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Kapitel II: Fælles beregninger og undersøgelser af risici
Green Paper on services of general interest
169.Det er vigtigt for forsikringsselskaberne at have nøjagtige oplysninger om de risici, de forsikrer,herunder eventuelle kommende tiltag.
630.The European Council and the European Parliament asked the Commission to reflect on thedesirability of a framework directive on services of general interest.
Det er ikke altid muligt med de oplysninger fra deres egne kunder,de har adgang til internt.
631.Such services of general interest differ widely from one Member State to another and cover abroad range of activities, depending to a large extent on the choices made by each Member State.
Derfor tillades udveksling af statistiske oplysninger og fælles beregninger afrisici i gruppefritagelsen på visse betingelser.
The European Union respects this diversity and the important role played by national, regional or localauthorities.
Kommissionens forordning (EF) nr. 358/2003 af 27.2.2003 om anvendelse af traktatens artikel 81, stk. 3, på vissekategorier af aftaler, vedtagelser og samordnet praksis på forsikringsområdet (EUT L 53 af 28.2.2003).
— the definition of good governance in the area of organisation, regulation, financing and evaluation ofservices of general interest in order to ensure a better competitiveness of the economy and efficientand equitable access by all persons to high-quality services meeting their needs;
170.Standardpolicevilkår udarbejdes for mange typer forsikringspolicer af nationalesammenslutninger af forsikringsselskaber. Gruppefritagelsens generelle anvendelsesområde på detteområde er uændret i den nye forordning i forhold til forordning (EØF) nr. 3932/92, selv om der er tilføjetnogle yderligere betingelser for fritagelse.
635.In its decision, the Commission applied the criteria laid down by the Court of Justice and came tothe conclusion that the arrangements notified by the Irish authorities on 8 October contained no elementof State aid.
Forsikringsbranchen fremlagde en række vægtige argumentersuppleret af konkrete eksempler for, at uforbindende standardpolicevilkår opfylder alle betingelser for enfritagelse efter EF-traktatens artikel 81, stk. 3.
Having established a shortage of electricity production capacity on the national market in thenear future, the Irish authorities have set up a system which makes it possible to make good an electricitysupply deficit in Ireland.
På dette område er anvendelsesområdet for gruppefritagelsen udvidet i forhold til forordning (EØF) nr. 3932/92.
636.The Irish authorities launched a transparent tendering procedure which was open to all Community operators.
For det første er lofterne for fritagelser forforsikringssammenslutninger hævet en smule (fra 10 til 20 % for co-assurancepools og fra 15 til 25 % forco-reassurancepools).
The successful tenderers were awarded contracts under which they will earnbonuses when their production capacity comes on stream.
For det andet er der indført en ny treårig fritagelse uden loft for markedsandele forpools, som netop er oprettet med henblik på at dække en »ny risiko«, dvs. en risiko, som der skal udvikleset helt nyt forsikringsprodukt for.
The size of these bonuses depends on howmuch of their investment the generators might recoup on the market.
172.Som modvægt til denne udvidelse af anvendelsesområdet for fritagelsen er der indført en rækkeyderligere betingelser for fritagelse. Således bortfalder gruppefritagelsen, når et selskab er medlem af topools, der er aktive på samme marked, eller udøver afgørende indflydelse herpå.
637.In its Altmark judgment, the Court laid down four criteria for determining whether payment bythe State of compensation for the operation of a service of general economic interest can escapeclassification as State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.
På grundlag heraf afprøvesapparaterne, og der udarbejdes lister over »godkendte« apparater.
638.Since the measure introduced by the Irish authorities satisfied all four criteria, the Commissiondecided not to raise any objections.
Kommissionens forordning (EØF)nr. 3932/92 dækker alle sådanne aftaler.
The decision tackles in particular the question of classification as a serviceof general economic interest in the electricity market.
Den nye forordnings anvendelse er begrænset for at bringe den ioverensstemmelse med de harmoniserede regler for det indre marked, der gælder for sikkerhedsudstyr.Aftaler fritages kun på områder, hvor der ikke har fundet nogen EU-harmonisering sted.
It finds that, owing in particular to Ireland’s situation asan island, the safeguarding of the existence of a ‘reserve capacity’ thanks to which distributors can supplyevery consumer with electricity all year round may constitute such a service of general economic interest.
Den nye forordning vil gælde i syv år og udløber dermed den 31. marts 2010.
On 27 May, 23 July and 11 November, the Commission adopted three decisions not to raise any
175.Den 28. marts sendte Kommissionen en klagepunktsmeddelelse til den tyske værdipapircentral Clearstream Banking AG og til moderselskabet Clearstream International SA.
The purpose is to return POL to sustainability while keeping its extensive rural universal servicecover and enabling it to provide specific services of general economic interest.
Kommissionen gørindsigelse mod Clearstream Banking AG’s afvisning af at yde visse former for grænseoverskridendeclearing og afvikling samt diskriminerende adfærd over for en klient.
The government payments (maximum ceilingof 1.3 billion) — to enable POL first to pay back its debts to Royal Mail Group and then to meet its debtsin full up to the end of the financial year 2006/07 — are designed to be the minimum necessary to keep POL as a going concern.
176.Clearstream-koncernen tilbyder clearing, afregning og opbevaring af værdipapirer.
642.In addition, ring-fencing prevents any double government compensation within the overallpackage of POL measures (another two sets of notified measures with the same objectives were approvedlast year by the Commission).
Clearing ogafregning er de processer, der benyttes til at afslutte transaktioner på værdipapirmarkederne.
Furthermore, the UK government committed itself to recovering anypotential overcompensation, as evidenced by POL’s separate accounts.
Det er afgørendefor udviklingen af et effektivt europæisk kapitalmarked, at disse processer fungerer ordentligt i hele EU.
In the final analysis, this means the measures are compatible with the common market, which led tothe Commission’s decision not to raise objections on 27 May.
177.I sin klagepunktsmeddelelse betegner Kommissionen Clearstream Banking AG som dendominerende udbyder af primære clearing- og afregningstjenester vedrørende værdipapirer udstedt eftertysk lov.
644.The Commission assessed a proposed EUR 300 million capital injection into the Belgian Post Office, La Poste SA, notified by the Belgian State in the postal sector.
Denne dominans skyldes, at langt størstedelen af de værdipapirer, der udstedes efter tysk lov medhenblik på handel, opbevares af Clearstream Banking AG.
645.In fact, the cancellation of the retirement provision did not provide La Poste with an advantage,as it placed La Poste in the same position as a private market investor.
Den clearing og afregning, som værdipapircentralen foretager for de værdipapirer, den opbevarer, må ikke forveksles med den sekundære clearing ogafregning, der foretages af formidlere, som f.eks. banker.
In the same way, no recourse to a State guarantee — which can apply only on request — had been made and the exemption from corporateprofit taxation had a neutral effect as the net cumulated results over the period were negative.
Der findes en klart afgrænset gruppe af storefinansielle formidlere, som ikke har mulighed for at benytte andre mellemmænd end værdipapircentralen.
These twomeasures did not therefore lead to a transfer of State resources. None of the three measures constitutedaid as, for each of them, the four conditions set out in Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty were not met.
178.Indsigelserne vedrører Clearstream Banking AG’s afvisning af at yde clearing- og afregningstjenester og diskriminerende priser.
646.On the other hand, two previously unnotified capital increases, exemption from local taxes andovercompensation for the net public service cost between 1993 and 1995 — as recorded in separateaccounts — were deemed potentially to constitute State aid under Article 87(1).
179.Efter Kommissionens opfattelse afviste Clearstream at yde Euroclear Bank SA clearing ogafregning for registrerede aktier, som har fået stigende betydning i Tyskland siden 1997, især ved atafvise at give Euroclear adgang til afregningsplatformen for registrerede aktier i Tyskland gennem mereend to år.
647.The separation of accounts also showed that there had been, since 1995, a cumulatedundercompensation of net public service costs.
Clearstream Banking AG’s forhaling står i kontrast til de korte tidsrum, andre kunder måttevente på sådanne tjenester.
As the present value of the overcompensation and ofthe three potential State aid measures was lower than the present value of the subsequentundercompensations combined with the notified capital increase, the Commission decided not to raiseany objection: the new measure did not lead to an overcompensation of net public services’ costs and, assuch, was compatible with the common market.
Efter Kommissionens opfattelse er sådanne korte tidsrum almindelig praksis ibranchen.
It is to be noted that the separation of accounts,implemented eight years before it became compulsory under the first postal directive, facilitated the workof the Commission and contributed to legal security.
180.Indsigelsen om diskriminerende priser skyldes, at Clearstream Banking AG indtil januar 2002afkrævede Euroclear en højere afgift pr. transaktion end nationale værdipapircentraler uden for Tyskland.Efter Kommissionens foreløbige opfattelse er der ingen begrundelse for denne forskelsbehandling.
648.In April 2003, Greece notified aid of EUR 80 million to finance modernisation of the Greek Post Office. The Greek Post Office is entrusted with the provision of the universal postal service and of othernon-postal services of general economic interest, namely the provision of basic banking facilities.
Detkan bl.a. nævnes, at Euroclear omsætter større mængder og i højere grad er automatiseret end denationale værdipapircentraler.
Theaid aims at upgrading the Greek Post Office’s infrastructure and is necessary in order to improve thequality of the postal universal service, which is currently below EU standards.
181.Den formelle procedure blev indledt med klagepunktsmeddelelsen, men meddelelsen foregriberikke udfaldet af proceduren.
The Commission also found that capital injections of EUR 293.469 million made between 1997and 2001 were compatible with the EU rules, since they were only aimed at clearing the Greek Post Office’s debts due to its universal service obligations.
En høring fandt sted den 24. juli.
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182.Den 24. september sendte Kommissionen en klagepunktsmeddelelse til MasterCard omvirksomhedens multilaterale interbankgebyrer (116) for grænseoverskridende transaktioner med betalingskort i EU og EØS.
650.The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) proposed a new service providing electroniclearning materials free to students at schools and homes.
I MasterCard-systemet er det forretningsbanken, der betaler et gebyr til denkortudstedende bank.
The service would be funded out of Stateresources, in this case the licence fee.
Forretningsbanker lader ofte omkostningerne gå videre til de detailhandlende, somigen indregner dem i deres priser.
The main issues that were addressed in theassessment of this case are described below.
De multilaterale interbankgebyrer er fastsat i MasterCards regler, somer anmeldt til Kommissionen.
To what extent is State aid involved in the delivery of this service, and is the service one of generaleconomic interest?
183.Kommissionens foreløbige konklusioner i klagepunktsmeddelelsen er, at MasterCards multilaterale interbankgebyrer begrænser konkurrencen mellem MasterCards medlemsbanker og ikkekan opnå en fritagelse.
651.The adverse impact that the BBC, with its brand, image and resources, could have on theincumbent players in the market was examined; the adequacy of safeguards to address this adverseimpact was also assessed.
Kommissionen påpeger, at MasterCards multilaterale interbankgebyrer ikke er ioverensstemmelse med de grundlæggende principper i Kommissionens beslutning fra juli 2002 (117) om
The Commission found that information had not beenprovided by the notifying authorities to allow the service to escape classification as State aid (in the lightof the criteria set out in the Altmark ruling).
De detailhandlende er nødt til at acceptere MasterCards kort.
The new text leaves a greater margin of manoeuvre for Member States to define their own securityof supply standards.
For atforhindre, at MasterCard fastsætter sine multilaterale interbankgebyrer så højt, at virksomheden får størst
Finally, the creation of a European observatory in this field is rejected. The Council also considered that the legal basis of theproposals should be Article 100 (security of supply) and not Article 95 of the EC Treaty (internal market).
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184.Den formelle procedure blev indledt med klagepunktsmeddelelsen, men meddelelsen foregriberikke udfaldet af proceduren.
Hungary—Phase-out of incompatible fiscal aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by the end of 2011.
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Malta—Phase-out of incompatible fiscal aid for SMEs by the end of 2011.
Kommissionen behandlede en række sager om de nationale fodboldturneringer.
Phase-out of operating aid under the Business Promotion Act by the end of 2008.
Kommissionensundersøgelse af ordningen for samlet salg af ophavsrettigheder til fodbold fra den tyske Bundesligarejste konkurrencemæssige betænkeligheder, som på mange måder ligner dem, man pegede på ibeslutningen om UEFA Champions League af 23. juli.
Modification of incompatible fiscal aid for large companies into regional investment aid; the aid willbe limited to a maximum of 75 % of the eligible investment costs if the company has obtained theentitlement for the tax exemption before 1 January 2000, and to 50 % if the company has obtainedthe entitlement for the tax exemption after that date up until 30 November 2000.
På denne baggrund forelagde det tyskefodboldforbund Kommissionen en ny plan, som indeholder betydelige ændringer af den oprindeligtanmeldte aftale. Den følger det mønster, der blev lagt i beslutningen om UEFA Champions League,men er tilpasset sagens omstændigheder.
Aid for restructuring of the shipbuilding sector during a restructuring period lasting until the end of 2008.
En foreløbig vurdering tyder på, at den forelagte plan vil sikre større bredde og mere konkurrencei forbindelse med transmission af kampe fra første og anden Bundesliga.
Poland—Restructuring of the steel industry to be completed by 31 December 2006.
Den forventes desuden atstyrke nye medier, UMTS og bredbåndstjenester via internettet.
Phase-out of incompatible fiscal aid for small enterprises by the end of 2011.
Efter det nye system vil transmissionsrettighederne ikke længere blive solgt til en enkelt tv-station som en samlet pakke.
Phase-out of incompatible fiscal aid for medium-sized enterprises by the end of 2010.
For førstegang vil rettighederne blive solgt separat og udbudt i fuld gennemsigtighed i en række særskiltepakker.
Modification of incompatible fiscal aid for large companies into regional investment aid; the aid willbe limited to a maximum of 75 % of the eligible investment costs if the company has obtained itszone permit before 1 January 2000, and to 50 % if the company has obtained it between 1 January 2000and 31 December 2000.
For fremtiden vil det være muligt at vise alle kampe live og/eller næsten live via internetteteller mobiltelefoner.
In the motor vehicle industry the aid is further limited, and set at a level thatcorresponds to 30 % of the eligible costs.
Klubber fra første og anden Bundesliga vil også få ret til at sælge nogle tvrettigheder selv.
State aid for environmental protection
Markedsføringsmodellen og den mulige fritagelse omfatter ikke kommende licensaftaler, som Bundesligaen indgår efter en overgangsperiode.
For investments that relate to standards for which a transitional period has been granted under thenegotiations on the environment and for the duration of that transitional period, whereby the aidintensity is limited to the regional aid ceiling (30 to 50 %) with a 15 % supplement for SMEs.
Kommissionen forbeholder sig ret til at undersøgedem særskilt på baggrund af EU-retten, især hvis en række af de samlede pakker med enereterhverves af den samme køber.
For existing IPPC installations covered by a transitional period under the negotiations on theenvironment, aid up to 30 % intensity until end 2010.
Kommissionen sendte en klagepunktsmeddelelse til den britiske FA Premier League (FAPL) idecember 2002.
For the IPPC-related investment not covered by a transitional period under the negotiations on theenvironment, aid up to 30 % intensity until 31 October 2007.
FAPL fremlagde en revideret udgave af sin salgspolitik, som indeholdtforbedringer, men stadig ikke helt fjernede Kommissionens betænkeligheder.
For large combustion plants, an aid intensity of 50 % was agreed for investments that relate to atransitional period granted under the negotiations on the environment.
Især syntesforslagene at indeholde ubegrundede begrænsninger af outputtet og at fordreje konkurrencen påmarkederne for udnyttelse af FAPL’s rettigheder.
Slovakia—Fiscal aid to a beneficiary in the motor-vehicle manufacturing sector to be discontinued by the end of2008; the aid will be limited to a maximum of 30 % of the eligible investment costs.
I december 2003 offentliggjorde Kommissionenen foreløbig aftale med FAPL og BskyB, som har licens til direkte tv-transmissioner (1).
Fiscal aid to one beneficiary in the steel sector to be discontinued at the end of 2009 or when aidreaches a predetermined amount, whichever comes first.
Aftalenindebar, at en større mængde rettigheder kom på markedet, og at der blev udbudt forskelligeformer for licenser til at viderebringe FAPL’s indhold til forbrugerne.
The objective of the aid is to facilitate theordered rationalisation of excess staffing levels, the resulting total cost being comparable to the aid.
Pressemeddelelse IP/03/1748 af 16.12.2003.
In this respect,efforts have also been under way within the framework of the European competition network.
I december 2001 blev der i en klage fra en række franske fodboldklubber stillet spørgsmålstegnved bl.a., om nationale bestemmelser for markedsføring af rettigheder til tv-transmissioner var ioverensstemmelse med EU’s konkurrenceregler.
670.The Commission continued to have bilateral meetings with the competition and State aidauthorities of the enlargement countries during the year.
I klagen fokuserede man på de horisontaleaspekter af at sælge disse rettigheder.
Technical discussions at expert level were heldon antitrust approximation, institution building and enforcement.
Denne procedure drejede sig om det vertikale aspektaf salg af fodboldrettigheder.
672.The seminars were jointly presented by the Competition DG and the TAIEX Office of the Enlargement DG.
Den del af klagen, der blev indbragt for Kommissionen, blev trukkettilbage i juni.
In Croatia, which has applied for EU membership, theprocess of alignment with European competition law seems to be the more advanced for the time being.
Årsagen hertil er, at de pågældende nationale bestemmelser er blevet ændret iforbindelse med en national lovgivningsreform.
675.The increasing importance of international cooperation between competition law enforcementauthorities is widely recognised.
Omstrukturering og konsolidering af de europæiske markeder for betalings-tv — Udviklingsprincipper
The principal elements aremutual information and coordination of enforcement activities and exchange of nonconfidential
185.I 2003 koncentrerede Kommissionen sin retshåndhævelse i mediesektoren om kommercielleordninger på en række europæiske markeder for betalings-tv, bl.a. markederne i de nordiske lande og Italien. I Norden frasolgte betalings-tv-selskabet Canal+ sin platform for Direct-To-Home-distribution(»DTH«) af satellitbaseret betalings-tv ved at overdrage hele sin aktiepost på 50 % i platformen tilmedejeren Telenor.
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Parallelt hermed indgik Canal+ og Telenor langfristede bilaterale eneretsaftaler omdistribution af Canal+ Nordics betalings-tv- og pay-per-view-kanaler i Norden for at sikre de økonomiskefordele, man tidligere opnåede som følge af Canal Digitals vertikale integration med Canal+.Kommissionen finder, at denne form for virksomhedsadskillende transaktioner sammen med vertikalkontraktmæssig eneret og konkurrenceklausuler mellem økonomisk adskilte selskaber er omfattet af EF-traktatens artikel 81, stk. 1.
The agreements contain, furthermore, provisions on the possibility for one party to requestthe other to take enforcement action (positive comity), and for one party to take into account theimportant interests of the other party in the course of its enforcement activities (traditional comity).Cooperation between the Commission and the competition authorities of other OECD member countriesis carried out on the basis of a recommendation adopted by the OECD in 1995.
I denne forbindelse påkræves Kommissionen at forebygge langfristetafskærmning af markederne for betalings-tv i de tidligere og efterfølgende led, især hvis det sker påbekostning af potentielle nye aktører og i endnu højere grad, hvis der er tale om en betydelig grad afkoncentration på disse markeder.
The European Union hasalso concluded numerous free-trade agreements (in particular the EuroMed agreements and theagreements with Latin American countries).
Kommissionen søger derfor at begrænse eneretsaftaler og konkurrenceklausuler både med hensyn til omfang og varighed for dermed at nedbryde adgangshindringerne.
These agreements usually contain basic provisions oncooperation in competition matters.
I den sag af Newscorp/Telepiú-fusionen ( blev der stillet en række betingelser, såsom tredjeparts adgang til den platform, det fusionerede selskabejede, og en betydelig begrænsning af varigheden og anvendelsen af licensaftalerne om premiumindhold, for at sikre, at det stadig er muligt for potentielle, nye aktører at komme ind på markedet.
By a joint decision of the Council andthe Commission on 10 April 1995 (341) the agreement was approved and declared applicable from the date it was signed by the Commission. On 4 June 1998, the positive comity agreement, which strengthens the
186.I trykkerisektoren, især på markederne for tidsskrifter, fører Kommissionen fortsat nøje tilsynmed udviklingen i prisforskellene på tværs af grænserne, som er blevet mere synlige for forbrugerne eftereuroens indførelse den 1. januar 2002.
679.In addition, the 1991 agreement makes it clear that none of its provisions may be interpreted in amanner which is inconsistent with legislation in force in the European Union and the USA (Article IX).In particular, the competition authorities remain bound by their internal rules regarding the protection ofthe confidentiality of information gathered by them during their respective investigations (Article VIII).
Efter en klage fra Bundesarbeitskammer, der repræsenterer de
In particular, it describes the conditions underwhich the requesting party should normally suspend its own enforcement actions and make a referral.
XXXIII BERETNING OM KONKURRENCEPOLITIKKEN 2003 — SEK(2004) 658 ENDELIG østrigske forbrugeres interesser, er Kommissionen i færd med en tilbundsgående undersøgelse afprisstigninger på tysksprogede tidsskrifter i Tyskland og Østrig.
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Boks 6: Mediepluralisme og konkurrenceret
EU/US case cooperation during 2003