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I alle de tilfælde, hvor der var truffeten negativ beslutning, og medlemsstaten alleredehavde udbetalt statsstøtte, krævede Kommissionen, at støtten blev tilbagebetalt.
—On-the-spot-payments of up to a total of50 % were to be handed out for damage dueto floods and, in particular, the loss ordestruction of or damage to economic goods,such as plant, machinery, land and livestock.Farmers were to be compensated for circulating capital as well as evacuation costs (2).
517.Med hensyn til test i forbindelse med screening for TSE skal medlemsstaterne overholde enøvre grænse på 40 EUR ved testning af kvæg, derslagtes til konsum fra den 1. januar 2003.
—Aid was also to be given for the full or partialcompensation of property investment lossesin order to keep businesses in operation (3).
Der varikke tidligere fastsat nogen øvre grænse.
Case N 567/2002.Case N 581/2002.Case N 595/2002.
Beløbetdækker de samlede omkostninger ved testningen,dvs. testkit samt omkostninger i forbindelse medudtagning, transport, analyse, opbevaring og destruktion af prøven.
520.The Commission received 341 notifications of planned State aid measures in the agricultural and agri-industrial sector.
Det understreges, at Fællesskabet i øjeblikket betaler 15 af disse 40 EUR(10,5 EUR i 2003).
The Commission also started the examination of 34 aidmeasures which had not been notified in advanceunder Article 88(3).
Hvad angår de øvrige TSE-test(f.eks. på døde kvæg eller får), har Kommissionen besluttet, at den fortsat vil godkende statsstøtte på op til 100 %.
Several ofthese were approved after the Member Statesconcerned either amended or undertook to amend
518.Kun i tilfælde af, at dyrene dør på bedrifterne, kan medlemsstaterne yde statsstøtte på optil 100 % af bortskaffelsesomkostningerne (op-
III — STATE AID flood damage was especially to cover aid forthe restoration of villages, streets in ruralareas and forests and aquaculture activities.Particular emphasis would be given to envi-ronment-friendly restoration (1).
521.Nedenstående oversigt indeholder nogle afde sager, der rejste de mest interessante spørgsmål i forbindelse med statsstøtte til landbruget ogden agroindustrielle sektor i 2002.
—Loans from the Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank would be supported by a guarantee of80 % for loans for liquidity aid or for investments in agricultural and forestry holdings (2).
4.2.2.Salgsfremstød og reklame
528.On 27 February, the Commission approvedan aid scheme for promotion and advertising in Italy (4), which modifies the similar schemes already approved by the Commission in cases
522.Europa-Kommissionen har godkendt femstøtteforanstaltninger, hvorunder ofre inden forlandbrugssektoren får kompensation for tab forårsaget af de seneste oversvømmelser i Tyskland.Foranstaltningerne blev undersøgt hurtigt, og detblev konkluderet, at den af Tyskland foreslåedekompensation skulle udbetales i sin helhed.
) in order to losses is based not on total output in referenceyears, the main method recommended by the Community guidelines for State aid in the agriculture sector, but on departmental yields (theguidelines allow for the possibility of using othercalculation methods than the above, provided thatthey are shown to be appropriate).
Foranstaltningerne betragtes som forenelige med EF-traktatens artikel 87, stk. 2, litra b), hvori dethedder, at Kommissionen kan godkende støtte tilskade forårsaget af naturkatastrofer. De godkendte foranstaltninger omfatter:
The budget forthe scheme is very high: over EUR 171 million in State aid and over EUR 126 million in aid whichthe Greek authorities are seeking to have cofinanced by the EU and which is currently stillunder examination.
—finansiel kompensation på højst 20 % (30 %i ugunstigt stillede områder) til landmænd tildækning af indtægtstab som følge af oversvømmelser og arealbeskadigelser (1)
4.2.2.Promotion and advertising bring them into line with the requirements of the Community guidelines for State aid for advertising of products listed in Annex I to the EC Treatyand of certain non-Annex I products (7).
524.Den 13. februar godkendte Kommissionen,at Tyskland (Bayern) yder støtte på 3,5 mio. EURi 2002 i forbindelse med indførelse af et nyt kvalitetsmærke.
524.On 13 February, the Commission authorised Germany (Bavaria) to pay aid totalling EUR 3.5 million in 2002 for the introduction of anew quality label.
Der er godkendt et årsbudget på over2 mio. EUR for 2003 og 2004.
For the years 2003 and 2004,an annual budget of more than EUR 2 million wasapproved.
Kvalitetsmærketer led i et omfattende kvalitets- og kontrolprogram, som har til formål at genvinde forbrugernestillid efter den store nedgang i oksekødsalget efter BSE-krisen.
The quality label is part of an extensivequality assurance and control programme whichhas been introduced in order to recover consumerconfidence after a significant drop in beef salesfollowing the BSE crisis.
Alle EU-virksomheder kan benytte kvalitetsmærket, hvis de opfylder programmets krav.
Access to the qualitylabel is open to all enterprises in the EU that comply with the programme requirements.
525.Støtten omfatter udgifter til en række individuelle foranstaltninger, f.eks.:
525.The aid is to cover the cost of several individual measures, such as:
—straksudbetalinger på op til i alt 50 % til dækning af tab som følge af oversvømmelser ogisær tab, ødelæggelse og beskadigelse af erhvervsgoder som f.eks. anlæg, maskiner,arealer, kvæg, driftsfonde og evakueringsomkostninger (2)
—controls on and certification of companiesparticipating in the programme;
—kontrol og godkendelse af de virksomheder,der deltager i programmet
—information measures designed to explainthe label and its advantages to the consumer;
—støtte til hel eller delvis kompensation for investeringstab for at holde virksomheden igang (3)
530.On 11 December, the Commission took apartly negative decision on support measuresadopted by Spain following the increase in fuelprices and in respect of which it opened a formalinvestigation in April 2001 (8).
—informationsforanstaltninger for at oplyseforbrugerne om mærket og dets betydning
It considered thata number of measures directly linked to the priceincrease did not fall within the scope of the Stateaid rules, but that Spain had not demonstrated
—salgsfremmende foranstaltninger og reklame.
—sales promotion and advertising measures.
527.Kommissionen godkendte denne støtte pågrundlag af de nye rammebestemmelser for statsstøtte til reklame for landbrugsprodukter, somtrådte i kraft den 1. januar 2002.
532.On the other hand, it decided that the Stateaid granted to farmers in the form of interest-rateand guarantee subsidies and the measure extending for 2000 and 2001 the tax concessions applicable for personal income tax purposes to the transfer of certain agricultural holdings and land wereincompatible with the common market.
På grundlag afdisse rammebestemmelser er det for første gangtilladt at kombinere informationer om produktkvalitet og produktoprindelse inden for rammerne af et sådant mærke.
Withregard to these measures, Spain had not providedany information demonstrating a link between theoil price increase and the damage sustained byfarmers.
Det mærke, som Kommissionen nu har godkendt statsstøtte til, giverproducenter fra hele EU tilladelse til at angiveprodukters oprindelse.
Since the aid was illegal, Spain had toabolish it and recover aid already paid from thebeneficiaries without delay; it had to inform the Commission within two months of the decision ofthe steps it had taken to withdraw and recover theaid.
III — STATSSTØTTE værdiafgiften, der omfatter følgende foranstaltninger:
III — STATE AID received several complaints claiming that the rendering charge created distortions.
528.Kommissionen godkendte den 27. februaren national støtteordning vedrørende salgsfremstød og reklame (1) i Italien.
The renderingcharge finances a public service which collectsand destroys livestock carcasses and seizuresfrom slaughterhouses declared unfit for human oranimal consumption.
Denne ordning æn- drer tilsvarende ordninger, der allerede er godkendt af Kommissionen i forbindelse med støttesag nr. 558/2000 (2
Established with effectfrom 1 January 1977, the charge is levied on purchases of meat and other specified products by allpersons engaged in the retail sale of such products and is based on the net value of VAT of purchases irrespective of their origin.
•for 2000 anvendelse for visse aktiviteter iforbindelse med opdræt — der er underlagtsærordningen — af et korrektionsindeksfor foder, der købes hos tredjemand
542.On account of its social and economic features, the fisheries sector received during thereporting period large amounts of public assistance, both from the EU and from nationalsources.
•for 2001 nedsættelse af nettoudbyttet under særordningen vedrørende indkomstbeskatningen af fysiske personer, for så vidtangår landbrugsaktiviteter og husdyravl for at bringe dem i overensstemmelse med EF-rammebestemmelserne for statsstøtte til reklamefor produkter opført i EF-traktatens bilag I ogvisse produkter uden for bilag I (4) vedrørendestatsstøtte til bortskaffelse af slagteriaffald ogdøde dyr samt til udgifter til screening i forbindelse med TSE-test.
538.The Commission’s examination is focusingon the fact that the rendering charge introduced tofinance the system is levied also on meat fromother Member States, which cannot benefit fromthe rendering system.
529.Det er første gang, at ovennævnte rammebestemmelser anvendes i stor målestok (alleformer for organisationer, der repræsentererlandbrugsproducenter er potentielle støttemodtagere).
The apparent effect of theservice being free is also that the direct beneficiaries, in particular slaughterhouses, stock farmersand holders of animal meal, are relieved of thecosts of eliminating waste produced in the courseof their business.
Anvendelsen af ordningen kontrolleres i årlige rapporter fra de italienske myndigheder.
This could constitute State aidto those operators and could be deemed incompatible.
•ligeledes for 2001 nedsættelse af procentsatsen til fastlæggelse af de kvartalsvisemomsbetalinger under den forenklede ordning for merværdiafgifter for visse landbrugsaktiviteter og afgiftsforanstaltningenvedrørende stigning i procentsatsen af udgifter, der er vanskelige at begrunde indenfor rammerne af indkomstbeskatningen affysiske personer.
543.The Commission assessed the compatibility of national aid schemes in the light of theguidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture (4).
4.2.3.Stigning i brændstofpriser
Council Regulation (EC)No 2369/2002 (5) simplified Arti-
Kommissionen harderfor fastslået, at der er tale om driftsstøtte, somer uforenelig med konkurrencereglerne.
Such exemption could constituteincompatible State aid to those firms which arenot subject to the charge.
Da der er tale omulovlig støtte, skal Spanien annullere disse foranstaltninger og omgående kræve pengene tilbagebetalt af støttemodtagerne.
cle 19 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999, whichdetermines how far the State aid rules of the Treaty are applicable to the fisheries sector.
Spanien skal inden forto måneder meddele Kommissionen, hvilke foranstaltninger der er truffet for at annullere støtten,og kræve den tilbagebetalt.
540.A request for a preliminary ruling on theinterpretation of Article 87(1) of the Treaty inrelation to the rendering charge has also beenreferred to the Court of Justice of the European Communities (1).
4.2.4.Indledning af formelle undersøgelser
Rationalisation aid scheme for pig slaughterhouses
531.Kommissionen har på grundlag af traktatenfastslået, at følgende foranstaltninger ikke udgørstøtte:
541.On 28 December 2001 the Commissiondecided to initiate a formal State aid investigationinto a notified rationalisation scheme for pig slaughterhouses in the Netherlands (2).
—ændring af lov om merværdiafgift
In the light of the judgment of the Court of First Instance inWeyl Beef Products BV and others v Commission (3), it was
Støtte til virksomheder, der udvinder, raffinererog emballerer olivenmasse
In addition, ex post controlwhen Member States are reimbursed under therules of the Structural Funds will remain in place.
—afgiftsforanstaltninger til fordel for landbrugskooperativer
deemed necessary to examine whether the noti-
Sag N 30/2002.Jf. brev SG(2001) D/286564 af 28.2.2001.Jf. brev SG(2001) D/286847 af 13.3.2001.EFT C 252 af 12.9.2001, s. 5.Sag C 22/2001.
Council Regulation (EC) No 2369/2002 amending Regulation(EC) No 2792/1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheriessector (OJ L 358, 31.12.2002).
skal betales af enhver, der foretager detailsalg afsådanne produkter, idet grundlaget for afgiftsberegningen er værdien, eksklusive moms, af dekøbte produkter, uanset hvor de kommer fra.
— relatively lax — rules applicable to agriculturalproducts, whereas the Commission considers that,being classed as a spirituous beverage, it is subjectto the rules in Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty.
Den kan derfor udgøre driftsstøtte, der eruforenelig med fællesmarkedet.
Such licences arenot tied to a given vessel but placed on the marketby their owner.
Der kan endvidere være tale om overtrædelse af EU-bestem-melser (de fælles markedsordninger).
They may be acquired by theowner of a fishing vessel at any time within aperiod of two years after their issue.
538.Kommissionens undersøgelse er især fokuseret på, at destruktionsafgiften, der er indført forat finansiere ordningen, også rammer kød fra andre medlemsstater, uden at dette kød nyder godtaf destruktionsordningen.
547.The notified scheme, involving aid amounting to EUR 900 000, will enable the Dutchauthorities to repurchase reserved licences at themarket price with a view to withdrawing themfrom circulation in the run-up to the disappearance of such licences on 1 January 2004.
Det, at ordningen ergratis, synes endvidere at medføre, at de direktestøttemodtagere, især slagterier, husdyravlere ogindehavere af dyremel, fritages for udgifterne tilbortskaffelse af affaldsprodukter i forbindelsemed deres aktiviteter. Det ville kunne udgørestatsstøtte, der måske er uforenelig, til fordel fordisse operatører.
Theyhave given assurances that no further aid will bepaid for this purpose, and that the system ofreserved licences will end by 2004.
535.Kommissionen besluttede den 19. juli atindlede en statsstøtteundersøgelse vedrørende enregional støtteordning (Estremadura, Spanien)til fordel for olivenolieproducentorganisationer.Støtten i form af tilskud, der beregnes på basis afantallet af indgivne anmodninger om støtte tilproduktion af olivenolie og spiseoliven, kommeroven i EU-støtten i medfør af forordning (EØF)nr. 136/66.
(c)aid measures which prior to the date of accession were assessed by the State aid monitoring authority of the new Member State andfound to be compatible with the acquis, andto which the Commission did not raise anobjection on the grounds of serious doubts asto the compatibility of the measure with thecommon market (the ‘interim procedure’).
539.Kommissionen undersøger endvidere detforhold, at afgiften baseres på en virksomhedssamlede omsætning og ikke på kødsalget.
at compensating fishermen who were obliged tostop fishing temporarily in 2000.
Vissevirksomheder er således fritaget for afgiften, i tilfælde hvor de sælger mere kød end en anden virksomhed, der har større omsætning med andre produkter.
For one scheme,the temporary cessation of fishing was caused bya pollution phenomenon and for the other scheme,the cessation of fishing was decided as part of aplan for the protection of marine resources.
Denne fritagelse indebærer muligvisulovlig statsstøtte for de virksomheder, der ikkeer omfattet af afgiften.
On thesame date, the Commission decided not to raiseany objections to schemes of the same kind set upunder plans for the protection of resources for theyears 2001 and 2002 (3).
540.Domstolen har i øvrigt fået forelagt et præjudicielt spørgsmål vedrørende fortolkningen af EF-traktatens artikel 87, stk. 1, i relation til destruktionsafgiften (2).
552.All measures which constitute State aid andwhich do not fulfil the conditions set out aboveare to be considered new aid upon accession forthe purposes of Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty.
536.På dette stadium finder Kommissionen, atet tilskud til producentorganisationer, der beregnes på basis af antallet af indgivne anmodningerom støtte til produktion af olivenolie og spiseoliven, er statsstøtte, der har til formål at forbedreorganisationernes finansielle situation, men somikke på nogen måde bidrager til udvikling indenfor sektoren.
553.The above provisions do not apply to aid tothe transport sector, or to activities linked to theproduction, processing or marketing of productslisted in Annex I to the EC Treaty with the exception of fisheries products and products derivedtherefrom.
Der er endvidere tale om støtte, der vil kunnegribe ind i de mekanismer, der regulerer de fællesmarkedsordninger, og som derfor vil være i stridmed disse og EU-bestemmelserne.
The above provisions will also bewithout prejudice to the transitional measuresregarding competition policy set out in the draft Accession Treaty.
Støtte til finansiering af offentlig destruktionstjeneste
549.On 16 October, the Commission decided toopen a formal investigation into existing aidpaid to German producers of grain brandy (Kornbranntwein) (4).
541.Den 28. december 2001 besluttede Europa-Kommissionen at indlede en formel undersøgelsesprocedure over for en anmeldt rationaliseringsordning for svineslagterier i Nederlandene (3).
This was in response to the refusalby the German authorities to comply with the Commission’s recommendation of 19 June calling on them to incorporate into German law by theend of 2003 appropriate measures for reformingthe spirit monopoly act.
Påbaggrund af Førsteinstansrettens dom i sagen Weyl Beef Products BV mfl. mod Kommissionen (4) blev det anset for nødvendigt at undersøge, om den anmeldte foranstaltning, der indebar en aftale mellem virksomheder for atreducere kapaciteten, var i overensstemmelsemed EF-traktatens artikel 81.
As they stand, the German arrangements constitute aid to domestic producers which is not available to producers fromother Member States.
Kommissionen betvivlede, at foranstaltningen kunne fritages somkrisekartel, fordi der tilsyneladende ikke var nogen strukturel overkapacitet i sektoren, og det var
The German authoritiestake the view that grain brandy comes under the
Sag C-126/01, Økonomi, finans- og industriministeriet mod GEMO SA.Statsstøttesag C 91/2001 (ex N 568/2001) (EFT C 37 af 9.2.2002,s. 17).Forenede sager T-197/97 og T-198/97 af 31.1.2001.
554.During 2002, and on the basis of measuressubmitted by the candidate countries, the Treatylist was established. By the end of October, candidate countries had submitted 322 State aidmeasures (57 % concerning individual aid casesand 43 % concerning aid schemes).
III — STATSSTØTTE landske myndigheder, med henblik på tilbagekøbi 2003 af »reserverede« fiskerilicenser (3).
III — STATE AID
De kan købes af enhver fiskekutterejer på et hvilket som helst tidspunkt indenfor to år efter udstedelsen.
Kahla, which is headquartered in Thuringia (1).The decision concerns two different legal enti-
Ved brev af 5. august 2002trak de nederlandske myndigheder anmeldelsenaf foranstaltningen tilbage.
555.Exemption regulations have been adoptedin order to facilitate the granting of aid by the Member States to certain sectors.
Der vil derfor ikkeblive truffet nogen endelig afgørelse i denne sag.
The practicalconsequence is that Member States do not need toofficially notify the Commission of their plansbefore granting the aid.
542.På grund af sin sociale og økonomiske karakter har fiskerisektoren i beretningsperiodenmodtaget omfattende offentlig støtte både på EU-plan på nationalt plan.
557.Reporting by Member States needs to beimproved. The Commission has started a majortraining initiative directed at Member States toshow them the utility of reporting in terms ofincreased transparency in the State aid sector aswell as the minimum requirements for properreporting that enable the Commission to complywith its monitoring obligations.
547.Formålet med den anmeldte støtteordning,der omfatter 900 000 EUR, er at tilbagekøbe delicenser, der er reserveret af den nederlandske stattil markedsprisen for at trække dem ud af omløb,fordi de pågældende licenser forsvinder pr. 1. januar 2004.
3.Recovery of aid ties: Kahla Porzellan GmbH (Kahla I) — a porcelain manufacturer privatised in 1991 anddeclared bankrupt in 1993 after heavy losses —and its legal successor, Kahla/Thüringen Porzellan GmbH (Kahla II), which was created in 1993to take over the assets of the bankrupt Kahla I andto continue its activities in the production of porcelain dishes and household china.
Nederlandene har givet tilsagn om, atder ikke vil blive udbetalt yderligere støtte tildette formål, og at systemet med reserverede licenser vil ophøre med udgangen af 2004.
The formalinvestigation procedure was initiated in November 2000 and extended in November 2001.
548.I november 2002 vedtog Kommissionen topositive endelige beslutninger (4) vedrørende
Theinvestigation encompassed a total of 33 measuresin favour of both Kahla I and Kahla II, totallingsome EUR 79 million.
543.Kommissionen har på grundlag af retningslinjerne for undersøgelse af statsstøtte til fiskeriog akvakultur (1) vurderet, om de nationale ord- ninger for statsstøtte inden for fiskerisektoren er ioverensstemmelse med EU-lovgivningen.
The remaining EUR 3 million wasassessed under the rescue and restructuringguidelines but, since the criteria of these guidelines were not fulfilled, it was declared incompatible.
544.I december 2002 nåede Rådet til enighedom reformen af den fælles fiskeripolitik.
The 23 measures in favour of Kahla II werefound to be aid.
Rådetsforordning (EF) nr. 2369/2002 (2) forenklede ar- tikel 19 i forordning (EF) nr. 2792/1999, somfastlægger, i hvilket omfang traktatens statsstøtteregler gælder for fiskeriet.
Of the total amount, some EUR 7.3 million was covered by approved aidschemes and the remaining EUR 12.7 millionwas assessed as ad hoc aid.
støtteordninger til fordel for fiskere, der i 2000var tvunget til midlertidigt at stoppe deres fiskerivirksomhed.
Reports drawn upwhen the company was formed clearly indicatedthat Kahla II had been in difficulties from the timeof its creation until 1996.
I det ene tilfælde var det midlertidige fiskeriophør forårsaget af et forureningsfænomen, i det andet tilfælde var ophøret forbundetmed en plan for at beskytte havets ressourcer.Samtidig besluttede Kommissionen, at den ikkehavde indvendinger mod denne form for ordninger, der indførtes til beskyttelse af ressourcerne i2001 og 2002 (5).
The aid awarded duringthat period was accordingly assessed on the basisof the rescue and restructuring guidelines.However, in the absence of a sound restructuringplan and a substantial contribution towards therestructuring, this aid was declared incompatible.The aid awarded as from 1996 was assessed asregional investment aid.
1.Eksisterende støtte
Recovery of aid and use by the Council of Article 88(2) of the Treaty
Den efterfølgende kontrol, der gennemføres ved tilbagebetalingen til medlemsstaterne i henhold til strukturfondsreglerne, er fortsat gældende.
560.On 27 February, the Commission broughtan action for annulment before the Court of Justice in respect of a Council decision (2) of 21 Jan-
546.Kommissionen godkendte den 27. november en støtteordning, der var anmeldt af de neder-
558.On 12 March, the Commission ordered therecovery of EUR 7.83 million of aid from Neue Erba Lautex GmbH (NEL), Germany, and its parent company, the bankrupt Erba Lautex GmbH.
549.Kommissionen indledte den 16. oktober enformel undersøgelsesprocedure vedrørende støttetil tyske producenter af kornbrændevin (Kornbranntwein) (6).
The two legal entities form a group artificiallykept alive by this new aid and by non-recoveredaid of EUR 61.36 million, which was alreadydeclared incompatible in July 1999.