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For det tredje gav de nederlandske myndigheder ingen overbevisende forklaring på, hvordan de administrative omkostninger ved et sådant system ville blive dækket, og hvordan de ville undgå yderligere administrative formaliteter for produkter, der handles inden for Fællesskabet, hvilket kan være i strid med traktaten.
In the agricultural sector, thecalculation of losses would be based on the losses incurred in comparison with the average yields overthe previous threeyears, which corresponds to normal Commission practice for the calculation of losses.There was therefore no risk of overcompensation arising from the scheme.
På denne baggrund besluttede Kommissionen, at det af de nederlandske myndigheder anmeldte system har negative følger for samhandelsvilkårene, hvilket strider imod den fælles interesse.
In these circumstances, anyrisk of abuse of the scheme for payment of operating aid, which normally warrants the use of the 30%threshold in case of adverse weather conditions, appeared to be ruled out.
c) Støtte til blomsterløg og mulig overtrædelse af den fælles markedsordning.
b) Aid for promotion financed via parafiscal charges
Også i et andet tilfælde anmeldte de nederlandske myndigheder en ændring af den skattelignende afgift, der finansierer en eksisterende statsstøtte til markedsintervention i blomsterløgsektoren i Nederlandene (187).
The Commission adopted a negative final decision on a proposed amendment to an existing aid schemeconcerning flower bulbs in the Netherlands.(187) The existing aid scheme for promoting ornamental plants and flowers, financed by parafiscal charges, was compatible with Community rules both asregards the promotion activities and as regards the current system of financing, which explicitly excludedlevying charges on products imported from other Member States.
Ifølge den eksisterende støtteordning kan havebrugskontoret (Productschap Tuinbouw) i situationer med overskydende udbud beslutte at gøre brug af sit interventionssystem og fastsætte interventionspriser (mindstepriser).
The yield of the levy would be repaid to a representative organisation establishedin each Member State of origin, for use on promotional activities in that country.
I det omhandlede tilfælde foretager interventionsorganet Stichting Bloembollensurplusfonds opkøb af blomsterløg, for hvilke mindsteprisen ikke er opnået, ved at betale interventionsprisen til de pågældende producenter.
Anegative finaldecision on the proposed amendment was adopted by the Commission for the following reasons: evenin the case of generic promotion activities, which do not refer to the origin of the product and thereforeguarantee formal equality of treatment, it appeared that at the practical level such promotion andadvertising activities would favour national specialisations, needs and shortcomings.
I forbindelse med anmeldelsen af ændringen benyttede Kommissionen lejligheden til at tage hele støtteordningen op til revision.
First, the Dutch authoritieswere unable to answer the concerns expressed by other Member States about the representativeness ofthe organisations to which the money would be transferred.
Eftersom støtten vedrører et nationalt markedsinterventionssystem for landbrugsprodukter (blomsterløg), som er omfattet af en fælles markedsordning, er det ifølge Domstolens veletablerede retspraksis udelukket, at der kan træffes nationale foranstaltninger inden for de af markedsordningen omfattede områder, medmindre andet er bestemt i fællesskabslovgivningen, og derfor skal medlemsstaterne afholde sig fra at træffe foranstaltninger af enhver art, som fraviger eller skader den pågældende ordning (jf. f.eks. sag 111/76 Officier van Justitie mod Van den Hazel (1977), Sml. 901; sag 177/78 Pigs and bacon commission mod Maccarren (1979), Sml.
Second, in some cases it may be thatproducers in other Member States are paying compulsory levies to finance promotional activities in theirown country.
2161, jf. også sag 190/73, Van Haaster, 30.10.1974, Sml. 1974, s. 1123).
The Dutch authorities offered to reimburse their tax where the importer could show thatit had paid an equivalent tax in the Member State of production.
Det centrale kriterium for vurderingen af nationale foranstaltningers lovmedholdighed er således, hvorvidt udøvelsen af den residualkompetence, der ligger hos medlemsstaterne, indvirker på eller kan indvirke på den fælles markedsordnings funktion.
However, the introduction of sucharrangements would require the establishment of additional administrative formalities solely for goodsmoving in intraCommunity trade, which was contrary to Article28 of the ECTreaty.
Det er ikke kun en rationering af produktionen, der kan anses for at have en virkning, der svarer til en kvantitativ begrænsning, også et interventionssystem kan udgøre
In view of the foregoing, the Commissiondecided that the system proposed by the Dutch authorities had an adverse effect on trading conditionswhich was contrary to the common interest.
) Sag N 212/97.
)Case C 34/97, Commission decision of 20.7.1999 (not yet published).
STATSSTØTTE 255 en sådan begrænsning, hvis det kan påvirke samhandelen mellem medlemsstater.
STATE AID249 judgment in Case47/69, was applied: in principle, aid financed by parafiscal charges which are alsolevied on products imported from other Member States is incompatible with the common market.
En sådan kvantitativ begrænsning eller en foranstaltning med tilsvarende følger for samhandelen i EU er udtrykkeligt forbudt i henhold til artikel 10 i den fælles markedsordning.
Such quantitativerestrictions or measures having equivalent effect in intraCommunity trade are explicitly prohibited by Article 10 of the CMO.
Det nationale interventionssystem er af en sådan karakter, at produkter fjernes fra markedet; dette har selvsagt indvirkning på priserne og handelsstrømmene (produkter, der tages ud af markedet, kan ikke sælges; interventionsprisen vil reelt blive mindsteprisen).
The nature of the national intervention system is such that products are takenout of the market; obviously, this has an effect on prices and on the flow of trade (products taken out ofthe market cannot be sold; the intervention price will effectively become the minimum price).
Hvis interventionssystemet ikke fandtes, ville der herske normale frie samhandelsvilkår med reel konkurrence.
In theabsence of the intervention system, the normal freedom of commercial transactions under conditions ofgenuine competition would prevail.
Domstolen har fastslået, at markedet for blomsterløg er baseret på et åbent marked og reel konkurrence (jf. sag 94/79, Vriend, 26.2.1980, Sml. 1980).
The Court has accepted that an open market and effectivecompetition underlie the market for flower bulbs (see Case94/79 Vriend[1980] ECR327).
Det nationale interventionssystem fungerer ydermere således, at produkter af tilfredsstillende kvalitet tages ud af markedet. Bortset fra dette principspørgsmål er den nationale markedsstøtteordning muligvis ikke forenelig med fællesmarkedet, fordi kun nederlandske produkter og ikke produkter fra andre medlemsstater kan omfattes heraf. Argumentet om at importerede produkter indirekte nyder godt af ordningen på grund af det mindre output på markedet kan vanskeligt accepteres.
Similarly,the national intervention system eliminates from the market products which are of a satisfactory quality.Apart from this question of principle the Dutch national market support scheme might not be compatiblewith the common market since only Dutch products and not those from other Member States couldbenefit from it.
Efter at Kommissionen havde meddelt de nederlandske myndigheder, at dens foreløbige konklusion var, at ordningen af ovennævnte årsager var uforenelig med fællesmarkedet, meddelte de nederlandske myndigheder, at ordningen ville blive trukket tilbage.
After the Commission departments had communicated to the Dutch authorities their preliminary view that the scheme was incompatible with the common market forthe reasons explained above, the Dutch authorities indicated that the scheme would be withdrawn.
d) Støtte til rationalisering af kvægslagtningssektoren
d) Aid for the rationalisation of the cattle slaughter sector
Kommissionen besluttede at indlede proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 2, over for en nederlandsk foranstaltning vedrørende rationalisering af kvægslagtningssektoren (l88). Den oprindelige foranstaltning tog sigte på at reducere den eksisterende overkapacitet i kvægslagtningssektoren.
The Commission also decided to initiate Article88(2) proceedings in respect of a Dutch measureregarding the rationalisation of the cattle slaughter sector.(189) The original measure was aimed at reducing the existing cattle slaughter overcapacity.
Med henblik herpå opkøbte fonden for sanering af kvægslagterier (Stichting Sanering Runderslachterijen), der er oprettet af Productschap voor Vee en Vlees, slagtningskapacitet.
To that end, the Cattle Slaughterhouses Reorganisation Fund (Stichting Sanering Runderslachterijen), set up by the Product Board for Cattle and Meat (Productschap voor Vee en Vlees), bought up slaughter capacity.
Der er nu opstået ny overkapacitet. Derfor ønskede fonden at opkøbe yderligere kapacitet, som kommer på markedet i forbindelse med konkurs eller nedlukning af slagterier.
New excess capacity had beencreated.
Kommissionens beslutning af 20.7.1999 (EFT C 280 af 2.10.1999). C8") Sag N 589/B/98, Kommissionens beslutning af 8.12.1999 (endnu ikke offentliggjort).
)Case N 212/97.)Case C 55/99 (ex N 534/97), Commission decision of 20July1999 (OJ C 280, 2.10.1999).
256 ANVENDELSEN AF KONKURRENCEREGLERNE 1 DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION afgiftsprogressionen justeredes.
250APPLICATION OF THE COMPETITION RULES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION bankruptcy or closure of cattle slaughterhouses.
Indtægterne fra denne forhøjelse vil blive ført tilbage til husholdninger og bedrifter i form af en nedsættelse af løn- og indkomstskatten.
Furthermore, no evidence had been submitted demonstrating a possible interest in theacquisition of the bankrupt company.
Den nederlandske regering forventer, at den hårdere beskatning af energiforbruget vil få positive følger for udledningen af CO,.
CO emissions and to promote energy conservation. The Dutch Government amended the energy tax rates
Den lovfæstede energiafgift omfattede anvendelse af en nulsats på naturgas anvendt i væksthusgartneri.
The rev- enues accruing from this increase were to be clawed back to households and businesses in the form of a reduction in wage and income tax.
De nederlandske myndigheder anmodede om en udvidelse af nulsatsen på naturgas for væksthusbedrifter i mindst et år mere.
The regulatory energy tax was also levied at a zero rate on natural gas used in glasshouse cultivation.The Dutch authorities requested an extension of the zero rate on such natural gas for the glasshousehorticulture sector for at least another year.
I bedrifter, der ikke er tilkoblet naturgasnettet, finder nulsatsen anvendelse på brændselsolie, gasolie og flydende gas.
If there was no natural gas connection, a zero rate applied tomedium oil, gas oil and liquefied petroleum gas.
Efter at have kontaktet Kommissionen ændrede de nederlandske myndigheder foranstaltningen: nulsatsen finder således kun anvendelse i 1999. I 2000 og 2001 beskattes sektoren på et (progressivt) grundlag svarende til andre energiintensive sektorer.
Following contacts with the Commission departments, the Dutch authorities amended the measure: thezero rate would apply only in 1999.
De nederlandske myndigheder forpligtede sig til at anmelde ordningen igen i 2002.
The Dutch authorities undertook to renotifythe scheme in 2002.
Foranstaltningen falder ind under anvendelsesområdet for fællesskabsrammebestemmelserne for statsstøtte til miljøbeskyttelse, fordi formålet med loven er at fremme miljøets kvalitet.
The measure fell within the scope of the Community guidelines on state aid for environmental protectionbecause the objective of the law was environmental protection.
Hensigten er at nedbringe energiforbruget ved en forhøjelse af energiafgiften.
It was intended to reduce energyconsumption through an increase in energy taxation.
Afgiftsfritagelsen forekommer at udgøre driftsstøtte.
The tax exemption would appear to be operatingaid.
Fællesskabsrammebestemmelserne indeholder præcise kriterier for driftsstøtte i forbindelse med miljøbeskyttelse:
The Community guidelines apply strict conditions on operating aid granted in connection withenvironmental problems:
— Støtten bør være midlertidig og principielt degressiv: de nederlandske myndigheder har fastsat en klar deadline, hvor anvendelsen af nulsatsen vil blive bragt til ophør og gradvis bringes i overensstemmelse med de almindelige rammebestemmelser.
—The aid should be temporary and in principle degressive: the Dutch authorities provided a cleardeadline by which the zero rate was to end and the scheme was to be brought gradually within thegeneral framework.
Foranstaltningen er degressiv, eftersom nulsatsen fortsat finder anvendelse i 1999, hvorefter en gradvis stigende beskatning vil finde sted.
The measure was degressive since a zero rate continued to apply in 1999,whereafter a gradually increasing rate of taxation was to be introduced.
— Modtagerne skal præstere en modydelse: der er indgået kontrakt med sektoren, som også fastsætter mål for alternativ energianvendelse: 4% af energiforbruget i 2010 skal således bestå i vedvarende energi. Energieffektiviteten skal forbedres med 65% sammenlignet med 1980.
—The aid should be necessary to offset a competitive disadvantage: the Commission took account ofthe fact that since the glasshouse horticulture sector had below average relative labour costs, the
Kommissionen indledte proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 2, over for en støtteordning, som Østrig havde anmeldt vedrørende tildeling af driftsstøtte med henblik på at tilskynde landmænd i Niederösterreich til at holde hungeder.
)Case N 589/B/98, Commission decision of 8December1999 (not yet published).
Portugal a) Støtte til svineproducenter med afsætningsproblemer
Afurther quidpro quocould be found in the increasing total tax burden: the new measure providing for graduallyincreasing taxation of gas (and full taxation of electricity use) gave a clear incentive for the emissions.
Foranstaltningen er muligvis også en overtrædelse af den fælles markedsordning for svinekød.
The Commission therefore concluded that the measure met the requirements laid down by theenvironmental guidelines.
I 1998 indledte Kommissionen proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 2, over for omstrukturerings- og privatiseringsplaner for to offentlige foretagender, henholdsvis kornhandelsfirmaet EPAC og stevedorevirksomheden Silopor C2).
The Commission initiated proceedings under Article88(2) of the ECTreaty with regard to an aid schemenotified by the Austrian authorities for granting operating aid to encourage farmers in Lower Austria tokeep she-goats.
Selv om Portugal tilkendegav interesse i sammen med Kommissionen at undersøge muligheden for at gøre omstruktureringsplanerne forenelige med fællesskabsreglerne for redning og omstrukturering af kriseramte virksomheder, er der endnu ikke opnået noget resultat.
The Austrian authorities had stated that the aid would help to develop goat rearingpractices and thereby the sector concerned, and that goats in Austria were in danger of extinction, makingthem eligible for support under Article2(1) of Regulation (EEC) No2078/92.
Under anvendelse af det generelle princip, som forbyder medlemsstaterne at yde ren driftsstøtte, besluttede Kommissionen at indlede proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 2, over for ikke-anmeldt støtte, som Sverige har ydet til en kødforarbejdningsvirksomhed (l93).
The Commission decided to initiate proceedings under Article88(2) of the ECTreaty against Portugalin relation to an aid scheme to provide relief for pig producers facing market difficulties at the end of1998.(192) The scheme consisted of two measures: the first one was a one-year moratorium on existing shortterm loans, as well as a reduction in interest rates on these loans (up to 100%); the second measurewas a subsidised shortterm loan (oneyear) for which the subsidy rate could be as high as 100%.
('"") Sag C 82/98, Kommissionens beslutning af 8.12.1999 (endnu ikke offentliggjort).
The measure could also be an infringement of the common market organisation for pigmeat.
('"') Sag C 31/99 (ex N 704/98), Kommissionens beslutning af 4.5.1999 (EFT C 220 af 31.7.1999).
b) EPACand Silopor: restructuring and privatisation
('"') Sag C 72/99 (ex NN 149/98), Kommissionens beslutning af 13.10.1999 (EFTC 359 af 11.12.1999).
)Case C 82/98, Commission decision of 8December1999 (not yet published).)Case C 31/99 (ex N 704/98), Commission decision of 4May1999 (OJ C 220, 31.7.1999).
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2) en salgs- og tilbageleasingtransaktion omfattende to sæt aftaler, hvorefter ejendomsselskabet købte Holmlunds' materielle og immaterielle aktiver og tilbageleasede dem til Holmlunds: 3) Holmlunds' tilbagekøb af aktiverne fra ejendomsselskabet i henhold til en aftale i 1997 i forbindelse med overførslen af Holmlunds' aktier til en ny ejer.
Silopor, both publicly owned.(193) Although Portugal showed interest in exploring with the Commissiondepartments the possibility of bringing the restructuring plans into line with the Community rules onrescuing and restructuring companies in difficulty, no result has yet been achieved.
Kommissionens mistanke om, at der var statsstøtte involveret, var baseret på en vurdering af ejendomsselskabets foranstaltninger set i lyset af et markedsøkonomisk investorprincip.
Meanwhile, the EPAC cases, concerning Portugal’s failure to comply with the Commission’s 1997 decision declaringthat the state guarantee granted to Epac was illegal and incompatible state aid, were heard before the European Court of Justice.
I den periode, hvor det kommunale ejendomsselskab traf de pågældende foranstaltninger (1995-1997), var Holmlunds tilsyneladende kriseramt.
The Court is expected to hand down its decisions on these cases at thebeginning of 2000.
Godtgørelsesordningen for svineslagtninger af hensyn til dyrevelfærden
Preferential rates of rent for business premises and of leasing payments in connection with the saleand leaseback of assets
Efter at have indledt proceduren efter artikel 88, stk. 2, vedtog Kommissionen en positiv beslutning om Det Forenede Kongeriges godtgørelsesordning for svineslagtninger af hensyn til dyrevelfærden, der blev iværksat i Nordirland i september 1998 (l94).
In pursuance of the general principle that Member States must not grant pure operating aid, the Commissiondecided to initiate proceedings under Article88(2) of the ECTreaty in respect of unnotified aid granted by Sweden to a meat processing company.(194) On the basis of a complaint, certain newspaper articles and in- formation provided by the Swedish authorities, the Commission concluded in its decision to initiate proceedings that the following measures granted between 1995 and 1997 by a municipal property company in Skellefteå in Sweden possibly involved state aid to Nya Holmlunds Livs AB (“Holmlunds”), a meat processing company in Skellefteå: (i) rental payments under an agreement between a municipal property company and Holmlunds in respect of the meat processing factories where Holmlunds operated; (ii) a sale andleaseback operation involving two sets of agreements whereby the property company bought Holmlunds’tangible and intangible assets and leased them back to Holmlunds; and (iii) Holmlunds’repurchase of theassets from the property company under an agreement in 1997 in connection with the transfer of Holmlunds’shares to a new owner.
Efter en brand den 20. juni 1998 blev det største svineslagteri i Ballymoney, Nordirland, ødelagt, hvorved ca. 40% af regionens svineslagtekapacitet gik tabt. Mange producenter kunne ikke få deres svin slagtet med det resultat, at medio august 1998 ventede 20 000 — 30
The Commission’s suspicion that state aid had been involved was based on an evaluation of the property company’s behaviour from the point of view of the market economy investor principle.
000 svin på at blive slagtet, og situationen forværredes dag for dag. Det overvejedes at transportere disse dyr til slagterier i Storbritannien eller Republikken Irland, men på baggrund af den generelt matte markedssituation og restriktioner på grund af sygdomskontrol blev dette opgivet.
The possible aid linked to the situations listed above appeared to the Commission to have been in the nature of operating aid: preferential rates of rent in respect of the old and the new factories owned by the property company as well as preferential rates of leasing payments in connection with the sale and leaseback ofthe assets.
Producenterne stod således med et stigende antal dyr, som principielt var usælgelige.
During the period when the measures were taken by the municipal property company (1995-97)Holmlunds was apparently an undertaking in difficulty.
Som et resultat af den voksende svinebestand opstod der desuden alvorlige dyrevelfærdsproblemer som følge af overbelægning og fodringsvanskeligheder.
However, it was clear to the Commission that themeasures did not fulfil any of the relevant rules as regards agricultural undertakings in financial difficulty.To the extent that the measures possibly constituted operating aid, they appeared to be incompatible with thecommon market and to constitute an infringement of the common market organisations concerned (pigmeat, beef and veal).
Den indførte godtgørelsesordning for svineslagtninger af hensyn til dyrevelfærden ydede støtte til slagtning og godtgørelser til producenter af overvægtige »rene« svin (dvs. svin med en levende vægt på mindst 110 kg, bortset fra drægtige gylter, avissøer og orner) på indtil 30 GBP pr. dyr.
After initiating Article88(2) proceedings, the Commission adopted a favourable decision on the Pig Welfare Slaughter Compensation Scheme, which applied in Northern Ireland in September 1998.(195)
I det foreliggende tilfælde bemærkede Kommissionen, at hvad angår materielle tab, modtog den part, der var hårdest ramt af branden, ejerne af Ballymoneyslagteriet, ingen støtte, idet de tilsyneladende var dækket af en normal kommerciel brandforsikring.
Following an accidental fire on 20June1998, a major pig slaughtering plant in Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, was destroyed, leading to the loss of an estimated 40% of the slaughtering and butcheringcapacity for pigs in the region.
På baggrund af den yderst specifikke situation på det nordirske svinemarked på daværende tidspunkt og i lyset af de forskellige foranstaltninger, de britiske myndigheder havde truffet med henblik på at løse
(193)Case C 51/98 (ex N 852/97 and N 6/98), Commission decision of 29July1998 (OJ C 363, 25.11.1998).(194)Case C 72/99 (ex NN 149/98), Commission decision of 13October1999 (OJ C 359, 11.12.1999).
) Sag C 76/98, Kommissionens beslutning af 9.6.1999 (EFT L 227 af 28.8.1999).
)Case C 76/98, Commission decision of 9June1999 (OJ L227, 28.8.1999).
STATSSTØTTE 259 problemet, konkluderede Kommissionen imidlertid, at foranstaltningen kunne anses for at fremme udviklingen af visse erhvervsgrene eller økonomiske regioner, jf. EF-traktatens artikel 87, stk. 3, litra c).
STATE AID253 and butchering, so that by the middle of August1998 20000 — 30000 pigs were awaiting slaughterand the situation was deteriorating by the day.
Hvad angår agromonctær støtte var året 1999 præget af overgangen til euro og afviklingen af de grønne kurser. Kun ét tilfælde vedrørte revalueringen af den svenske krona for markafgrøder, som fandt sted den 1. juli 1998 (l93). Den samlede støtte til denne sektor var på 2,215 mio. EUR svarende til 1,4 EUR/ha.
Consideration was given to the possibility of transportingthese animals to slaughterhouses in Great Britain or the Republic of Ireland, but the overall depressedmarket situation and disease control restrictions militated against this.