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Den foreslåede alternative placering skal være troværdig i forhold til virksomhedens kom mercielle strategi, imagehensyn og produktionsstrategi osv. Kan mobiliteten ikke påvises, kan støtte under ingen omstændigheder godkendes.
The proposed alternative location must be credible in the light of the firm's commercial policy, the risks to its image, its industrial strategy, etc. If mobility is not proven, no aid may be allowed.
Kommissionen undersøger endvidere, om investor har taget højde for støttetildelingen i sin beslutning om at placere projektet i en støtteberettiget region. Er dette ikke tilfælde, som det var tilfældet i den negativbeslutning, der blev truffet den 22. december i sagen Fiat Mirafiori Meccanica (4). erklæres støtten unødvendig for at
The Commission also checks whether the investor took account of the possibility of receiving aid in the decision to locate the project in an assisted area.
C) SagN-697/98(EFTC35l af 4.12.1999).
(■') Decision 98/451/ECSC (OJL 177. 13.7.1999).
(7) Forenede sager T-132/96 og T-143/96. Freislaat Sachsen. Volkswagen AG og Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH mod Kommissionen. (") EFTL308af29.11.1999.
(") Case T­64/99 (OJC 160.5.6.1999). (*) Case T­29/99 (OJC 86.
Boks 10: Offentlig støtte til Skoda — Et eksempel på statsstøttereglernes anvendelse i ansøgerlandene
Meccanica project ( ' ), the aid is deemed not to be necessary for achieving the objectives referred to in Article 87(3) and cannot therefore be autho­rised.
For motorkøretøjsindustrien betyder dette, at støtte til en bilproducent skal opfylde betingelserne i EF-rammebestemmelserne for statsstøtte til motorkøretøjsindustrien (').
June 1996 (5) on aid granted for the Mosel and Chemnitz plants.
Af gennemsigtighedshensyn meddelte de tjekkiske myndigheder Kommissionen en påtænkt regional støtte foranstaltning til Skoda til omfattende investeringer i fabrikken i Miada Boleslav.
In addition to its assessments of the conditions under which Article 87(2)(c) and Article 87(3)(b) apply, the Court confirmed the Commission's classification of the investments as greenfield or extension projects, which took into account the existence on the spot of adequate infrastructure, organised logistics, a suitably trained workforce and a well­established net­work of subcontractors.
Generaldirektoratet for Konkurrence tilvejebragte dernæst faglig bistand for at sætte de tjekkiske myndigheder i stand til at anvende rammebestemmelserne for motorkøretøjsindustrien, navnlig gennemførelsen af costbenefitanalysen.
The Court also stressed that the Commission was entitled to refer to excess production capacities in the motor vehicle industry, and therefore to take the Community interest into consideration, in refusing to autho­rise payment of part of the aid in question.
Kommissionen har til hensigt nøje at overvåge, at Fællesskabets regelværk på konkurrenceområdet anvendes i hver enkelt af ansøgerlandene.
This takes into account all the factors determining the investor's choice of site, giving special attention to the production cutback or closure costs that would result from a theoretical choice not to locate the investment at the selected site.
Sidstnævnte beslutning styrker Kom missionens politik, ifølge hvilken indkøb af transportmidler ikke er i den fælles interesse, for så vidt angår markeder, der er præget af overkapacitet. pacitet.
In its judgment of 15 December (4), the Court of First Instance dismissed the applications lodged by the Land of Saxony and Volkswagen for annulment of the Commission decision of 26
Kommissionen fortsatte i 1999 med at føre nøje kontrol med rammebestemmelserne for statsstøtte til kunstfiberindustrien (') og følge aktivt op på de forespørgsler, den modtager ved rørende eventuelle overtrædelser.
In 1999 the Commission continued to be vigilant in applying the code on aid to the syn­thetic fibres industry (6) and in actively following up enquiries regarding possible breaches brought to its attention.
Kommissionen traf i denne henseende en endelig negativbeslutning om støtte, som de tyske myndigheder påtænkte at yde til Saxonylon Textil GmbH (2), et datterselskab af Singapore-koncernen Tolaram.
In that connection, it took a neg­ative final decision concerning aid that the Ger­man authorities proposed to grant to Saxonylon Textil GmbH (7), a subsidiary of the Singaporean Tolaram Group. The Commission took into
Kom missionen er i denne henseende af den opfattelse, at støtte til kombineret transport er forenelig med fællesmarkedet, for så vidt som den sigter på at fremme transaktioner, der er økonomisk rentable på mellemlang sigt og sandsynligvis ikke vil give anledning til konkurrencefordrejninger mellem transportvirksomhederne og mellem terminalerne for kombineret transport.
The Europe agreement concluded with the Czech Republic provides that existing Community rules are to apply to public aid. In the case of motor manufacturing, this means that aid to a manufacturer must com­ply with the Community framework for State aid to the motor vehicle industry (')·
For netop vej transportens vedkommende er det Kommissionens opfattelse, at præmier for frivilligt aktivitetsophør for uafhængige transportvirksomheder ikke udgør støtte, ligesom den inter alia god kendte foranstaltninger til fremme af køretøjsparkens tilpasning til strengere miljønormer.
In a spirit of transparency, the Czech authorities informed the Commission of their plan to grant regional aid to Skoda for a major investment at the Miada Boleslav plant. The Competition DG provided technical assistance to enable the Czech authorities to apply the motor vehicle framework, in particular by carrying out a cost­benefit analysis.
Kommissionen godkendte ligeledes en italiensk støtteordning til virksomhedsgrupperinger (3) inden for rammerne af de nævnte omstruk-
It firmly intends to ensure that the existing Community competition rules are applied in each of those countries.
STATSSTØTTE heder, og da den ikke påvirker samhandelen i et omfang, der strider mod Fællesskabets interesse, betragtede Kommissionen støtteordningen som forenelig med traktatens bestemmelser.
transport undertakings to obtain ISO 9000 certi­fication (2) and found compatible with the com­ account the fact that the project results in a sig­nificant capacity increase in polyamide filament yarn, a product for which there is no structural shortage of supply and that the proposed aid intensity was double the maximum allowed under the code for large enterprises.
Det skal ligeledes nævnes, at Domstolen ved at afvise et annullationssøgsmål fra Italien bekræftede Kommissionens beslutning fra 1996, som anså skattelettelserne til vejtransportvirk­somheder i 1993 og 1994 for at være uforenelige med fællesmarkedet, hvor den indeholdt et påbud om tilbagesøgning (2).
It is also worth mentioning that, by dis­missing the application for annulment brought by Italy, the Court of Justice upheld the Commis­sion's 1996 decision finding that the tax credits granted by Italy to professional road hauliers in 1993 and 1994 constituted State aid that was incompatible with the common market and had to be recovered (3).
På søtransportområdet fortsatte Kommissio­nen sin udbygning af den fremgangsmåde, der bleν indført med EF­retningslinjerne for statsstøtte til søtransportsektoren (4).
The Commission adopted a favourable decision on an aid scheme for restructuring road haulage and developing combined transport in Italy (')· It took the view that aid for combined transport was compatible with the common mar­ket in so far as it was aimed at promoting opera­tions that would prove economically viable in the medium term and were not liable to cause distor­tions of competition between operators or between combined transport terminals.
Kommissionen kunne så­ledes godkende en række forskellige støtteordnin­ger i form af skattelettelser, som har til formål navnlig at reducere lønomkostningerne til perso­nale ombord på fartøjer, der fører en medlemsstats flag. Hensigten er at vende tendensen med, at far­tøjer genregistreres et andet sted end i medlemssta­ten, og dæmme op for faldet i beskæftigelsen og ta­bet af know­how i søtransportsektoren.
As far as road haulage was concerned, the Commission found that the allowances granted to self­employed hauliers voluntarily ceasing their activity did not constitute aid and authorised inter alia the measures designed to encourage the upgrading of the vehicle fleet in line with more stringent environmental standards.
På jernbaneområdet godkendte Kommissi­onen en dansk støtteordning for godstransport (3)
In the rail transport sector, the Commission authorised a Danish aid scheme for goods trans­port (4) intended to compensate for the handicap suffered by the railways in relation to road trans­port and to create a more level playing field between the two modes.
Kommissionen har i denne henseende indledt en undersøgelsesprocedure over for finan­siering af den italienske koncern »Tirrenia«.
The aid scheme was examined in connection with the introduction of infrastructure charges payable by train operators using the Dan­ish rail network.
for at kompensere for jernbanernes handicap i forhold til vejtransporten og skabe mere lige kon­kurrencevilkår mellem de to transportformer.
The amount of the grant was much lower than the estimated amount of the costs not paid by the road haulage sector.
Foranstaltningerne har til formål at fremme over­flytning af godstransport fra landevejen til jern­banesektoren ved at neutralisere eksterne omkostninger og infrastrukturomkostninger, som vejtransporten ikke skal bære.
Since the grant applied without discrimination to all goods transport operators and did not affect the development of trade to an extent contrary to the Community interest, the Commission found that the aid scheme was compatible with the Treaty rules.
For så vidt angår havnesektoren, godkendte Kommissionen en række afgiftsforanstaltninger, der har til formal at fremme udskiftningen af forældet materiel i de franske havne (5).
In the context of the introduction of a sys­tem of energy taxation (Ökosteuer) in Germany, the Commission authorised a partial reduction in
N­192/99 og N­196/99. (:1 Afgørelse af 19.5.1999 i sag C­6/97. Italien mod Kommissionen.
N­192/99 and N­196/99.
85 foreligger endnu ikke. (") Sag Ν­588/98.
82 yet reported. C) Case N­588/98.
(4) EFT C 205 af 5.7.1997. (') Sag C­42799.
( ' ) Case C­21 /98 (OJ L 227. 28.8.1999).
Lufttransport medlemsstaterne nye EF-rammebestemmelser for statsstøtte i landbrugssektoren (2). Der var et
— STATE AID a new electricity consumption tax for firms engaged in transport by rail or trolleybus.
Kommissionen tog i denne henseende navnlig udgangspunkt i rammebestemmelserne fra december 1994 (') og tog i betragtning, at virksomheden har været i gunstig udvikling siden 1996 og kan forvente positive resultater på mellemlang sigt.
In this sector the Commission authorised several aid schemes designed to help carriers adjust to the opening­up of the market.
Kommissionen indledte den 20. juli proceduren over for et projekt for uddannelse af med arbejderne ansat i det belgiske selskab SABENA, idet den tildelte finansiering langt overskred det maksimale loft, der kan accepteres af Kommissionen i henhold til rammebestemmelserne for støtte til uddannelse.
On 20 July, the Commission opened pro­ceedings in respect of a training project for staff of the Belgian airline Sabena, taking the view that the amount of funding granted far exceeded the maximum intensity that may be accepted by the Commission under the Community frame­work on training aid.
Kommissionen konstaterede den 3. september 1999, at en støtteordning for individuel støtte af social karakter til trafikbetjeningen af mindre øer i nærheden af Sicilien var forenelig med fællesmarkedet i henhold til traktatens artikel 87, stk. 2, litra a).
On 3 September, the Commission found that the scheme involving the award of aid of a social character for services to the smaller Sicil­ian islands was compatible with the common market under Article 87(2)(a) of the Treaty. The existence of such schemes for assisting the inhab­itants of remote islands is one of the specific fea­tures of State aid in the air transport sector.
Inden for lufthavnssektoren godkendte Kommissionen offentlig støtte til infrastruktur forbedringer i lufthavnene dels i Manchester, dels på Elba, idet foranstaltningerne ikke udgør støtte i henhold til traktatens artikel 87.
In the airport sector, the Commission authorised public grants for improving infra­structure at the airports of Manchester and Elba, on the grounds that the measures concerned did not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 87 of the Treaty.
Udgangspunktet for de nye rammebestemmelser er, at al statsstøtte til landbrugssektoren skal være forenelig med Fællesskabets fælles landbrugspolitik og politik for udvikling af land områderne samt med Fællesskabets internationale forpligtelser, navnlig WTO-aftalen om land brug.
The Commission also devoted increasing attention to ascertaining whether and under what conditions compensation to offset public service obligations constitutes State aid within the mean­ing of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
Endvidere skal statsstøtte, i over ensstemmelse med de af Domstolen fastsatte principper, reelt bidrage til udviklingen af visse erhvervsgrene eller visse økonomiske regioner.
In this context, the Commission opened an investigation into finance granted to the Italian group Tirrenia.
Statsstøtte, som kun har til formål at forbedre modtagerens økonomiske situation, uden nogen form for modydelse fra denne, kan aldrig anses for forenelig med EF-traktaten.
Nevertheless, in view of the increasingly impor­tant commercial role played by airports, the Commission is conducting a rethink which could call into question its traditional approach whereby aid for building or operating airport infrastructure does not fall within the scope of the Treaty rules on State aid.
Der kan tillades højere
The Commission based its assessment mainly on
— STATSSTØTTE regler.
— aid to grant specific support for the outermost regions and the Aegean islands.
Individuel støtte, der allerede er ydet til landbrugere under eksisterende ordninger, berøres ikke af ændringerne.
Furthermore, in accordance with the principles laid down by the Court of Justice, State aid must make a real contribution to the development of certain economic activities or certain regions.
Fiskeri støttesatser for investeringer i tilknytning til bevarelse af landskaber eller flytning af avlsbygninger i offentlighedens interesse eller i tilknytning til forbedring af miljøet, dyrevelfærd eller hygiene.
In addition to these categories of aid, which are specifically covered in the guidelines, aid may as before also be granted, in accordance with other Community provisions, for research and development, promotion and advertising of agri cultural products, short-term operating loans, rescuing and restructuring farms in difficulty, and supporting employment.
— støtte til forpligtelser til at drive miljøvenligt landbrug samt anden miljøstøtte
— aid for investment on farms can normally be permitted at up to 40 % of eligible expenses, or 50 % in the less favoured areas; higher rates of aid may sometimes be allowed for investments linked to the conservation of tra ditional landscapes, the relocation of farm buildings in the public interest, or the improvement of the environment, animal welfare or hygiene; similarly, aid for investment in the processing and marketing of agri-
Kommissionen har undersøgt foreneligheden af nationale ordninger, der omfatter støtte til sektoren, i lyset af retningslinjerne for gennem gangen af statsstøtte til fiskeri- og akvakultur sektoren ('), som i vidt omfang tager højde for Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 2468/98 af 3. november 1998 om kriterier og betingelser for EF-struk-turinterventioner inden for fiskeri, akvakultur og forarbejdning og afsætning af fiskerivarer og akvakulturprodukter (2).
— STATE AID guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture ('), which are based, to a large extent, on Council Regulation (EC) No 2468/98 of 3 November 1998 laying down the criteria and arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries and aquacul­ture sector and the processing and marketing of with a view to their future privatisation.
Det kan konstateres, at antallet af ordninger, der godkendes af Kommissionen, er steget i forhold til det foregående år.
In both cases the Commission reaffirmed its policy of requiring, as a condition for the approval of restructuring aid, an adequate reduction of capac­ity.
— støtte til unge landbrugeres etablering
The Commission authorised a larger number of schemes than in 1998.
— særstøtte til randområderne og De Ægæiske Øer.
)) had received State aid in the context of a restruc­turing operation carried out by their governments
Endvidere bragte Kommissionen princip pet om »den private investors adfærd under markedsvilkår« i anvendelse for at afgøre, hvorvidt kapitaltilførsel til en statslig virksomhed udgør statsstøtte. Da Kommissionen fandt, at den fast lagte forrentning for den kapital, som delstaten
The Commission also applied the 'market economy investor principle' in order to decide whether a capital injection into a public under­taking constitutes State aid.
Nord Rhein-Westfalen tilførte Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (5) ikke svarer til, hvad
Finding that the return on the capital provided by the Land of North Rhine­Westphalia to Westdeutsche Lan­desbank Girozentrale (5) did not correspond to what a market economy investor would have demanded, the Commission decided that the transaction involved State aid.
(') Sag C-30/96 (ex NN-44/96). endnu ikke offentliggjort.
(3) Case C­30/96 (ex NN­44/96). not yet published in the Official
(4) Sag C-16/98 (ex NN-IO/98). endnu ikke offentliggjort.
Journal. (4) Case C­16/98 (ex NN­10/98). not yet published in the Official
(5) Sag C-64/97 (ex NN-175/95). endnu ikke offentliggjort.
(') Case C­64/97 (ex NN­175/95), not yet published in the Official Journal.
Siden 1992 er der indgået flere end ti klager til Kommissionen med påstand om, at Finansiering af visse offentlige radio- og tv-selskaber i en række medlemsstaterer uforenelig med EF-traktaten. Kommissionen vedtog sin første beslutning på området i november 1996 (RTP — portugisisk radio og tv (')).
Since 1992 more than 10 complaints have been lodged with the Commission, alleging that the financing of certain public broadcasters in several Member States is incompatible with the EC Treaty rules.
Kommissionens opgave var ikke så vanskelig, idet RTP klart havde beføjelse til at yde offentlig tjeneste og endvidere havde et gennemsigtigt analytisk regnskabssystem.
The Commission's task was made easier by the fact that RTP had a very clear public ser­vice mandate and a transparent analytical accounting system.
Der er indbragt et annullationssøgsmål for Dom stolen over for Kommissionens beslutning (2).
The Commission decision has been chal­lenged before the Court of First Instance (2).
I september dømte Førsteinstansretten på foranledning af to klager indgivet i en spansk sag Kommissionen for at have tilsidesat sin forpligtelse til at træffe afgørelse inden for en rimelig frist (3). Den 3. juni døm tes Kommissionen for anden gang i en lignende sag, nemlig Télévision Française 1 SA (TFl) mod Kom missionen (4).
In September, the CFI ruled against the Commission for failing to fulfil its obligations under the EC Treaty by not taking a decision following the two complaints lodged by the applicant in a Spanish case (3). On 3
Retten udtalte, at eftersom Kommissionen har enebeføjelse til at undersøge, om statsstøtte er forenelig med fællesmarkedet, bør den af hensyn til en sund forvaltningspraksis og traktatens grund læggende bestemmelser om statsstøtte omhyggeligt og upartisk undersøge en klage om påstand om en statsstøtteforanstaltnings uforenelighed med fællesmarkedet.
The Court held that since the Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to assess the com­ patibility of State aid with the common market, it must, in the interests of sound administration and the fundamental Treaty rules on State aid, conduct a diligent and impartial examination of any complaint alleg­ing that State aid is incompatible with the common market.
De fleste medlemsstater gik imidlertid imod en vedtagelse af rammebestemmelser og foretrak individuelle fremgangsmåder. Kommissionen gik derfor i gang med behandlingen af de indeværende sager i den rækkefølge, de er indgået.
Following this judgment for failure to act, in October 1998 the Commission departments presented a discussion paper to the Member States in an attempt to develop a common framework for dealing with State aid in broadcasting.
(4) Sag T-17/96.
(") Case Τ­17/96.
— STATSSTØTTE artikel 86, stk. 2, for virksomheder, der har fået overdraget at udføre tjenesteydelser af almindelig økonomisk interesse, kunne finde anvendelse.
In this discussion paper, the Commission departments tried to address the main issues raised by the pend­ing State aid cases involving public broadcasters, while presenting some ideas on how fair competition between public and private broadcasters can best be ensured, with a view to stimulating discussion with the Member States.
Kommissionen skal i de kommende måneder tilendebringe sin undersøgelse af de verserende sager under hensyntagen til de relevante afsnit i traktaten og Amsterdam-protokollen.
However, most Member States were opposed to the adoption of guidelines and expressed their preference for a case­by­case approach; the Commission therefore began to deal with the pending cases, in order of receipt.
Uanset om derer tale om støtte eller ej, vil Kommissionen sikre sig, at bemyndigelserne til offentlig tjeneste, som afgrænset af medlemsstaterne, er gennemsigtige, og at de af medlemsstaterne vedtagne finansieringssystemer respekterer princippet om proportionalitet og ikke påvirker vilkårene for samhandel og konkurrence i et omfang, der stri der mod den fælles interesse, samtidig med at formålet med den offentlige tjeneste tages i betragtning.
In February, it sent three requests for information to Italy, France and Spain, requiring them to pro­vide all the data needed to assess whether the aid was new or existing, i.e. introduced before the entry into force of the Treaty. In respect of these cases, it also opened the formal investigation procedure for some ad hoc measures granted to the Italian and French public broadcasters, as they could not be considered exist­ing aid (having been introduced and granted in the 1980s and 1990s).
D — Procedurer følger af EF-traktatens artikel 87 og 88, ikke principielt er væsensforskellige.
In 1999, the Commission also approved the funding of two newly launched special­interest channels (Phoenix and Kinderkanal) (') by the German public broadcasters, entirely financed with a licence fee, and of a 24­hour news service by the BBC (2), also funded solely by a licence fee.
Kommissionen har derfor beføjelse til efterfølgende at godkende støtte, der er kommet til udbetaling inden god kendelsen.
In both cases, the Commis­ sion, taking into account the specific features of the services, did not detect any abuse of the Member States' powers to define the public service remit.
Efterfølgende godkendelse af allerede udbetalt støtte
Ex post authorisation of aid already paid
I sagen RJB Mining plc mod Kommissionen (2) bekræftede Førsteinstansretten, at EF-
In RJB Mining ν Commission (2) the Court of First Instance (CFI) confirmed that the ruling given by the Court of Justice in Boussac (3), namely that the Commission may also approve illegal aid which has been paid prior to approval, applied to the coal sector.
Dette vil navn lig være tilfældet, når Kommissionen har forpligtet sig til at offentliggøre beslutningerne.
It stated that there is nothing in the code on State aid for the coal