorities following the opening of theprocedure, it was considered that the necessity of the aid rate of 75 % for photovoltaic plants was proven.The third paragraph of point 32 of the guidelines, which provides for the possibility of granting aid up to100 % of eligible costs as long as the aid is shown to be indispensable, was applied for the first time tothis type of investment.
Kommissionen vil dog fortsat acceptere anmodninger om forlig, hvis den finder, at man bedrekan opnå en reel ændring på markedet på denne måde.
This constitutes a precedent for other regions and Member States when it comesto introducing solar energy promotion programmes (207).
Sagen blev afsluttet, da virksomhederne slettede den restriktive klausul fra deres nugældende gasforsyningskontrakter, og ENI afgavtilsagn om en række ledsagende foranstaltninger, bl.a. tilbud om at sælge betydelige mængder gas udenfor Italien. Forliget gav samtidig større retssikkerhed i forbindelse med langfristede gasforsyningskontrakter, som gasindustrien finder påkrævede for udviklingen af visse nye gasfelter.
451.On, 4, 5, 19 February and 22 April, the Commission found water schemes to be compatible withthe Community guidelines on State aid for environmental protection (and, as regards studies, with the R & D framework) (208). The schemes were implemented by the French water agencies, which are public bodies responsible for ensuring the quality of drinking water. They are aimed at carrying out studies into ¥203∂
Pressemeddelelse IP/03/566 af 24.4.2003.Sag COMP/E-3/37.708, pressemeddelelse IP/01/578 af 20.4.2001.Sag COMP/E-3/36.702, pressemeddelelse IP/02/1084 af 17.7.2002.Pressemeddelelse IP/03/566 af 24.4.2003.Sag COMP/E3/37.811, pressemeddelelse IP/03/1345 af 6.10.2003.
C/2003/42/3.OJ C 197 of 28.8.2003 (N 694/2002).C 60/2002 (ex-N 747/2001).OJ C 37 of 3.2.2001, pp. 3–15.See also decision of 9.7.2003 in Case N 762/2002, Italy (Marche) — Measures to promote the reduction of polluting emissionsand energy consumption and the production of renewable energy.
99.Af andre sager kan nævnes forbedringen af ordningerne for tredjepartsadgang i Tyskland (73) og Nederlandene (74).
452.On 11 November, the Commission took a positive decision on the Waste and resources actionprogramme — WRAP case (UK), on which the formal investigation procedure had been opened on 19 March.
Tilsagn fra det tyske gasselskab BEB førte til indførelse af en ordning for adgang til og udtræden af det tyske gasmarked. Entry/exit-ordninger regnes for at være bedre end de ordninger fortredjepartsadgang, der hidtil er anvendt i Tyskland.
In that way the UK authoritiesexpect that a market for waste products will be created and that waste recycling will increase.
Der var desuden tale om vigtige afklaringer i Dong/
However, the Commission concluded that these guidelines are not applicable.
), hvori man understregede, at brugsrestriktioner og nedbringelsesklausuler ikke er forenelige med europæisk konkurrenceret.
454.Since these measures are not covered by the guidelines on State aid for environmental protection,the Commission considered whether they are directly compatible with Article 87(3) of the EC Treaty.
Brugsrestriktioner er klausuler, der forhindrer køberen i atanvende gassen til andre formål end det, der er aftalt mellem køber og sælger.
Itfirst noted that these aid measures support waste recycling, which is a priority environmental objective ofthe Community.
Nedbringelsesklausuler erklausuler, der tillader køberen at begrænse de mængder, der aftages fra sælgeren, hvis denne begynder atsælge i køberens forsyningsområde.
In addition, the amounts of aid are relatively small, and an open tender procedure isused to select the beneficiaries and to determine the amount of aid.
100.På fusionsområdet var den vigtigste sag i 2003 fusionen mellem den østrigske elproducent Verbund og de østrigske regionale forsyningsselskaber, der drives under navnet Energie Allianz (76).
On 2 October 2002, the Commission decided to open a formal investigationprocedure (209) in respect of the aid because it had doubts whether the aid could be approved under theenvironmental and regional aid guidelines.
Gennemførelse af det nye postdirektiv (2002/39/EF)
C(2002)3569.C 61/2002, OJ L 314 of 8.11.2003.
101.Det nye postdirektiv, der blev vedtaget i 2002 (77), baner vejen for fuldendelsen af et indre markedfor posttjenester, især gennem en gradvis indskrænkning af eneretsområdet og liberalisering af udgåendegrænseoverskridende post.
XXXIIIRD REPORT ON COMPETITION POLICY 2003 — SEC(2004) 658 FINAL113 environmental record. However, in this case, the aid was intended to help the UK to improve itsenvironmental record in general, and to help the UK to fulfil its obligations under the EU landfill andpackaging directive.
Gennemførelsen af disse bestemmelser, der skal skabe et større konkurrenceområde, må forventes at påvirke anvendelsen af EU’s konkurrenceregler i postsektoren.
457.As part of the aid related to the building of a sludge combustor which was meant to reduce Shotton’s own pollution, the Commission applied the environmental aid guidelines to this part of theinvestment.
Direktivetskulle have været gennemført senest den 31. december 2002.
This resulted in the approval of EUR 13 million in aid, based on the fact that without aid Shotton could have continued with spreading the sludge on land, also in larger quantities.
102.I januar indledte Kommissionen overtrædelsesprocedure mod de medlemsstater, der endnu ikkehavde gennemført direktivet i national lovgivning (eller ikke givet meddelelse herom).
458.The investment costs were also assessed under the multisectoral framework on regional aid forlarge investment projects. Taking into account the rules on cumulation of regional and environmental aid,the Commission allowed an additional EUR 11 million to be granted on this basis.
Den 14. oktoberhavde alle medlemsstater med undtagelse af Frankrig allerede afsluttet gennemførelsen af direktivet.
The Commissionconcluded therefore that a total amount of EUR 24 million could be approved in favour of Shotton.
103.I henhold til artikel 7 i direktiv 97/67/EF, som ændret ved artikel 1 i direktiv 2002/39/EF,liberaliseres udgående grænseoverskridende post i alle medlemsstaterne med undtagelse af de stater, hvorindtægterne herfra betragtes som nødvendige for at opfylde befordringspligten.
459.On 7 September, the Commission approved, after an indepth examination under Article 88(2)of the EC Treaty, a scheme which exempts — from the ‘Climate change levy’ (CCL) energy tax —supplies of electricity generated from coal mine methane (CMM) from abandoned coal mines (211). The
Et vigtigt spørgsmål iforbindelse med anvendelsen af konkurrencereglerne er derfor, hvorvidt medlemsstaterne vedgennemførelsen af direktivet har besluttet at holde markedet for udgående grænseoverskridende postinden for monopolområdet.
The Commission considered that the extractionof methane from abandoned coal mines for electricity production is a way of managing waste in aresponsible manner and is therefore consistent with the spirit of point 42(a) of the guidelines.